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Audubon, on the Wings of the World
Audubon, on the Wings of the World | Fabien Grolleau, Jérémie Royer
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A stunningly illustrated graphic novel charting the life and adventures of the passionate bird-lover and explorer, John James Audubon.
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Seshat
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Another detail from this lovely book.

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Seshat
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My brother gave me this gorgeous graphic novel for Christmas.

LeahBergen That looks lovely! 4y
Seshat @LeahBergen It really is! 4y
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Pogue
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Mehso-so

It tells the account of the painter Audubon, and how he got his birds.

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TieDyeDude
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jmofo I have this on my shelf at home! I can‘t wait to read it. Some of my favorite comics are biographies! Have you read any other bio comics? 6y
TieDyeDude @jmofo Quite a few recently! I really liked Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke and Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash. Do you have any favorites? 6y
jmofo Yep! Love in Vain is a quick but easily my favorite telling of Robert Jordan‘s legend and life. 6y
jmofo Munch by Kveeneland was really fun and lovely, if you‘re into the bohemian artist crowd. 6y
jmofo Logicomix got a lot of shelf space at the bookstores but it earned it. I enjoy the biographies that also talk about the work people do. And the art was fun and there are some really inventive layouts. There‘s a two page spread that illustrates the meandering progression that comes with a conversion about understanding that I just open up and stare at sometimes. 6y
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Alicia
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Depressing panel from this quick little biography of John James Audubon. He definitely wanted to capture the natural world before it changed! I thought this line of his was particularly poignant since it is likely how many thought of change in those times.

EclecticBookLover That was a beautiful book. Sad story, but told and illustrated beautifully. 6y
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Lindy
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Pickpick

Gorgeous art in earthy tones is a highlight of this #graphicnovel biography of a complicated 19th c artist/naturalist who was obsessed with birds. I recommend this with some reservations: the fictionalized elements romanticize too much; & important aspects of Audubon‘s life are relegated to a one-page summary at the back. #translation

LitsyGetsGraphic Great review â¤ï¸ 6y
charl08 Loved this one. So much to look at! 6y
Lindy @charl08 I enjoyed seeing Audubon‘s art being created, the comparison to Wilson‘s style, and thinking about the way attitudes have shifted regarding scientific illustrations. 6y
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Lindy
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On one hand, I applaud the extensive use of Audubon‘s own words in this biography. On the other hand, I think the creators of this graphic novel could have done more to editorialize, as in the case of displaced and starving Indigenous people. (Panel above shows drowned bison after the rest of the herd was slaughtered for sport by settlers.)

charl08 It's a difficult one, isn't it. I thought that the author gave space for the modern reader to see Audubon's views knowing *why* communities were reduced to desperate measures in the wake of the settlers' destructive behaviours. This reminds me of 6y
Lindy @charl08 Perhaps you‘re right. But Audubon‘s attitudes really upset me, and so did the portrayal of Indigenous people in Barkskins. 6y
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Lindy
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“...so much so, that I‘ve even started to miss my former life, difficult as it was.â€

An episode in Audubon‘s biography is adapted from his writing ‘The Runaway,‘ in which Audubon arranges for a family of escaped slaves to go back to enslavement. Audubon himself was born of a Haitian woman, and later adopted by his biological father and raised in France. The only mention in this book that Audubon also owned slaves is in an appendix note.

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Lindy
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Audubon: “Look! Ivory-billed woodpeckers! They‘ve become such a rarity! I must paint them quickly before their plumage loses its lustre.â€

Audubon killed hundreds of birds daily. It‘s hard to reconcile this (even though I know it was standard practice for 19th century naturalists) with the conservationist stance of the organization that was founded in his name, the Audubon Society.

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Lindy
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Jérémie Royer‘s art is my favourite thing about this #graphicnovel biography of John James Audubon.

wanderinglynn Beautiful! â¤ï¸ 6y
batsy It's gorgeous. 6y
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everlocalwest
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Pickpick

This book is so lovely! A beautifully illustrated graphic biography of John James Audubon. I didn't harbor any romantic delusions about Audubon going into it, and while the author approaches some aspects of his history (and time) that are detestable with a light brush the sheer number of animals he killed for his work and for sport is well represented.

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msford88
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Two of my favorite things. This book is beautiful and couldn't have made a better present. I can't wait to read it!

Tamra How beautiful! 7y
ladym30 Looks very interesting. 7y
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charl08
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Gorgeous graphic novel account of the naturalist's life.

Wife But didn‘t I read that he killed the specimens that he drew? Is that addressed in the GN? 🤔 7y
rubyslippersreads @Wife I was upset when I first learned this in a children's book : 7y
charl08 @wife @rubyslipppers Yes he did, and yes, the GN doesn't hide that. For me, the way this shooting is shown lets the reader draw their own conclusions. 7y
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Unphilosophize
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Pickpick

This has probably been one of my favourite graphic novels that I've read so far. I didn't really know anything about Audubon before reading this book and he's definitely a figure I'd like to read more about. For those who don't know, he was an ornithologist so there's lots of pretty birds in the book!
He also met Darwin (see above)! I looove Darwin. This book really makes me want to see a graphic novel version of the voyage of the Beagle 🤤

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Unphilosophize
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Picked up this beauty today. I'm saving it for when I'm camping next week but it's going to be so hard!
#graphicnovel #history #birds #ornithology

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ABookishLife
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Pickpick

John James Audubon was a complicated, talented man of his times, & this graphic novel both explores his contradictory nature & pays tribute to the beauty of his work.

WordWaller I looooooove Flying Eye/Nobrow 8y
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This is worth at least having a look at because of just how beautiful it is. Translated from the French. According to this book at least the French aren't as familiar with the name Audubon as Americans are. It's interesting to learn about the man and how he worked. Animal death and whitewashing.

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WanderingBookaneer
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The authors acknowledge that they whitewashed some aspects of the story. I appreciated the disclaimer. Other than that, I loved this gorgeously illustrated biography.

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WanderingBookaneer
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The irony that he was killing them to immortalize them.

Sace 😢 and 😡 8y
Lindy It's hard to understand the mentality of that time. Tragic, in retrospect. 8y
Suet624 Sigh. 8y
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WanderingBookaneer
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Texreader Hmmmm. Sounds a bit worse than "foibles." I understand people are products of their time and I can read through that, and I appreciate the authenticity. But to describe the behavior as "foibles" troubles me. 8y
WanderingBookaneer @Texreader : Agreed, but taken in historical context, the man was a product of his times. 8y
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