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Honor Girl
''Honor Girl'' is a graphic novel memoir written and illustrated by Maggie Thrash. The book was first published in 2015 through Candlewick Press. Development and publication history Thrash wrote ''Honor Girl'' over the span of two years. While their previous experience was in writing prose rather than graphic novels, a roommate encouraged them to use the latter form for this particular story. Thrash was interested in the possibilities offered by depicting themself visually and began practising drawing so that they could pursue the graphic format. Candlewick Press published ''Honor Girl'' on September 8, 2015. Synopsis ''Honor Girl'' is the story of writer's Maggie Thrash's first crush at an all-girls summer camp in Kentucky in 2000. Reception and awards ''The New York Times Book Review'' called the story "sweet and obsessive and dead on," and found that "Thrash shows an impressive grasp of the language of comics." In its starred review, ''Kirkus Reviews'' called the book a "lum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Thrash
Margaret Thrash is an American writer of young adult fiction and memoirist, best known for her graphic novel memoir '' Honor Girl''. ''Honor Girl'', Thrash's first book, was published by Candlewick Press in 2015. The book describes her early life as a teenager coming out as a lesbian while attending conservative summer camp. It received strongly favorable reviews and was named a finalist for the 2016 ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize in the Graphic Novel/Comics category. Her follow-up memoir, ''Lost Soul Be At Peace'', published in 2018, explores a period of teen depression and her relationships with her family, notably her father, a federal judge. Thrash has also written two books in a mystery series for young adults. The first book called ''Strange Truth'' (formerly ''We Know It Was You'') was published in 2016 by the Simon Pulse imprint of Simon & Schuster. The sequel, ''Strange Lies'', was published in October 2017. Harper Perennial will publish Thrash's adult debut ''Rainbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Memoirs
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Graphic Novels Set In The United States
Graphics () are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone, to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of data, as in design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational software. Images that are generated by a computer are called computer graphics. Examples are photographs, drawings, line art, mathematical graphs, line graphs, charts, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, or other images. Graphics often combine text, illustration, and color. Graphic design may consist of the deliberate selection, creation, or arrangement of typography alone, as in a brochure, flyer, poster, web site, or book without any other element. The objective can be clarity or effective communication, association with other cultural elements, or merely the creation of a distinctive style. Graphics can be func ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
