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Comics Script for Frank Yerby’s “The Foxes of Harrow”

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Last spring, I created my first comic alongside my students. When I created my comic on Lillian Smith, I thought about the script and the layout; however, I did not sit down and type out the script. Instead, I worked within the Comic Book! app to layout the pages and insert the text. I knew what I wanted it to look like as I … Read More Comics Script for Frank Yerby’s “The Foxes of Harrow”

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+ comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, harper lee, nate powell, save it for later, to kill a mockingbird

Severed History in Nate Powell’s “Save It For Later”: Part V

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Speaking with Sean Clancy, Nate Powell talked about the ways he views his own activism. He says, “I’m like the vast majority of people. I show up and I use the time and energy from other parts of my life to make up for the fact that I’m less involved on a direct action level. A lot of that means putting my concerns and … Read More Severed History in Nate Powell’s “Save It For Later”: Part V

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Severed History in Nate Powell’s “Save It For Later”: Part III

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The Falcon and The Winter Soldier six-part series is bookended by Sam visiting the Captain America exhibit commemorating Steve Rogers’ service during World War II and his continued adventures. In the first episode, Sam Wilson walks through the exhibit, remembering Steve and their friendship. As the series progresses, we get introduced to Isaiah Bradley, a Black man who, along with other Black soldiers, took … Read More Severed History in Nate Powell’s “Save It For Later”: Part III

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Severed History in Nate Powell’s “Save it For Later” Part I

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Nate Powell’s Save It For Later is a book for this moment. As a parent, as a white male Southerner, Powell’s book speaks to me in the same ways that Lillian Smith’s words speak to me across the decades. Both Powell and Smith know the intertangled webs that maintain systems of racism and oppression. Both Powell and Smith recognize their positions within those webs, … Read More Severed History in Nate Powell’s “Save it For Later” Part I

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+ comics, graphic memoir, graphic novels, memory, photographs, The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui

Photographs and Memory in Thi Bui’s “The Best We Could Do”: Part II

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In my previous post, I started writing about photographs and constructions of memory in Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do. Over the past year, I’ve been drawn to the ways that graphic memoirists use actual photographs within their work. Occasionally, they use actual copies of the photographs, but for the majority of the texts that I have looked at, creators reproduce the photographs, … Read More Photographs and Memory in Thi Bui’s “The Best We Could Do”: Part II

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