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Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s “Grass” and The Power of Comics

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Last fall, I picked up Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s Waiting, a graphic novel, loosely based on Gendry-Kim’s mother, as sisters, separated from one another during the Korean War, reunite during one of the family reunions between North and South Korea. Gendry-Kim’s writing and illustrations powerfully depict the emotions of the sisters, and her use of the graphic medium, through black and white illustrations, conveys the pain and suffering of … Read More Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s “Grass” and The Power of Comics

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Jim Crow and the Holocaust in Comics CFP

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In the midst of Russia invading Ukraine, I planned a study travel trip to Poland focused on the intersections between Jim Crow and the Holocaust. The trip, for various reasons, didn’t materialize because we did not have enough students sign up. We started seeking students before the invasion, and we had trouble getting students interested. Part of this, I think, came from the heaviness of the … Read More Jim Crow and the Holocaust in Comics CFP

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Hands in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s “The Waiting”

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Over the past month, I have read two powerfully moving graphic novels about the separation of families during war. Miriam Katin’s We Are On Our Own focuses on Miram and her mother’s escape from the Nazis in Budapest during World War II. Along with Katin’s memoir, I read Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s The Waiting, a fictional story, based on Gendry-Kim’s mother and sister being separated during the Korean War, separated … Read More Hands in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s “The Waiting”

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“I am not a ‘thing’”: Student Project for Graphic Narrative/Script Assignment Part III

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Over the past couple of posts, I’ve written about the Graphic Narrative/Script assignment in I assigned in my “Monsters, Race, and Comics” course and on two of the student created products in that class. Today, I want to continue by looking at a final student created product, one that, again, draws heavily on Pornask Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell’s Infidel and Carmen Maria Machado and Dan’s The Low, Low Woods as well as … Read More “I am not a ‘thing’”: Student Project for Graphic Narrative/Script Assignment Part III

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“The day I chose humanity over religion”: Student Project for Graphic Narrative/Script Assignment Part II

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Over the past couple of posts, I’ve been writing about the Graphic Narrative/Script assignment I did in my “Monsters, Race, and Comics” class this semester. Today, I want to continue that topic by looking at another student crated project. Like the previous project that I wrote about last post, this project floored me. When I initially read it, I saw the influence of Rodney Barnes and Jason … Read More “The day I chose humanity over religion”: Student Project for Graphic Narrative/Script Assignment Part II

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