Take A Look: The Importance of Visual Content in Nonfiction and Graphic Novels
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Presented at several Ohio Library Council Chapter Conferences, 2008.
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Take A Look: The Importance of Visual Content in Nonfiction and Graphic Novels
- 1. Take A Look The Importance of Visual Content in Nonfiction and Graphic Novels Rollie Welch Collection Manager, Cleveland Public Library Don Boozer KnowItNow Coordinator
- 3. A Very Brief History of VISUAL NONFICTION Visual Nonfiction started over 30,000 years ago. Skeptical?
- 4. A Very Brief History of VISUAL NONFICTION Moving onto 1275 BC, it was eventually picked up by the Egyptians…
- 5. A Very Brief History of VISUAL NONFICTION Next, we come to Trajan’s Column in AD 113…
- 6. A Very Brief History of VISUAL NONFICTION Finally, we come to 1066 AD and the most famous piece of medieval VISUAL NONFICTION…
- 7. We Learn to Read With the Help of Illustrations
- 8. At Times, There’s a Conception that Illustrations are Bad
- 13. SCIENCE
- 14. HISTORY
- 15. CAR REPAIR
- 16. MEDICINE
- 17. LITERATURE
- 18. COOKING
- 19. ARTS & CRAFTS
- 20. JOURNALISM "In a world where Photoshop has outed the photograph to be a liar, one can now allow artists to return to their original function — as reporters.“ ~ Art Spiegelman
Notas del editor
- Horses are from the cave of Chauvet from approximately 30,000 BC. One theory states that they are not 4 SEPARATE HORSES but the SAME horse throughout its lifespan. Then we move onto
- Horses are from the cave of Chauvet from approximately 30,000 BC. One theory states that they are not 4 SEPARATE HORSES but the SAME horse throughout its lifespan. Then we move onto the Egyptians…This excerpt from the Book of the Dead depicts the soul of the deceased first being led by Anubis. Then the god weighs the deceased’s heart (depicting his soul) to see if he is worthy of entering the afterlife. Finally, we see Horus handing the departed over to Osiris, the lord of the underworld. Remember, to the Egyptians, this was nonfiction.
- Constructed in AD 113 at the order of the Senate, The column graphically depicts the Emperor’s victories against the Dacians for 625 feet up the 98 foot pillar…
- The Bayeux Tapestry, actually an embroidery, is 231 feet long and shows the history of the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman takeover of England. It was begun as early as 1067 and is an invaluable primary source document of the history of the Norman Conquest (from the perspective of the Normans, of course). This particular scene shows the climax of the Battle where King Harold is cut down by a galloping horseman. He is NOT the one plucking the arrow from his eye (as has been mistakenly assumed by some). He is the one right under the “interfectus est.”
- Include “Show & Tell” Pre-Internet …post-Internet It’s NOT just DK publishing anyomore!
- Clan Apis is the biography a honey bee named Nyuki. Written and drawn by biologist Jay Hosler, this story explores an elaborate insect society. Clan Apis was a recipent of a 1998 Xeric Award and has been nominated for 3 Ignatz Awards and 3 Eisner Awards . The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry and Cartoon Guide to Genetics by Larry Gonick provide an easily digestible introduction to both these fields. Larry Gonick will show up again later.
- Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man< R.G. Grant, DK Adult, 2007, 075663203X The Cartoon History of the Universe (in 3 collected volumes), and now The Cartoon History of the Modern World (starting in 1492). Rick Geary: Treasury of Victorian Murder series. The Fatal Bullet covers the assassination of Ohio’s own Pres. James Garfield. You’ll have a whole new appreciation of Garfield after reading this and realize the lost opportunities presented by Garfield’s bungled medical treatment and subsequent death.
- The COMPLETE plays…with pictures!
- Joe Sacco is a Maltese comics artist who’s first book was on Palestine. He also filed dispatches for The Guardian, a British newspaper, in comics form from the war in Iraq. Guy Delisle is a Montreal-based Canadian comics artist who in his Pyongyang and Shenzhen documents his time in North Korea and China working with an animation company and does a wonderful showing the inner workings of those two countries when it comes to dealing with foreigners in their midsts.