JAJ : [graphic novel] a Haida manga / Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas.

JAJ : [graphic novel] a Haida manga / Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas.

Alternate Title
Johan Adrian Jacobsen

By
Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll.

Publication Date
2023

Publication Information
Madeira Park, B.C. : Douglas and McIntyre,

Physical Description
116 p. : col. ill.

Subject Term
Haida art.
 
Haida Indians -- History.
 
Indigenous peoples -- First contact with other peoples -- North America.

Geographic Term
British Columbia.

Genre
Graphic non-fiction.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary
Visual artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas brings to life the tumultuous history of first contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples and the early colonization by the Europeans of the northern West Coast. Yahgulanaas uses a blend of traditional and modern art, eschewing the traditional boxes of comic books for the flowing shapes of North Pacific iconography. The panels are filled with colourful and expressive watercolour paintings. The panels of each page, if removed and assembled into one whole image, form a large image reminiscent of a woven robe. The story follows several historical figures, including Johan Adrian Jacobsen (JAJ), who comes to the Haida village of Masset to collect specimens for a German museum, through a time span that includes first contact, the devastation of the smallpox epidemic, and the mass resettlement of disenfranchised peoples, both Indigenous and European.

Language
English

ISBN
9781771623537


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall Number
Corner BrookAdult NFic Indigenous Graphic NovelAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel971.10049 Y1
St. John's - A.C. HunterAdult NFic Indigenous Graphic NovelAdult Non-Fiction Indigenous Graphic Novel971.10049 Y1