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Tag Archives: Graphic Novel
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
Posted in Migration in Visual Narratives
Tagged Aboriginal representation, Brenton McKenna, Graphic Novel, Indigenous Australian literature, Magabala Books, Review, Yawuru
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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
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
Posted in Migration in Visual Narratives, Utopia & Dystopia
Tagged Australia, dystopian, Fionn McCabe, Graphic Novel, Pat Grant, Review, The Grot, Top Shelf Productions
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Voyeuristic Curiosity: Thoughts on Safdar Ahmed’s “Villawood”
Safdar Ahmed’s Villawood: Notes from an Immigration Detention Center depicts the treatment of immigrants in Australian detention center, Villawood. Through his webcomic, Ahmed shares the stories of several refugees while also showcasing the center’s cruel conditions and unfair treatment of … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Nonfiction, Book Review, Graphic Novel, Migration in Visual Narratives, Safdar Ahmed, Villawood: Notes from an Immigration Detention Center
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Thoughts on the Wordless Graphic Novel The Arrival by Shaun Tan
by Johanna E. “My picture books are essentially an attempt to subversively reimagine everyday experience,” Shaun Tan says about his own work (Haber 23). His graphic novel The Arrival (2006) is a clear example for Tan’s usage of fantastic element … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, Graphic Novel, Shaun Tan, Speculative Australia, The Arrival
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Book Review: “The Dreaming” by Queenie Chan
By Theodora Charalambous A Hong Kong-born, Australian-raised writer and illustrator, the Australian bush, Aboriginal mythology and Japanese mangas. An unusual combination that surprisingly works great. The Dreaming is a 3-book, manga (Japanese comics) inspired, supernatural mystery series written and illustrated … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy
Tagged Australian Speculative Fiction, disappearances in the bush, Gothic & Horror, Graphic Novel, Manga, Queenie Chan, Speculative Australia
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