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“That is the significant part of telling our own stories: by doing so, we demonstrate our cultural continuance.”

Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection Volumes 1-3 by Hope Nicholson, Elizabeth LaPensee, and Michael Sheyahshe, editors

July 30, 2021 by ElCicco 1 Comment

Cbr13bingo rep That quote in the title of these reviews comes from Michael Sheyahshe’s introduction to Moonshot: Volume 1 and it serves as a rallying cry for all three volumes. The Moonshot series, published in 2015, 2017 and 2019, is, as the title says, a collection of comics written and drawn by Indigenous writers and artists. These volumes were also published and distributed by Avani and Inhabit Education Books, which are Inuit owned. The reason for the volumes is pretty obvious — Indigenous people have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: and Michael Sheyahshe, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Editors, ElCicco, Elizabeth LaPensee, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Hope Nicholson, Hope Nicholson, Elizabeth LaPensee, and Michael Sheyahshe, editors, indigenous, Michael Sheyahshe, Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection

ElCicco's CBR13 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: and Michael Sheyahshe, CBR13, cbr13bingo, Editors, ElCicco, Elizabeth LaPensee, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Hope Nicholson, Hope Nicholson, Elizabeth LaPensee, and Michael Sheyahshe, editors, indigenous, Michael Sheyahshe, Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection ·
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Deadly! (It’s a good thing)

Top End Girl by Miranda Tapsell

December 18, 2020 by Merryn Leave a Comment

Miranda Tapsell is a proud Larrakia and Tiwi woman from Australia’s Northern Territory, growing up in Darwin and the small town of Jabiru in the Kakadu National Park.  Her memoir is fairly light and breezy, but doesn’t shy away from the complexities of being a biracial Indigenous woman in a country and industry with a lot to learn about treating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures with the respect they deserve. Miranda always loved to perform, but it wasn’t until Arrerente and Arabana […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, Australian, cbr12, film, indigenous, Miranda Tapsell

Merryn's CBR12 Review No:17 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, Australian, cbr12, film, indigenous, Miranda Tapsell ·
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