iYMA Award 548 12/4/19

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The First Annual Kavalier & Clay 
2019
Award for Best LGBTQ+ Representation 
in Graphic Novels
Amanda Evers-Bellace RU548
The award promotes LGBTQ+ inclusivity in
all genres
Why graphic novels?
1. Including graphics with texts helps students encode information more readily, improving their reading comprehension.

2. Vocabulary development among students with language and learning disabilities can be aided by the use of graphic novels. 
3. Bringing youth culture, including graphic novels, into the classroom can motivate and engage youth.
4. Graphic novels used for pleasure reading help improve literacy among second language learners and reluctant readers. 
5. Graphic novels can be used to improve “traditional” 
literacy, as well as be valued as its own 
form of reading, with its own benefits.

Background: 
Kavalier & Clay are two fictional characters created by Michael Chabon in his 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. The novel models its characters on real comic book greats during the Golden Age of Comics, such as Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, who created Captain America; Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, who created Superman; and the late greats Stan Lee and Will Eisner. 
Background: 
Samuel Clay, one of the title characters, is gay, and struggles to come to terms with his sexuality at a time when there were severe constraints on queer love. This award, the Kavalier & Clay Award for Best LGBTQ+ Representation in Graphic Novels, fills the gap in the ALA Youth Media Awards by acknowledging graphic novels as a standalone format worthy of recognition.
Criteria:
Positively portrays the LGBTQ+ community
Published specifically for the YA market
Published within the past five years
Published in the United States in English or translation
Published in hard copy format
2019 Honors Books: 
Monstress Volume 1: Awakening (2016) 
by Marjorie Liu (author) and Sana Takeda (illustrator)
"Liu asks again and again what it means to be human, and how we might go about the task of loving those different from us, as well as our own composite, faceted selves."
Marjorie Liu: Making a Monstress
Guernica, 2/15/16
#1
2019 Honors Books: 
Kiss Number 8 (2019) by Colleen AF Venable (author) and Ellen T. Crenshaw (illustrator)
"It’s a story of family and friendship and love in all its forms, perfect for the graphic novel format and elevated by the combined art and narrative...A rare blend of tender and revolutionary."
Kirkus Review, 12/9/18
#2
2019 Honors Books: 
Bloom by Kevin Panetta (author) and  Savanna Ganucheau (illustrator)
"Their relationship has the typical slow-burn you’d expect from a romantic drama, but watching it unfold reminded me that we don’t see enough of these simple, sweet romances between gay kids. When the story begins, Hector is already out and has dated other guys, and while Ari isn’t “out” his sexuality is never treated as a big deal—it is just another part of his maturing into himself."
The Mary Sue Review, 1/29/19
#3
Check, Please! #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
"...this is a warm story with an irresistible protagonist, a clever supporting cast, and lively and plentiful game and practice scenes. There are many themes here: acceptance, standing up to fear, and finding your place, to name a few."
Kirkus Review, 6/30/18 
2019 Winner of the Kavalier and Clay Award for Best LGBTQ+ 
                                           Representation in Graphic Novels

"[P]eople connect to Bitty’s coming out story; they connect to Jack’s anxiety. They connect to the feeling of not thinking you’re going to succeed in an environment that is challenging but overcoming that."
2019 Winner of the Kavalier and Clay Award for Best LGBTQ+ 
                                           Representation in Graphic Novels

Ngozi Ukazu, 10/09/19, 
Interview with Beat Comics
2019 Winner of the Kavalier and Clay Award for Best LGBTQ+ 
                                           Representation in Graphic Novels

Ngozi Ukazu | New York Comic Con 2019 Live Draw Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNx5KrDsM9k
"[A 2015] Kickstarter for "Check Please" raised about $100,000 in an hour. (It eventually cleared about a quarter of million.)"
With 'Check Please,' A Comics Creator Rewrites The Rules — And Scores NPR 5/11/17
2019 Winner of the Kavalier and Clay Award for Best LGBTQ+ 
                                           Representation in Graphic Novels

2019 Winner of the Kavalier and Clay Award for Best LGBTQ+ 
                                           Representation in Graphic Novels

"Online spaces are important to marginalized creators and marginalized people because there is no gatekeeping."
Ngozi Ukazu interview, 10/9/19, Beat Comics

"[T]eaching LGBT-themed graphic novels to high school students will: 
• Normalize representation of LGBT students in the classroom.
 • Engage students in socially relevant and necessary dialogues.
 • Provide teachers and students with accessible and enjoyable yet complex and engaging texts. 
• Demand that teachers and students reflect on their relationship to the LGBT community and the perspectives of their peers."
- J. Vega, Making the case for LGBT graphic novels
Works Cited
(2018, July 30). Check, Please! #Hockey [Review of graphic novel Check, Please! #Hockey, by N. Ukazu]. Kirkus. Retrieved from https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ngozi-ukazu/check-please/ 
(2018, December 9). Kiss Number 8 [Review of graphic novel Kiss Number 8, by C. AF. Venable, & E.T. Crenshaw]. Retrieved from https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/colleen-af-venable/kiss-number-8/ 
Alleyne, L. K. (2016, February 15). Marjorie Liu: Making a Monstress. Retrieved from https://www.guernicamag.com/making-a-monstress/ 
Connelly, K. (2014, October 7). Graphic novels as a tool to improve literacy: 5 facts. Retrieved from https://www.healthyteennetwork.org/blog/graphic-novels-tool-improve-literacy-5-facts/
Rutledge, S. (2017, May 5). #LGBTQMustRead: Michael Chabon’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”. Retrieved from https://worldofwonder.net/lgbtqmustread-amazing-adventures-kavalier-clay/ 
Steele, A. (2019, October 9). NYCC ’19 Interview: Ngozi Ukazu on CHECK, PLEASE!, fandom & upcoming projects. Retrieved from https://www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-19-interview-ngozi-ukazu/ 
[Tumblr]. (2019, October 5). Ngozi Ukazu | New York Comic Con 2019 Live Draw Part 3 [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNx5KrDsM9k 
Ulaby, N. (2017, May 11). With 'Check Please,' a comics creator rewrites the rules — and scores. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2017/05/11/527821553/with-check-please-a-comics-creator-rewrites-the-rules-and-scores
Weekes, P. (2019, January 29). Bloom review: Gay summer love and baking and a Q&A with Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheau! [Review of graphic novel Bloom by K. Panetta, & S. Ganucheau]. Retrieved from https://www.themarysue.com/review-bloom-kevin-panetta-savanna-ganucheau/

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