Graphic Myths and Legends: the Hero Twins

Graphic Myths and Legends: the Hero Twins
Author: Dan Jolley
Publisher: Paw Prints
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-07-10
Genre: Maya mythology
ISBN: 9781442031142

In graphic novel format, retells the Mayan myth of the twin brothers, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, who are challenged to play a game of pok-ta-pok after they anger the Lords of Xibalba, rulers of the land of the dead.

The Hero Twins

The Hero Twins
Author: Dan Jolley
Publisher: Graphic Universe
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1580138926

In graphic novel format, retells the Mayan myth of the twin brothers, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, who are challenged to play a game of pok-ta-pok after they anger the Lords of Xibalba, rulers of the land of the dead.

Warrior Twins: A Navajo Hero Myth

Warrior Twins: A Navajo Hero Myth
Author: Anita Yasuda
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1614789312

The Navajo people often told stories that taught the listener the tribe's customs and history. In this hero myth, the story of the twins who saved Earth from the monsters leading to the creation of the Navajo clans is shared. The Navajo hero myth is retold in this brilliantly illustrated Native American Myth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Guan Yu

Guan Yu
Author: Dan Jolley
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761339949

From one of China’s most famous epics comes a righteous hero and god of war. Guan Yu, an ancient Chinese warrior, fights side by side with his blood brothers Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to squash the menacing Yellow Scarves. He defends his country and his honor, but his troubles are just beginning. All over China, opponents pose grave challenges, each one more trying than the next. Will Guan Yu prevail against the forces that threaten him? Or will the obstacles prove too much for even the brave warrior to handle?

The Girl Who Owned a City

The Girl Who Owned a City
Author: O. T. Nelson
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512456756

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! A deadly virus killed every adult on Earth, leaving only the kids behind. With her parents gone, Lisa is responsible for her little brother, Todd. She has to make sure they stay alive. Many kids are sick or starving, and fierce gangs are stealing and destroying everything they find. Lots of people have given up, but on Grand Avenue, some kids are surviving. Because of Lisa. Lisa figured out how to give the kids on Grand Avenue food, homes, and protection against the gangs. But Tom Logan and his army are determined to take that away and rule the streets themselves. How long can Lisa's group keep fighting them off? They need to find a place to live safely. A strong place. A secret place. In a world like this, someone has to take charge. But does Lisa have the strength to take charge of a whole city?

The Smoking Mountain

The Smoking Mountain
Author: Dan Jolley
Publisher: Graphic Universe
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1580138268

Aztec warrior Popo seeks to prove his worth to win the hand of the emperor's daughter, Izta.

My Boyfriend Bites

My Boyfriend Bites
Author: Dan Jolley
Publisher: Graphic Universe
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0761355995

Funny, quirky and fast-paced, this series of teen supernatural graphic novels mixes horror with romance, incorporating genuine scariness and suspense into entertaining love plots, proving that sometimes boys really can be monsters!

Graphic Indigeneity

Graphic Indigeneity
Author: Frederick Luis Aldama
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2020-06-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1496828054

Honorable Mention Recipient for the Comics Studies Society Prize for Edited Book Collection Contributions by Joshua T. Anderson, Chad A. Barbour, Susan Bernardin, Mike Borkent, Jeremy M. Carnes, Philip Cass, Jordan Clapper, James J. Donahue, Dennin Ellis, Jessica Fontaine, Jonathan Ford, Lee Francis IV, Enrique García, Javier García Liendo, Brenna Clarke Gray, Brian Montes, Arij Ouweneel, Kevin Patrick, Candida Rifkind, Jessica Rutherford, and Jorge Santos Cultural works by and about Indigenous identities, histories, and experiences circulate far and wide. However, not all films, animation, television shows, and comic books lead to a nuanced understanding of Indigenous realities. Acclaimed comics scholar Frederick Luis Aldama shines light on how mainstream comics have clumsily distilled and reconstructed Indigenous identities and experiences. He and contributors emphasize how Indigenous comic artists are themselves clearing new visual-verbal narrative spaces for articulating more complex histories, cultures, experiences, and narratives of self. To that end, Aldama brings together scholarship that explores both the representation and misrepresentation of Indigenous subjects and experiences as well as research that analyzes and highlights the extraordinary work of Indigenous comic artists. Among others, the book examines Daniel Parada’s Zotz, Puerto Rican comics Turey el Taíno and La Borinqueña, and Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection. This volume’s wide-armed embrace of comics by and about Indigenous peoples of the Americas and Australasia is a first step to understanding how the histories of colonial and imperial domination connect the violent wounds that still haunt across continents. Aldama and contributors resound this message: Indigeneity in comics is an important, powerful force within our visual-verbal narrative arts writ large.