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Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection
Fulcrum Publishing
June 2010
On Sale: June 1, 2010
232 pages ISBN: 1555917240 EAN: 9781555917241 Hardcover
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All cultures have tales of the trickster—a crafty creature
or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious
possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the
order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes
himself. In Native American traditions, the trickster takes
many forms, from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven. The
first graphic anthology of Native American trickster tales,
Trickster brings together Native American folklore and the
world of comics. In Trickster more than twenty Native American tales are
cleverly adapted into comic form. Each story is written by
a different Native American storyteller who worked closely
with a selected illustrator, a combination that gives each
tale a unique and powerful voice and look. Ranging from
serious and dramatic to funny and sometimes downright
fiendish, these tales bring tricksters back into popular
culture in a very vivid form. From an ego-driven social
misstep in “Coyote and the Pebbles” to the hijinks of “How
Wildcat Caught a Turkey” and the hilarity of “Rabbit’s
Choctaw Tail Tale,” Trickster provides entertainment for
readers of all ages and backgrounds. Along with compiling and editing the book, artist Matt
Dembicki illustrated one of the featured trickster tales.
Dembicki is the founder of D.C. Conspiracy, a comic
creators’ collaborative in Washington, DC, and has won
acclaim for his nature graphic novel, Mr. Big. He currently
works as an editor for a higher-education association.
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