Josephine Baker | 
I missed signups for the #BHMswap, but the questionnaire looks fun anyway.
1. (real) Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, Paul Robeson, James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, and (fiction) Addy Walker
2. Douglass, Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Colson Whitehead, Nnedi Okorafor
3. Both
4. History & SFF
5. The Josephine Baker graphic bio tagged; also composer Harry Burleigh and his influence on Dvorak's New World Symphony.
#BlitsyHistoryMonth @Chelleo
Found a new list on Librarything - graphic biographies of women. These are some of the ones I've read (and recommend! )
https://www.librarything.com/list/18872/all/Graphic-Biographies-of-Women
Which ones have you read? Which do you want to read?
pickThis is a delightful and fast-paced collection of moments in the incomparable Josephine Baker‘s life. Lots of cameos, so much so, there‘s about a hundred pages of short bios at the back of the book, along with a timeline.
It‘s a chunkster of a comic and I‘ve been looking forward to reading it since I bought it two years ago.
#24B4Monday check in 8:17
Image from The Washington Post website
Also this book. Learning more about the amazing Josephine Baker has been on my To Do list for ages.
pickInteresting graphic biography about a fascinating woman who embraced life on her own terms. The illustrator captured her exuberance and passion perfectly. I would have liked more detail on her life from WWII on -- it was there, but there was more detail on her performances pre WWII. I found her work with the French Resistance and civil rights so compelling and wanted more.
Home sweet home with the weighted blanket and a giant graphic novel.
pickFascinating biography of the dancer/secret agent's campaigner's life.
Spotted this graphic novel biography on display at my library as I was walking in this morning and said “Don‘t mind if I do!” #librarylife
so-soI really enjoyed the art, but it felt like it jumped around a lot. It was more like little 3-4 page vignettes. There's a time line and biographical information about the people in Josephine's life at the end. I should have read that first.
#TBRtemptation post 6! This thick graphic novel looks amazing! Baker was 19 in 1925 when she entered Paris. The young American dancer captivated the world, from Picasso to kings, becoming the world's first black celebrity. She was in WWII's French Resistance. In the '50s, she adopted 12 orphans, the Rainbow Tribe. In the '60s she spoke at the March on Washington. She would fight racism and evil her whole life. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
Can't wait to dig into this, but when I ordered it, I want aware of how long it was! My wife added the crown pin (she sells them at love peridot.com) cuz Josephine was a queen! #comics #graphicnovels #comicsarerealbooks
pickWhat a fascinating life Ms. Baker lived. I've discovered that I quite enjoy learning about history through comics!
Thank you @BookishMarginalia for putting this on my radar! Josephine is everything! 😍
Quite the disclaimer.
Coffee break after picking up some goodies --including this graphic novel biography of #JosephineBaker -- at the comic book store. Still no power @TheBookmarkPR 🤷🏻♀️
A graphic novel on the life of Josephine Baker in French? Ouiiii
