The Breadsters

A Teenager Cartoons the High School Years

von Maalvika Bhat

Taschenbuch, ab 13 bis 18 Jahre

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The Baking of BREADSTERS I love to doodle. And I doodle what I love. Carbs of various kinds top that list.Around the time I was in middle school, I had doodled characters like Mr. andMrs. Muffin, Mr. and Mrs. Donut, and Mr. and Mrs. Roll. Eventually, I sketchedtheir kids. That's how Stud Muffin, Buttery Toast, Guchi Roll, and othercharacters were born. During the summer after 7th grade, I visited a museum of the famouscartoonist, Mario Miranda, in Goa, India. I was hooked. The influence acartoonist can have -- blending art, observation, and humor to make astatement -- excited me. As I worked on Breadsters, I thought I shouldrepresent them with different breads from around the globe. After all, bread, in all its various forms, is the most widely consumed food in the world, andhas been an integral part of our diet for thousands of years. In fact, recentscholarship suggests humans started baking bread at least 30,000 years ago.(Thank you, History.com). The comic strips or "carb-toons" in this book were created over a period offive years. As I grew up, graduated from middle school to high school, andhave risen to becoming a senior in high school, so have these Breadsters.They looked different when they started in 2013. And just like me, they lookslightly more mature now. Each chapter is an assortment of the comic stripsdrawn over this period of time, and has been introduced with my ruminationson that particular slice of life. More comic strips (I try to publish one everyweek during the school year) that are not included in this book, can be foundon www.breadsters.com or www.facebook.com/thebreadsters. Each year of my high school presented its own unique set of joys, challenges, and opportunities. But they also contributed magnificently in helping meunderstand myself a bit better. As this self-awareness grew, my comicsbecome more personal and specific. Friends, peers, and parents who followedBreadsters on social media reminded me, by their comments and messages, that they were all going through similar struggles, turmoil, and milestones.We were all in it together! I hope this collection of comics helps every middle and high-schoolerremember this: Whatever you are feeling, you are not alone. It may feelisolating when you are staying up late to finish your homework, that youare the only person working hard while the rest of the world is comfortablytucked away and sleeping (or worse, having fun!). Or you are the only personin conflict with your parents' overbearing restrictions. But, as the followingcomics prove, you're in good company. I hope you enjoy this labor of love.

• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Allgemeine Interessen
• ISBN: 9780999329702
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2017
• Größe: 203 x 203 mm
• Verlag: Purab Kind Words
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 13 bis 18 Jahre