Taneka Stotts
Autor/a de Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology
Sobre l'autor
Obres de Taneka Stotts
ELEMENTS: Fire A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color! (2017) — Editor; Col·laborador — 61 exemplars
Elements: Earth — Editor — 7 exemplars
Obres associades
Be Gay, Do Comics: Queer History, Memoir, and Satire from the Nib (2020) — Col·laborador — 125 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Stotts, Taneka
- Data de naixement
- 1982
- Gènere
- n/a
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions
- writer
- Organitzacions
- "Animation Guild", "Ascend Comics"
- Agent
- Jen Linnan
- Biografia breu
- Taneka Stotts is a queer little tumbleweed that stopped rolling somewhere in Portland, OR, but has now returned back home to Los Angeles, CA to begin again.
After spending quite a few years as a spoken word artist, Taneka’s focus shifted to comics, a medium full of collaboration and imagination. Taneka writes the webcomics “Full Circle” and “Love Circuits” as well as the Eisner-nominated webcomic, “Déjà Brew”.
Taneka has edited a few comics anthologies including the Lambda Literary award-winning “Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology” and the Ignatz winner for Outstanding Anthology and now Eisner nominated “ELEMENTS: Fire A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color” (Self Published) which is now nominated for an Eisner.
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Ressenyes
I have read a few graphic novel anthologies now, and it's always interesting to see how different artists take the same theme and illustrate them differently. These illustrated fables were a lot of fun to read, though I don't know the original stories and so can't compare these versions to any other tellings.
CW: magic (witches), potions
This is part of a series of "Cautionary Fables & Fairytales", with each short story having a message or key takeaway. I would recommend that patrons check out the other books in the series if they enjoyed this one -- The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories, The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian Stories, and Tamamo the Fox Maiden and Other Asian Stories.
This book was shelved in the YA graphic novels section at my local library, but it is accessible to younger audiences as well. I would recommend this for grades 5 - 12.
Some of the stories were recognizable to me from picture books and short stories I read growing up, such as "Anansi Tries to Steal Wisdom" (why spiders have eight legs/are venomous), "Why Turtles Live in Water", and "Queen Hyena's Funeral" (hyena laugh). Others were ones I had never heard of, and a part of me wished that more cultural context or information about the origin of each story was included. There were short bios about each illustrator in the back of the book, but the book left me wanting more. Some highlights from the book: "Chief 5 Heads", "The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull", and "The Girl Who Married a Lion".… (més)
This is part of a series of "Cautionary Fables & Fairytales", with each short story having a message or key takeaway. I would recommend that patrons check out the other books in the series if they enjoyed this one -- The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories, The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian Stories, and Tamamo the Fox Maiden and Other Asian Stories.
This book was shelved in the YA graphic novels section at my local library, but it is accessible to younger audiences as well. I would recommend this for grades 5 - 12.
Some of the stories were recognizable to me from picture books and short stories I read growing up, such as "Anansi Tries to Steal Wisdom" (why spiders have eight legs/are venomous), "Why Turtles Live in Water", and "Queen Hyena's Funeral" (hyena laugh). Others were ones I had never heard of, and a part of me wished that more cultural context or information about the origin of each story was included. There were short bios about each illustrator in the back of the book, but the book left me wanting more. Some highlights from the book: "Chief 5 Heads", "The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull", and "The Girl Who Married a Lion".… (més)
As with any collection from various authors, some of the stories are good and others are not. That's to be expected. What bothers me about this particular collection is that it doesn't seem to know who its audience is. Some stories are well suited for teens or adults, others to middle grade, and some are so simplistic that they would make most sense in a picture book.There's also lack of cohesion in tone with some tales being highly comedic and others being very serious.
My favorite stories among the collection are the namesake "The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull", "Isis and the Name of Ra", and "The Stranger"; all of which happen to be among the longest and most complex stories. Many of the other stories are too short to have any emotional impact and often end abruptly.
It's also worth noting that few of the artists and writers appear to be African or African American.… (més)
My favorite stories among the collection are the namesake "The Disobedient Daughter Who Married a Skull", "Isis and the Name of Ra", and "The Stranger"; all of which happen to be among the longest and most complex stories. Many of the other stories are too short to have any emotional impact and often end abruptly.
It's also worth noting that few of the artists and writers appear to be African or African American.… (més)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 5
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 390
- Popularitat
- #62,076
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 9
- ISBN
- 9
"Luminosity" (****)
It took me a reread to understand what the characters are talking about, which I don't think was intentional, but once I did I was really into it.
"A Royal Affair" (*****)
Possibly my favorite! Pirates, royalty, adventure, and outrageous flirting.
"Duty and Honor" (*****)
I didn't immediately warm to either the art or the subject, but it won me over and made me cry.
"O Type Hypergiant" (****.5)
I love the melding of classic gay erotic art styles and sci fi. The last panel gives me chills.
"The Next Day" (**)
Too distracted by wondering how anyone survives to do anything for more than a month if the sun has gone out? Eating meat is only going to take you so far. Are the rabbits cannibalistic now?
Some other favorites, which don't have a lot else to say about: "Mourning Tea", "They Simply Pass", "Barricade".
… (més)