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Autor/a de Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened

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7+ obres 181 Membres 8 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Jason Rodriguez is a writer and editor of numerous books and graphic novels, including Colonial Comics, Volume District Comics; An Unconventional History of Washington, DC; Try Looking Ahead; and Artists against Police Brutality. His work has been nominated for an Eisner Award and eight Harvey mostra'n més Awards. Colonial Comics, Volume II represents Jason's most ambitious project to date. For more on Jason's current and future projects, visit his website at jasonrodriguez.com or connect with him on Twitter (@JayRodriRuez) or on Facebook at facebook.com/Colonial-Comics. mostra'n menys

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Obres de Jason Rodriguez

Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened (2007) — Editor; Col·laborador — 74 exemplars
Try Looking Ahead (2015) 9 exemplars

Obres associades

Once Upon a Time Machine (2012) — Col·laborador — 123 exemplars
District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC (2012) — Col·laborador — 55 exemplars
Once Upon a Time Machine Volume 2: Greek Gods & Legends (2018) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars

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Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
Arlington, Virginia, USA

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Ressenyes

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Sep 15, 2022 |
Intermediate, Middle; Historical, Nonfiction, Informative; This book is a well designed compilation of stories that make up the history of America in the early years of colonization. Each 'chapter' tells a different story with a small summary and then a detailed telling of the story through graphic novel form. While it is fairly advanced, it is a great way to get students reading and learning about history while engaging in the text. Overall a great book for students who are less interested in reading or history.… (més)
 
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MaggieRemy | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Mar 29, 2021 |
Wonderful collection of short stories that seem simultaneously modern and ancient.

Engaging, whimsical yet very thought-provoking.

Great for encouraging reluctant readers due to the short length and story appeal.

**eRC netgalley**
 
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Critterbee | Apr 16, 2018 |
http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/01/review-postcards-true-stories-that.ht....

Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened is a graphic novel short story collection, built around a premise that I love- each author (or collaborative team) in the collection was given a vintage postcard, and then asked to write a story about how the postcard came to be.

The trouble with postcards is that they're too short. What's there time to say, really? Hello, how are you, all's well, see you soon.

And that's the trouble with the short stories, too.

It's not so much that the 16 stories are bad (though a couple are) or boring (though a few of them are). It's that all of them drift towards the predictable. For everyday life to look interesting, we have to see enough of it to appreciate the tension the characters feel.

I think about American Splendor, Harvey Pekar's opus. Here we see Harvey fretting is way through life: his bills, his marriage, his job, his art. Any of them would be boring without the context that helps us understand that Harvey is consumed by being Harvey.

And I don't get that feeling from more than one or two of these stories. The best one, Joshua Hale Fialkov and Micah Farritor's "Homesick", follow a couple trying to live the sweet life in Paris during the Great Depression. The tension between the husband and wife is palpable- the realization that the dream they have achieved might not be a thing that can make them both happy, and the unspoken wondering when it will end and how.

I also enjoyed "The Midnight Caller's Holiday in Hades" by Robert Tinnell and illustrated by Brendand and Brian Fraim, about a superhero, told in the style of an old-time radio broadcase. Tom Beland's "Time," about a man who knows he is about to die and how he has come to peace with that, offers the sort of vanilla heaven that plagues The Night Bookmobile, but at least I was interested in the characters.

Which is, sadly, more than I can say for the rest of the collection. A great premise, inexpertly executed.
… (més)
 
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jscape2000 | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Jan 8, 2013 |

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Obres
7
També de
3
Membres
181
Popularitat
#119,336
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
8
ISBN
17

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