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=2010 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens= In addition to the full list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens, the committee chose the following as the Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens.
 * Hardison, Jim and Bart Sears.** //The Helm.// Dark Horse. 2009.
 * Igarashi, Daisuke.** //Children of the Sea,// vol 1. VIZ Media. 2009.
 * Jensen, Van and Dusty Higgins.** //Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer.// SLG Publishing. 2009.
 * Kelly, Joe and J.M. Ken Nimura.** //I Kill Giants.// Image. 2009.
 * Lethem, Jonathan and Farel Dalrymple.** //Omega the Unknown.// Marvel. 2008.
 * Love, Jeremy.** //Bayou,// vol 1. DC Comics/Zuda. 2009.
 * Neufeld, Josh.** //A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge.// Pantheon Books. 2009.
 * Siddell, Tom.** //Gunnerkrigg Court, vol 1: Orientation.// Archaia Studios Press. 2009.
 * Urasawa, Naoki and Takashi Nagasaki.** //Pluto.// VIZ Media. 2009.
 * Yoshinaga, Fumi.** //Ooku: The Inner Chambers,// vol 1. VIZ Media. 2009.

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Everything you wanted to know about Graphic Novels! http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/2006/mar06_brenner.asp

American Born Chinese -Gene Luen Yang-

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Below is an intersting and insightful analysis of our in class graphic novel read.

[|Analysis of American Born Chinese by Gene Yang]
Gene Yang employs several literary techniques to enrich his writing. The most obvious method used in his writing is the bold face type he uses within his text boxes. He choses to make some words bold within a sentence in order to put more emphasis on them and signify the importance they have to the story. He also utilizes several conventional techniques associated with the graphic novel/comic book genre. Yang places the text boxes in stragetic places on the page in order to prompt the reader's eyes to follow the correct order of the text boxes and move in the right direction as they read. Another traditional technique used in almost every graphic novel is the abundance of onomatopoeias in action sequences. I found it interesting that Yang chose to use chinese characters when the Monkey King is demonstrating the four heavenly discplines, "fist-like-lightning", "thunderous foot", and "cloud-as-stead". I think he did this to imply the eastern tradition of martial arts and to suggest that these chinese characters are more mystical and powerful than english words, and therefore must be used in order to conjure these ancient powers. Yang also incorporates symbolism in his work in order to give it a deeper meaning and make a comment on society and humanity. On the final page of the first chapter (p20) the symbol of the Monkey King is finaly made clear. The Monkey King symbolizes a chinese person in a new environment where they are obviously different than the other people living there. The Monkey King doesn't think there is anything wrong with him and is confident in who he is until he goes to the dinner party of the gods. It is only when the gods point out his differences and say that he is inferior because of these differences that the Monkey King begins to hate himself for being a monkey. The idea of the Monkey King dispising his own smell of monkey fur can relate to an Asian person hating the traits that make them different; be it their straight black hair, single eyelids or any other Asian physical characteristic. Posted by Curtis at [|1:53 PM]

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 7th grade Literature Reviews of __American Born Chinese__- in graphic writing format!





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