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Invisible People
Will Eisner
Call No.: English q741.5973 EIS-[ART] (Click here for item availability)
I am so impressed with Eisner’s ability to pick up an ordinary black ink pen, sketch a few lines, and create such expressive and unique characters that seem to jump out of the book. Eisner is considered as one […]

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After Atonement and Kite Runner, we are further treated to two more movies adapted from books.

One, Persepolis, is a black and white graphic novel about the coming-of age story of an Iranian girl’s life during the Islamic Revolution. The movie retains the original flavour of the novel, using the same strong, clean strokes as in the book. Persepolis has […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets
Have you written poetry before? One unfamiliar with the writing world may think of poets as drab, dull and intorverted. If you have met Crystal as I have, you certainly cannot tell that this cheerful young girl is actually a budding poet!
Her poems reflect her emotions, her ceativity, her perspectives of life. There is a lot […]

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London: Penguin, 2002
Call No.: 811.52 GIB
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After twelve years in the city of Orphalese, the prophet. Almustafa, is beginning his return journey home. As he makes his way to the ship, the townsfolk question him on the meaning of various issues central to daily life. […]

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Montreal, Quebec : Drawn and Quarterly, 2001.
Call No.: 741.5 LUT -[ART]
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He may not be the greatest artist - his women look like men with long hair and boobs. But cartoonist Jason Lutes is a superb storyteller. This is his best-selling graphic novel, ideal for first-time-comic-book-readers, as […]

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New York : Pantheon Books, c2003.
Call No.: 741.5944 SAT -[ART]
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Persepolis is the memoir of a girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the […]

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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
New York, N.Y.: ReganBooks, 2005
Call No.: 700.453 POS -[ART]
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“You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Your secret can be a regret, fear, betrayal, desire, confession or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything – as long as it […]

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New York : Pantheon Books, c2005.
Call No.:741.5944 B -[ART]
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David B. with his autobiographical graphic novel titled, Epileptic presents a gripping story about his life which had been strongly affected by his epileptic elder brother.
The artwork is simplistic, but the strength definitely lies in the plot. How […]

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Color Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers
Mies, Switzerland ; Hove : RotoVision, c2005.
Call No.: English q701.85 DRE -[ART]
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I saw this book when I was hanging out in library@orchard. It was displayed on top of a […]

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Lewes: Photographers’ Institute, 2005
Call No.: English q778.3 ROU-[ART]
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As an occasional photographer, photography books have held great appeal to me. I still view myself as a beginning photographer even though I’ve been taking photos since 1998. I moved into digital photography in 2001 with a compact digital […]

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