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CUBA: MY REVOLUTION makes Best of HEEB 5770
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Comic Revolution reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://comicrevolution.wordpress.com/20
Scripps News reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION 'a powerful graphic novel'
http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/comi
Portland Mercury reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.portlandmercury.com/port
Newsarama reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/best-sh
Techland exclusive preview of CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://techland.com/2010/09/07/exclusiv
iFanboy reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.ifanboy.com/content/arti
Exclusive preview of CUBA: MY REVOLUTION at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryan-you
The Outhousers reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.p
Crave reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.craveonline.com/entertainmen
Graphic NYC reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.nycgraphicnovelists.com/2
Dean Haspiel's origin of CUBA: MY REVOLUTION at Vertigo
http://vertigo.blog.dccomics.com/2010/0
Exclusive preview of CUBA: MY REVOLUTION at WIRED
http://www.wired.com/underwire/201
Publisher's Weekly reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t
IGN reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://comics.ign.com/articles/111/1119
CUBA: MY REVOLUTION COVER PROCESS by Dean Haspiel
http://vertigo.blog.dccomics.com/2010/0
Haspiel Visits "Cuba, My Revolution" at CBR
http://www.comicbookresources.com/
Wall Street Journal: Cuba as Seen Through Cartoons
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/201
LARGEHEARTED BOY posts CUBA playlist by Dean Haspiel
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/arc
CBR: Exhibition Traces the Making of DC Comics' "Cuba: My Revolution"
http://www.comicbookresources.com/
WORD BALLOON podcast: Dean Haspiel and Tim Hall on CUBA, UNDIE PRESS, PEKAR and BORED TO DEATH
http://wordballoon.blogspot.com/20
Latina Magazine features CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.scribd.com/doc/37560577/Lati
AM New York, September 15, 2010
Miami Herald reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/19/1
POOD reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://poodcomics.blogspot.com/2010/0
Graphic Novel Reporter: Inverna Lockpez's Cuba: Remembering a Revolution
http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/con
Weekly Comic Book Review reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://weeklycomicbookreview.com/2010/0
TALKING WITH TIM: Dean Haspiel on Cuba: My Revolution, Post-Disaster Adventure Chronicles & More
http://talkingwithtim.com/wordpress/201
Graphic Policy reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://graphicpolicy.com/2010/09/24/rev
One Metal reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.onemetal.com/2010/09/26/c
Vertigo On the Ledge: with Inverna Lockpez
http://vertigo.blog.dccomics.com/2010/0
NY POST: Haspiel takes on Castro in Lockpez's bittersweet revolution memoir
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/broo
Graphic NYC reports CUBA: MY REVOLUTION exhibition at Kentler
http://www.nycgraphicnovelists.com/2
Inverna Lockpez discusses CUBA: MY REVOLUTION on THE WORLD
http://www.theworld.org/2010/10/05/c
Kids learn comix thru the Art of CUBA: MY REVOLUTION at Kentler
http://www.kentlergallery.org/pages/_KI
A.V. Club reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.avclub.com/articles/oct
Newsarama reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/10/13/re
RADAR NYC recommends CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://workbookproject.com/radar/2010/1
MTV GEEK video-interviews Dean Haspiel at NYCC 2010 about CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.mtv.com/videos/interview/588
Publishing Perspectives: Dean Haspiel’s Cuba Brings the Harsh Reality of Castro’s Revolution
http://publishingperspectives.com/2
MIAMI HERALD: As literature evolves, so does Miami's annual book fair
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/13/1
El Tecolote reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://eltecolote.org/content/2010/11/c
School Library Journal reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
Gr 10 Up–This memoir is an excellent example of the graphic novel's ability to make pain visible. Opening panels dated December 31, 1958, introduce Sonya, fashionably dressed in vibrant red, looking forward to a new year with Fidel Castro's overthrow of the Batista regime and a new hope for Cuba. "I feel a new beginning has come for my country. Finally the justice and equality we have yearned for is about to happen." Sonya gets caught up with the fervor of this movement and renounces her plans to study art. Instead she joins the military and commences medical studies in her zeal to bring positive change to her beloved country. However, life in Cuba becomes progressively worse. This is signaled visually by the change to a black-and-white palette. She is imprisoned and tortured by her own country. Her mother, stepfather, and infant sister are finally able to leave, but Sonya stubbornly refuses to go, clinging to her dreams and ideals. The final panel reveals her tear-stained face, etched with the years of pain and horror as she finally leaves Cuba. "I don't know right from wrong anymore. What happened to the principles we believed in five years ago? I'm always afraid, all the time. All the time." The pain is both visually and verbally palpable. Due to graphic depictions of violence and nudity this searing account is most appropriate for mature readers.
Barbara M. Moon, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY
© Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.
NPR: Graphic Novel Tells Grim Story Of Cuban Revolution
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor
Cuba: My Revolution is a new graphic novel about a 17-year-old girl who forgoes her dream of becoming an artist to join Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. Host Allison Keyes speaks with author Inverna Lockpez, whose personal experiences shape the story, and illustrator Dean Haspiel.
Vertigo Blog: CUBA and DARK RAIN in Miami
http://vertigo.blog.dccomics.com/2010/1
K.I.D.S. Art Ed After School brings Dean Haspiel to The Red Hook Community Justice Center
http://kidsarteducation.blogspot.com/20
The Long and Short Box Of It! reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION art show at Kentler
http://longandshortboxofit.blogspot.c
THE DAILY BEAST Best YA Novels of 2010 includes CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-a
Library Journal reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/8
Minnesota Reads reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.minnesotareads.com/2011/02/c
Playback:stl reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.playbackstl.com/comic-b
Inverna Lockpez at the Miami Book Fair talks to Marc Bernier about CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDL8UGk
Comic Critique picks CUBA: MY REVOLUTION as Graphic Novel of 2010
http://blog.comiccritique.com/?p=5
Comic Books For Colored Folks reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://darkjeedai.blogspot.com/201
Newsarama: Comic Studies: Metafiction meets Autobiography
http://man-size.livejournal.com/55
iFanboy reviews CUBA: My Revolution
http://ifanboy.com/articles/comic-s
"Remembering Revolution," the Palm Coast Observer interviews Inverna Lockpez, writer of the graphic novel, CUBA: My Revolution.
http://www.palmcoastobserver.com/news/p
Better Than Fiction reviews CUBA: MY REVOLUTION
http://heydlnelson.blogspot.com/20
Robot 6 reviews CUBA: My Revolution
"Cuba: My Revolution by Inverna Lockpez and Dean Haspiel
At first I was frustrated at how this seemed to be skipping through time, almost rushing. But then the rhythm of it clicked in because of how it was showing the main character Sonya’s belief in the revolution lead by Fidel Castro in 1959. The portrayal at how Fidel was a charming and exciting figure, even sexy (!) was fascinating for an outsider such as myself. And then the slow process of disillusionment… heart breaking and tough to read. What’s especially startling is just how long she tried to hold on to her belief in communism and the revolution for so long after nightmarish treatment to herself personally and deteriorating treatment to her country and people in general. The end is such an emotional release. This is a fantastic book, bravely told by Lockpez and Haspiel, who don’t flinch from some of the more abusive treatment Sonya received. The story is based on Lockpez’s own life story and I’d love to know what happens next." --Corey Blake at Robot 6/CBR
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/20
Worthy Of A Bigger Audience reviews CUBA: My Revolution
"Cuba: My Revolution: A powerful story which takes you to emotional extremes."
http://woaba.blogspot.com/2013/02/graph