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Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection
by Roy Boney Jr., Tim Tingle, Michael J. Auger, Megan Baehr, Joseph Stands With Many, Sunny Dooley, David Smith, Dan Jones, Jimm Goodtracks, Rand Arrington, Mike Short, Chris Piers, Dimi Macheras, Miah Farritor, Eirik Thorsgard, Michelle Silva, Matt Dembicki, Joseph Bruchac, Elaine Grinnell, Jonathan Perry, J. Chris Campbell, Andy Bennett, Beckee Garris, Jerry Carr, Andrew Cohen, Evan Keeling, Greg Rodgers, Jack Gladstone, Scott White, Jim8Ball, Thomas C. Cumming Jr., Jacob Warrenfeltz, Mary Eyley, Jason Copeland, Michael Thompson, Joyce Bear, Dayton Edmonds, Jon Sperry, Pat Lewis, John Bear Mitchell, Eldrena Douma, Paul Zdepski, James Bruchac, John Active
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was intrigued by this book because I was unfamiliar with any Native American folktales or stories and wanted to know more. I wholeheartedly appreciate that the comics included in this anthology were all from Native people. Though, I personally only enjoyed about half of the comics in the book....
Art is very important in a graphic novel and some of the comics had beautiful or otherwise unique artwork that was appealing to me personally. The rest I thought looked like something that would be published in a Sunday newspaper - which there's nothing inherently wrong about that but I was looking for something more than simple newspaper comic art. Some of the panels were placed weirdly as well, making some of the stories hard to follow.
The stories were fun though. I liked how some of the morals ended up being "you snooze you loose" or "and the trickster tricked everyone and got away with it because he was smart and cunning".
I wouldn't read it again, but it was mostly enjoyable to read through it.
Art is very important in a graphic novel and some of the comics had beautiful or otherwise unique artwork that was appealing to me personally. The rest I thought looked like something that would be published in a Sunday newspaper - which there's nothing inherently wrong about that but I was looking for something more than simple newspaper comic art. Some of the panels were placed weirdly as well, making some of the stories hard to follow.
The stories were fun though. I liked how some of the morals ended up being "you snooze you loose" or "and the trickster tricked everyone and got away with it because he was smart and cunning".
I wouldn't read it again, but it was mostly enjoyable to read through it.