Eti Berland
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781496811677
- eISBN:
- 9781496811714
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496811677.003.0014
- Subject:
- Literature, Comics Studies
This chapter presents a reading of Raina Telgemieier's Drama, a graphic novel that focuses on a whirlwind theatrical production in a middle school, as well as the emotional complications and romantic ...
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This chapter presents a reading of Raina Telgemieier's Drama, a graphic novel that focuses on a whirlwind theatrical production in a middle school, as well as the emotional complications and romantic mishaps of its company. Since its release in 2012, the graphic novel has received the Stonewall Honor from the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table; a nomination for a Harvey Award for excellence in comics; and appearances on prestigious booklists like the Young Adult Library Services Association's Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten among others. The chapter discusses the importance of including LGBTQ friendly comics in school and community libraries, and utilizes new constructions about gender-queer identity and nonheteronormative sexualities in the analysis of comics.Less
This chapter presents a reading of Raina Telgemieier's Drama, a graphic novel that focuses on a whirlwind theatrical production in a middle school, as well as the emotional complications and romantic mishaps of its company. Since its release in 2012, the graphic novel has received the Stonewall Honor from the American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table; a nomination for a Harvey Award for excellence in comics; and appearances on prestigious booklists like the Young Adult Library Services Association's Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten among others. The chapter discusses the importance of including LGBTQ friendly comics in school and community libraries, and utilizes new constructions about gender-queer identity and nonheteronormative sexualities in the analysis of comics.
Michelle Ann Abate
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781496820730
- eISBN:
- 9781496820785
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496820730.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, Comics Studies
The Epilogue makes a case that the tradition of Funny Girls calls for a reconsideration of the history of American comics both during the mid-twentieth century and during the opening decades of the ...
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The Epilogue makes a case that the tradition of Funny Girls calls for a reconsideration of the history of American comics both during the mid-twentieth century and during the opening decades of the new millennium.Remembering and recouping characters like Little Lulu, Nancy, Li'l Tomboy, Little Orphan Annie, and Little Audrey restores the important place and powerful status that young female protagonists had in early American comics.At the same time, an awareness of this cadre of female characters changes our perspective on the growing presence of girls in comics in the present day.Events taking place in American comics from the early twenty-first century can be connected to those from the early twentieth century.Far from embodying a radical shift in US comics, the rise of fun, feisty, and formidable female protagonists represent the continuation of a tradition.Accordingly, the Epilogue reveals that while the names of many of the characters profiled in these chapters include the diminutive "li'l" or "little," their cultural legacy has been big.Less
The Epilogue makes a case that the tradition of Funny Girls calls for a reconsideration of the history of American comics both during the mid-twentieth century and during the opening decades of the new millennium.Remembering and recouping characters like Little Lulu, Nancy, Li'l Tomboy, Little Orphan Annie, and Little Audrey restores the important place and powerful status that young female protagonists had in early American comics.At the same time, an awareness of this cadre of female characters changes our perspective on the growing presence of girls in comics in the present day.Events taking place in American comics from the early twenty-first century can be connected to those from the early twentieth century.Far from embodying a radical shift in US comics, the rise of fun, feisty, and formidable female protagonists represent the continuation of a tradition.Accordingly, the Epilogue reveals that while the names of many of the characters profiled in these chapters include the diminutive "li'l" or "little," their cultural legacy has been big.