Episode 192 - Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics
This episode we’re discussing the format of Non-Fiction Graphic Novels & Comics! We talk about what we even mean when we say “non-fiction,” comics vs. graphic novels, art vs. writing, memoirs vs. other stuff, and more. Plus: It’s been over 365 days since our last gorilla attack!
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Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
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Things We Read (or tried to…)
Moi aussi je voulais l'emporter by Julie Delporte
This Woman's Work by Julie Delporte, translated by Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen
Sông by Hài-Anh and Pauline Guitton
Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza
Why I Adopted by Husband by Yuta Yagi
The Art and Life of Hilma af Klint by Ylva Hillström, translated by Karin Eklund
Go to Sleep (I Miss You): Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood by Lucy Knisley
Nuking Alaska: Notes of an Atomic Fugitive by Peter Dunlap-Shohl
My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders by Monzusu, translated by Ben Trethewey
The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone by Joseph Tychonievich and Liz Kozik
Other Media We Mentioned
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Fun Home (musical) (Wikipedia)
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, translated by Mattias Ripa
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Displacement by Lucy Knisley
Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned and Judd Winick
Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer by Sylvie Rancourt, translated by Helge Dascher
Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley
The Mental Load by Emma
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
What Is Obscenity?: The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy by Rokudenashiko
Homestar Runner
Button Pusher by Tyler Page
Last of the Sandwalkers by Jay Hosler
Clan Apis by Jay Hosler
Ping-pong by Zviane
Dumb: Living Without a Voice by Georgia Webber
When David Lost His Voice by Judith Vanistendael
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Smile by Raina Telegmeier
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth
Links, Articles, and Things
Harvey Pekar (Wikipedia)
Joe Sacco (Wikipedia)
Japanese adult adoption (Wikipedia)
In the name of the queer: Sailor Moon's LGBTQ legacy
The Spectre of Orientalism in Craig Thompson’s Habibi
Cultural Appropriation in Craig Thompson’s Graphic Novel Habibi
35 Non-fiction Graphic Novels by BIPOC Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
This Place: 150 Years Retold
Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei with Elettra Stamboulis & Gianluca Costantini
Nat Turner by Kyle Baker
The Talk by Darrin Bell
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
I’m a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De la Cruz
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao
Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America by Joel Christian Gill and Ibram X. Kendi
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez
The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Man, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito: a Graphic Memoir by Shing Yin Khor
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung-Ju
In Limbo by Deb J.J. Lee
This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín
Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer
Steady Rollin': Preacher Kid, Black Punk and Pedaling Papa by Fred Noland
Citizen 13660 by Mine Okubo
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore
Kwändǖr by Cole Pauls
Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriguez
Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers: Remembering the "Comfort Women" of World War II by Han Seong-Won
Death Threat by Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee
Palimpsest: Documents From A Korean Adoption by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom
Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank "Big Black" Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Dawud Anyabwile, and Derrick Barnes
The High Desert by James Spooner
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker
Feelings by Manjit Thapp
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson
Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ronald Wimberly and Braham Revel
Bonus list: 21 Non-Fiction Manga
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So a Japanese YouTuber, hayato3046, decided to go through the whole of the second season of the anime for a "Skinship Ranking". Like, we have the impression that Yu gets touchy-feely with the other girls — but does she touch them more than they touch her? Well, here's the top ten touchers:
(Shioriko, Lanzhu, and Mia are included in the rankings but didn't make the top 10; Lanzhu was 11th at 15 points, and Shioriko and Mia tied for 12th at 11 points.)
The breakdown of who touched whom (plus further details from my own examination of the data) follows:
First, a machine translation of four rules that were considered when counting touches:
And here's the X touches Y data.
(These are organized with the touch-er down the side and the touch-er along the top; the fact that everyone's points are in their own color helps with the presentation.)
What this mostly makes clear is the degree of clustering involved. Ayumu gets her ranking mostly by touching Yu and, to a lesser extent, Setsuna — episode 5 really juiced her scores on both counts — while our winner Kasumi is pretty touchy with everybody, with bumps for her fellow first-years and her beloved senpai.
To be clear, hayato3046 considers these as largely asymmetric; if you consider, say, the sequence in episode 4 where Rina hugs Ai from behind, Ai doesn't also get a point until she pats Rina's head afterwards.
Which is why, for shipping data purposes, I combined these numbers to get us a top 15, summing touches each way among the XX pairings.
1) Ayumu x Yu: 47
2) Ayumu x Setsuna: 28
3) Karin x Emma: 26
4) Kanata x Emma: 25
5) Kasumi x Shizuku: 23
5) Kasumi x Kanata: 23
7) Kasumi x Rina: 22
8) Ai x Rina: 20
9) Karin x Ai: 18
10) Emma x Rina: 16
11) Kasumi x Yu: 15
12) Karin x Kanata: 13
13) Ai x Kanata: 11
14) Kasumi x Emma: 10
14) Shizuku x Kanata: 10
14) Shizuku x Rina: 10
And of course, here's the original video:
So there you go. We do see most of the firmly established pairings from the original Nijigasaki lineup here; the exceptions are the ones featuring R3BIRTH and the pre-SIFAS pairings of SetsuKasu, KariKasu, and KariSetsu from the Dengeki 4komas. (I suspect the R3BIRTH girls are so low in the rankings because the anime spent so many episodes on the other subunits.)
The whole list of 78 possible couplings — the combinatoric of (13 2), or 12+11+10+9+...3+2+1 — is too long to give in this post, but here's a Google Sheets spreadsheet of the data.
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