![]() I hope they are just a push for you to start exploring all the graphic novels around the world. Title Days of Sand: Small Press Expo Author Series Summary Author Aimée de Jongh discuss researching and creating her award-winning graphic novel Days of Sand, a story of the American Dust Bowl. Even just among the works which are published and available in the U.S., there are so many great choices that it was difficult to settle on the titles that made it into this final round-up. In the list below, I have created a very much non-exhaustive compilation of graphic novels from around the world, some of which are in translation. and journalism resulted in the historical graphic novel Days of Sand. ![]() When he starts working through his shooting script. Graphic novels have the particularity of being able to convey images alongside storytelling, granting us an even more immersing way to experience these stories, countries, languages, and cultures. Aimee de Jongh is an award-winning comics author and animator from the Netherlands. In the middle of the Great Depression, 22-year-old photographer John Clark is brought in by the Farm Security Administration to document the calamitous conditions of the Dust Bowl in the central and southern states, in order to bring the farmers plight to the public eye. ![]() ![]() I also appreciate reading works from around the world and in translation: they often offer us a broader vision of the world we live in, as well as the chance to get to see and experience places we may never get a chance to travel to - some of them fictional. Not only are they entertaining, but they’re also a wonderful way to learn about history - or just to get out of a reading slump! There are so many types of graphic novels out there, from the light and entertaining to the complex and challenging, depending on your reading mood. ![]()
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