Comments on: Nelson Mandela: The Authorized Comic Book http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/07/19/nelson-mandela-the-authorized-comic-book/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: lifeisapatchworkquilt.com » Final Book for “World Citizen Challenge” http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/07/19/nelson-mandela-the-authorized-comic-book/comment-page-1/#comment-107585 lifeisapatchworkquilt.com » Final Book for “World Citizen Challenge” Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:09:26 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=7843#comment-107585

[...] found one other review of this comic book  who seems to feel the same way as I do.  If you like graphic novels and similiar books, the [...]

]]> By: Nuremj http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/07/19/nelson-mandela-the-authorized-comic-book/comment-page-1/#comment-105698 Nuremj Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:30:31 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=7843#comment-105698 I finally got my copy, and you are right. It is a text book, but done in a graphic format so I wonder what you call this?

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/07/19/nelson-mandela-the-authorized-comic-book/comment-page-1/#comment-105236 Johanna Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:33:11 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=7843#comment-105236 I’d say not, because I found it a huge struggle to read. It’s hard to learn from a book that’s putting you to sleep.

]]> By: Nuremj http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/07/19/nelson-mandela-the-authorized-comic-book/comment-page-1/#comment-105234 Nuremj Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:41:05 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=7843#comment-105234 I’m a bit confused by this review? You say “the result is something that’s flat and boring, almost like a textbook. That matches its intent — to educate new, younger readers about this great man”. Does this mean it achieves its intentions or not?

]]> By: Hsifeng http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/07/19/nelson-mandela-the-authorized-comic-book/comment-page-1/#comment-105170 Hsifeng Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:19:39 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=7843#comment-105170 I think I heard about this a few years ago when the BBC News had an article on it…lemme double-check…I thought what I’d read included a mention of the comics being available in all of South Africa’s official languages, but this is up instead:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4385674.stm

When I was trying to find the article, I also found these links:

http://www.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/news/article/nelson_mandela_comic_book_launched/

“Nelson Mandela comic book launched”
July 17, 2008

One photo is captioned “Comic book artists Richie Orphan, Pitshou Mampa and Pascal Nzoni with project co-ordinator Nic Buchanan” (now why didn’t Norton credit the visual artists in the U.S. edition itself too?)

http://joburgnews.co.za/2005/nov/nov2_comics.stm

“Superman Madiba launches comic”
November 2, 2005
By SouthAfrica.Info Reporter

“…To prepare himself, Buchanan read books and consulted historians, journalists and the foundation’s archives. He and five artists worked for six months to produce the first 26-page edition…” (so there are two more to credit besides Orphan, Mampa, and Nzoni)

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