Join us on Monday, October 14th at 7:00 PM in RPL 300A for the next installment of the 2nd Monday Author Series. This month will feature Dr. Donna White who will discuss how comics have grown-up and transformed from a ten-cent plague to Pulitzer Prize winners.
Dr. White is professor of English at ATU, and has served on the faculty since 2001. An alumna of Arkansas Tech, White also holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Texas and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Minnesota. Her interests range from children’s and young adult literature, science fiction, fantasy, and graphic novels to Celtic literature, Edwardian literature, and Jane Austen. She is on the editorial board of Mythlore and is a consulting editor for the Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, The Lion and the Unicorn, and Children’s Literature.
She is also a co-editor and contributor to Posthumanism in Young Adult Fiction: Finding Humanity in a Posthuman World, published in 2018.
This talk is free and open to the public. All are welcome! For more information, contact us at (479) 964-0546 or email lheffley@atu.edu.
If graphic novels and comics draw you into reading, the Ross Pendergraft Library has made some recent additions you might want to check out:
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; illustrated by Harmony Becker – A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei’s childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps, located in Rohwer, Arkansas, during World War II.
Animal Farm : the Graphic Novel by George Orwell; illustrated by Odyr – Old Major, Napoleon, Squealer, Snowball, Boxer, and all the animals of Animal Farm come to life in this newly envisaged classic.
Speak : the Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson; illustrated by Emily Carroll – A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda’s freshman year in high school.
Watchmen by Alan Moore; illustrated by Dave Gibbons – As former members of a disbanded group of superheroes called the Crimebusters start turning up dead, the remaining members of the group try to discover the identity of the murderer before they, too, are killed.
Haven (Monstress v.3) by Marjorie M. Liu; illustrated by Sana Takeda – n this third volume of MONSTRESS, collecting issues 13-18, Maika’s journey takes her to the neutral city of Pontus, where she hopes to find temporary refuge from her pursuers.
To find more graphic novels, comics, manga, and more at the library, search our database of books and other materials, Find It. Use keywords like “graphic novel” or “Comics” or “Manga.” You can also come visit us at the library to browse our Popular Reading, Young Adult, and general Book collections by call number 741.5. Take a much deserved fall break with a graphic novel or a comic book during our open hours. See you Monday!
