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Corpse talk. Queens & kings and other royal rotters
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- ISBN: 9780744027662 (softcover)
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123 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : DK, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ramesses II -- Qin Shi Huang Di -- Cleopatra -- Nero -- Justinian II -- Alfred the Great -- Harold Godwinson -- Empress Matilda -- Saladin -- Richard the Lionheart -- Moctezuma II -- Henry VIII -- Henry VIII's wives -- Charles II -- Marie Antoinette -- Catherine the Great -- Shaka Zulu -- Queen Victoria. |
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| Subject: | Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc World history -- Comic books, strips, etc Graphic novels Comic books, strips, etc |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at University College of the North Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| The Pas Campus Library | CT 107 .M87 2021 (Text)
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58500001111202 | Graphic Novels | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2021 June #1
Adam Murphy digs up more history in two new volumes in the Corpse Talk graphic novel series (2 new titles). In aptly colored, dark cartoon vignettes, the author interviews corpse versions of historical figures. While not in-depth, each thematically and chronologically arranged book, filled with wit and puns galore, offers engaging introductions to 18 individuals, including the famous, the infamous, and, occasionally, the unexpected. Within each interview, Murphy highlights the figure's continued influence on history. Queens and Kings and Other Royal Rotters gives a diverse look at royalty throughout the ages, from Cleopatra, Nero, Richard the Lionheart, and Queen Victoria to Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di, Saladin (Sultan of Egypt and Syria), Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II, and Shaka Zulu. Adding more interest to each interview is a concluding double-page infographic with more information about the figure's time period. For instance, the interview with Ramesses II ends with a visual depiction of mummification while Spartacus' closes with an infographic of gladiator battles. With reluctant readers in mind, Murphy makes history come aliveâin more ways than one. Grades 3-6. Copyright 2021 Booklist Reviews. - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2020 October #1
Framed as a talk show on which long-dead women are interviewed, this graphic-novel-style collective biography introduces women from ancient until modern times, beginning with pharaoh Hatshepsut and covering figures such as Jane Austen, Harriet Tubman, and Josephine Baker. Set on a nighttime-graveyard palette of purples and blues, the cartoon images show the women as fun-spooky skeletons and as they might have looked when alive. Irreverent interviews describe major events in the women's lives and drop in details about their world, including asides on topics tangential to the women's lives: the golden ratio in the chapter on Hypatia of Alexandria, for example. Since the histories are necessarily cursory, they will work best with those who have read elsewhere about these women. A funny romp from the Corpse Talk series (2 titles).Women in Focus: The 19th in 2020 Grades 3-6. Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.
