Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel (The Bumpidee Reader)

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First things first Olympia bibliophiles: The Olympia Timberland Library is back up and running and the whole building is open starting today!

Today is also the first day of registration for a book discussion series that will start on Saturday afternoon, January 10th and continue every other Saturday for a total of five sessions.

Event Type: Adult Book Discussion
Date: 1/10/2009
Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Description:Join local scholar Danny Kadden in a five-part reading and discussion series entitled "Let's Talk About It: Jewish Literature - Identity and Imagination." The series will explore the theme of "Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel." The first 25 registrants will receive free copies of the graphic novels to keep. Registration begins on Monday, December 15; call, 352-0595 or stop by the library’s information desk. This program was made possible by a grant from the American Library Association and Nextbook. The series begins January 10 with a discussion of "A Contract with God: And Other Tenement Stories," by Will Eisner.
Library: Olympia Timberland Library
Presenter: Danny Kadden

Each session will begin with a 15-25 minute lecture by local Jewish scholar, Danny Kadden, to be followed by a group discussion.

http://www.nextbook.org/ala/librl_marvels.html

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Will Eisner, or; Oy Vey. (Vox)

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Nov 4, 2008 at 12:47 PM

I just finished reading Will Eisner's graphic novel compilation, The Contract with God Trilogy. At the time of their publication, these stories were groundbreaking - among the first in their genre. They are still quintessential of the graphic novel movement. In them, Eisner attempts to tell stories about the human experience that are linked by their common setting: Dropsie Avenue in the Bronx, New York. While sometimes light-hearted, the tales are more frequently sober, even depressing in tone. The rare hopeful moments are the main things that kept me reading after a while.

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