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Back in 2020, I was quoted in saying that "As a graphic novel, Banned Book Club is the daring memoir that comes once a generation. There is nothing else like this on the bookshelves". Rereading it in 2021 makes me remember just how brilliant it is. . . . The graphic novel from @ironcircus is the true story of a South Korean woman’s student days in college in the early 1980s. Under an authoritarian regime she found — through the rebellion of reading — her purpose and learned how powerful a tool censorship can be to oppress a country & its people. . . . It is a timely work to read as protests of all kinds are still happening around the globe, an excellent coming of age tale and a great reading rec for folks looking on where to start reading comics by Korean artists--manhwa #bannedbookclub #manhwa #ironcircuscomics #bookstagram #graphicnovelsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/COGfjApg-UC/?igshid=1kv6qtsdyj9lc

Yes, there are cool action scenes and fun dancy, fun panels with the besties but my FAVORITE pages from Nubia: Real One are the ones of Nubia's parents embracing her. Loving on her. In a year that continues to drown us in Black death by hands of the police, these ring true. 🖤 I just want to see more Black girls protected and loved and alive. 🖤 I think of Aiyana Stanley-Jones and Ma'kiya bryant and Breonna taylor and Atatiana Jefferson and Korryn Gaines and India Kager. I'm thinking of how much Black girls and women get thrown under the bus. Get thrown six feet under. . . Rereading Nubia: Real One by the creative team of L.L. McKinney and Robyn Smith has me thankful for such small moments of comfort and love for teenage Nubia in the YA reimaging of Wonder Woman's twin sister living in a time of Black Lives Matter, racial inequality, school violence and living amongst those who don't respect boundaries or care about consent. There are several scary moments like Nubia having a police officer hold a loaded gun at her as she's on her way home to an intense series of moments when her high school goes on lockdown due to an active shooter on campus. . . This graphic novel address a question: “Can you be a hero…if society doesn’t see you as a person?” Being young gifted and (openly) Black, this version of Nubia can most definitely be a hero, an avatar for those who see themselves in a world that doesn’t always look kindly to them. This is a graphic novel that speaks to Black girlhood, coming of age in turbulent times and becoming the hero you need, first and foremost. Utlaimelty, I really wanna see Black girl win. Fictional and real. This book fulfills that need in comic book form. #bookstagram #graphicnovelsofinstagram #nubiarealone #dccomics #comicsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/COYeDY4srzr/?igshid=1pjxoyj5rg8q9