Friends Of Lulu Swallow Me Whole / Top Shelf Productions Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel.Nominated for three Eisner Awards including Best Cartoonist and Best Lettering.WInner of the Ignatz Awards for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Debut.One of YALSA’S "Great Graphic Novels for Teens."Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. (Swallow Me Whole was the first graphic novel since 1992’s Maus to be nominated for this prize in any category.) "Nate Powell’s Swallow Me Whole, a disturbed, haunting book, is impossible to describe... "Scaldingly dark ... "Honest and lovingly portrayed. "Darkly sublime." "His layouts, his touch with shadow and darkness, the way he brings you close enough to Ruth that you can watch her sleep without disturbing her dreams, all that stuff is amazing. ... "[Swallow Me Whole] achieves some stunning effects with the art and the lettering ... "Both provocative and thoughtful ... not since Robert Altman's Images has a medium so perfectly conveyed the experience of schizophrenia ...
BookPage - Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Book Blogs How Dare the Sun Rise An inspiring, resilient young voice > Teen / Teen Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir “They slashed my people with their machetes. Thick as Thieves An underdog gets his own story > Teen / Teen Fiction / Science Fiction & Fantasy An unexpected turn of events places an unlikely pair—a slave and an enemy soldier—on a treacherous journey in Megan Whalen Turner’s newest adventure-filled novel, Thick as Thieves, part of her acclaimed Queen’s Thief series. Autumn of the Black Snake The origin story of the American military > Nonfiction / History / American History America has such a long history of military readiness (some would say dominance) that it’s hard to conceive of a time when the country had no standing army at all and little public or political will to create one. Charlie's Boat Friends helping friends > Children's / Children's Picture He Calls Me By Lightning Wrongfully convicted in Jim Crow South > Civil Rights / Nonfiction / African-American History Lilli de Jong Quicksand Pond
The Beat — The News Blog of Comics Culture 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens The list of 63 titles, drawn from 89 official nominations, is presented annually at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. The books, recommended for those ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens. In addition, the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee created a Top Ten list of titles that exemplify the quality and range of graphic novels appropriate for teen audiences. “There were many fantastic graphic novel titles this year,” said Candice Mack, committee chair. Members of the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee are Candice Mack, chair, Los Angeles Public Library; Emily Brown, Harry Kizirian Elementary School, Providence, R.I.; Lisa Goldstein, Brooklyn (N.Y.) *denotes top ten selection Nonfiction Canada, Geoffrey and Jamar Nicholas. Dembicki, Matt (ed.), and Various Artists. Hinds, Gareth. Mucci, Tim and Ben Caldwell. *Neri, G. and Randy Duburke. O' Connor, George. *Telgemeier, Raina. Fiction Adachi, Mitsuru. Ando, Natsumi. *Aristophane.
Book Reviews | IEEE Computer Society - IEEECS by Scott Brookhart Procedural programming has been around since the inception of computers and programming. Object-oriented paradigms arrived a little later — in the late 1950s to early 1960s — which means over 50 years of object-oriented problem solving. Still, many developers lack a full understanding of the thought process in developing object-oriented software and therefore can't take advantage of its concepts. I'm happy to see that this book, The Object-Oriented Thought Process, has taken this fairly old perspective and given it full attention and renewed interest. Not having read the previous editions, I'm not familiar with the changes represented in this fourth edition. Weisfeld has organized the concepts to build on each other, ensuring that students understand one concept well before moving to the next. The book is language-neutral. Each chapter contains UML and example code to better understand the concepts and see how they're implemented. Showing 1 - 1 of 72 results.
Blog Gordon Bailey, one of the founders of The Nostalgia Journal (the fanzine that eventually became The Comics Journal), recently passed away. Gordon Francis Bailey Jr., a contributor to early comics fandom in north Texas, passed away July 13 after a brief illness, according to his sister, Katherine Bailey. Gordon Bailey was part of The Syndicate — himself, Larry Herndon, Joe Bob Williams, and later Mark Lamberti — a group that created The Nostalgia Journal in the summer of 1974. TNJ ran for 26 issues before it was acquired by Gary Groth and Michael Catron of Fantagraphics and became, first, The New Nostalgia Journal and then The Comics Journal. Meanwhile, elsewhere: —In comics form, Ben Juers writes about abstract comics and Sasaki Maki. For abstract comics to be effective, they have to escape both the chronic status anxiety afflicting their medium, and the temptation to guide the reader’s eye too methodically and mathematically.
Using Graphic Novels with Children and Teens: A Guide for Teachers and Librarians Graphic Novels Are Hot! No longer an underground movement appealing to a small following of enthusiasts, graphic novels have emerged as a growing segment of book publishing, and have become accepted by librarians and educators as mainstream literature for children and young adults — literature that powerfully motivates kids to read. Are graphic novels for you? Should you be taking a more serious look at this format? How might graphic novels fit into your library collection, your curriculum, and your classroom? What are graphic novels? In this context, the word “graphic” does not mean “adult” or “explicit.” Are graphic novels suitable for the young, and how do I evaluate them? Some parents, educators, and librarians may associate the term “graphic novel” with content that is not suitable for young readers. How do graphic novels promote literacy? Motivation Graphic novels powerfully attract and motivate kids to read. Reluctant readers But are graphic novels "real book"? Overcoming prejudices