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Review / Impressions of Brenton McKenna’s ‘Ubby‘s Underdogs – The Legend of The Phoenix Dragon’
Ubby’s Underdogs – The Legend of The Phoenix Dragon is Brenton McKenna’s debut graphic novel. It was published in 2011 by Magabala Books, an Aboriginal owned and led publishing house based in Broome, Western Australia. They say about themselves that … Continue reading
Migration in “Avatar: The Last Air Bender”
by Theodora Charalambous Avatar: The Last Airbender (also referred to as ATLA, Avatar and Avatar: The Legend of Aang), is an animated television series produced by the Nickelodeon Animation Studio and first aired in 2005. The series is set in … Continue reading
Orientation in “The Arrival” – paths of the past and the future
Photo albums combine immediate proximity and boundless distance. They are tangibly close, but suggest an intangible vastness. Photo albums are timeless and yet they capture a concrete time. At the same time, they recall a past, a snapshot that awakens … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, migration, Shaun Tan, The Arrival, visual narrative
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Migration and Identity in Persepolis
The graphic novel “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi presents the theme of migration and identity in a funny yet thought-provoking manner. I had read the novel a long time ago, but I decided to give it another read after I left … Continue reading
The Magic Fish; A Unique Perspective
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen is not a common immigration story. In most of the immigration novels I have read so far, immigration was looked at through the lens of first generation immigrants and we saw their stories … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Queer Fiction, The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen, Visual Novel
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„Bury me, my Love“ – a Migration Narrative
About the game A tale about love, hope and exile, inspired by a true story. “Bury me, my Love” is a video game that deals with migration, the search for refuge, war, and fate. Unlike other visual narratives, “Bury me, … Continue reading
Review of Pat Grant’s ‘The Grot -The Story of the Swamp City Grifters’
Pat Grant’s graphic novel The Grot was published by Top Shelf Productions in 2020 and is a collaboration with the artist Fionn McCabe. It is the first of three books that together form the collection The Story of the Swamp City Grifters. Grant … Continue reading
Matt Huynh’s “The Boat”: Evoking Empathy in Digital Narratives
On Storytelling and Digital Narratives Be it in an oral, written or visual manner, storytelling always has been (and continues to be) an important part of the human experience. Stories allow us to gain new knowledge. Stories can inspire us … Continue reading
Pat Grant’s “Blue” – A Reading Diary
by Jo Hoffs Pat Grant’s Blue is a graphic novel about surfing, about community, about migration and conservatism. First and foremost, it is a story about xenophobia, and about a blue alien race migrating to the fictional town of Bolton. … Continue reading
Posted in Migration in Visual Narratives, Science Fiction
Tagged Aliens, Blue, Immigration, Pat Grant, Speculative Australia
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Impressions and Review of Safdar Ahmed’s Graphic Novel Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System
by Angela Agelopoulou I decided to analyze Safdar Ahmed’s Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System for the class “Migration in Visual Narratives”, which deals with the migration journey portrayed in various types of visual narratives. Introduction As I … Continue reading