I briefly mentioned yesterday that last night we were having our inaugural meeting of a Graphic Narrative Discussion Group. The group is a spin-off of sorts of our Fantasy & Science Fiction Theory Reading Group. Every year for the past few years that group has chosen a graphic novel as one of the selections; this new group is for those of us who want to do more than just one a year and/or things that don't necessarily fall under fantasy or science fiction.
Last night we decided to do a somewhat major work every other month (we haven't decided yet what, if anything, we'll do in the intervening months). Here's the slate we came up with for our first year:
February: Global Frequency by Warren Ellis and various artists (both volumes)
April: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
June: Yotsuba&! by by Kiyohiko Azuma (first 2 volumes)
August: Mister O by Lewis Trondheim
October: Palestine by Joe Sacco
December: Get A Life and Maybe Later by Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian
To me this seems like a good batch offering plenty of variety and potential discussion.
1 comment:
Mister O is so nutty! I can't say if I really like it but it is creative!
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