Leandra Jenkins' Library
Northwest High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781596431522 | American Born Chinese | Gene Luen Yang | Original Series Now Available on Disney+A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax.American Born Chinese is the winner of the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring, a 2007 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, and a New York Times bestseller. | First Second |
| 9781601526960 | Anime And Manga (Discovering Art) | John Allen | The historical love of graphic art in Japan continues today with animation and comics that are endlessly imaginative and have achieved worldwide popularity. This book examines the twin art forms of anime and manga, including the pioneers, the innovators, the creative techniques, and the most popular genres. | Referencepoint Pr Inc |
| 9780763659387 | Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, And Life Outside The Box | A must-have collection for comics fans and creators everywhere, packed with interviews and original comics by today’s foremost graphic novelists.Respected anthologist Leonard S. Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create their own word-and-picture narratives. Here are their moving, funny, inspirational stories: true tales from the crucible of creative struggles that led each to become a master of one of today’s most vibrant art forms. The book also contains an original graphic short on the common theme of “the city" from each of the artists, a mini-comic set in a cityscape of their choosing—present-day, historical, or imaginary.Featuring interviews with:Harry BlissCatia ChienGeoffrey HayesKazu KibuishiHope LarsonDanica NovgorodoffMatt PhelanDave RomanMark and Siena Cherson SiegelJames SturmSara VaronGene Luen Yang | Candlewick | |
| 9781404238466 | Drawing Manga Animals (How To Draw Manga) | Masaki Nishida | Offers step-by-step instructions for drawing such manga animals as a cat, a lion, a tiger, and a rabbit. | Powerkids Pr |
| 9781404238497 | Drawing Manga Medieval Castles And Knights (How To Draw Manga) | Masaki Nishida | Numbered step-by-step instructions give age-appropriate guidance for drawing the knights and castles kids love in the Manga style. Professional Japanese Manga artist Masaki Nishida lends his expertise to this authentic how-to-draw series. | Powerkids Pr |
| 9781404238480 | How To Draw Manga, Drawing Manga Vehicles | Masaki Nishida | Numbered step-by-step instructions give age-appropriate guidance for drawing the vehicles kids love in the Manga style. Professional Japanese Manga artist Masaki Nishida lends his expertise to this authentic how-to-draw series. | Powerkids Pr |
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| 9781629916149 | Trish Trash: Rollergirl From Mars Vol. 1 (Trish Trash Graphic Novels) | Jessica Abel | Two centuries from now, Trish "Trash" Nupindju lives on the newly inhabited Mars, whose settlers live under harsh and ruthless conditions. Trish dreams of only one thing: becoming a hoverderby star. It seems like making the professional derby team is the only way to escape a future of poverty on her parents' farm. But, what happens when a half-dead Martian shows up on her doorstep and changes everything? Find out in the first volume of the new science fiction trilogy created by Jessica Abel. | NBM/Papercutz |
| 9780766038882 | Write A Graphic Novel In 5 Simple Steps (Creative Writing In 5 Simple Steps) | Jeffrey Edward Peters | Comic books, also called "sequential art" or "graphic storytelling," are currently a billion-dollar industry. Books of sequential art, popularly known as graphic novels, fill bookstores and libraries all over the world. In WRITE A GRAPHIC NOVEL IN 5 SIMPLE STEPS, author Jeffrey Edward Peters shows young, aspiring writers how to create new universes of their own through the unique combination of words and pictures that make a graphic novel. | Enslow Pub Inc |
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