Early New Zealand Comics for Children
Hannah Benbow is the comics and cartoons librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington – and she draws on that expertise in...
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The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 27
Today is editor Sarah's birthday, and she's going to shelter in one of her favourite books. Would you join her in Carrie Hepple's Garden?...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 26
Today is apparently the day for romance, and what can be more romantic than working on a picture book together? Giselle Clarkson explores...
Merry Christmas from Giselle & The Sapling
The editors of The Sapling all love a good kids' Christmas book. This comic celebrates the books that Briar, Thalia, Kura, and Sarah have...
Giselle Clarkson & Sarah Laing: A comic interview
We love comics, and we love the artists behind them! So for this month's Giselle Clarkson comic, we have something a little different for...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 23
Giselle Clarkson wrestles with imposter syndrome in her most recent comic. Giselle has also illustrated The Gobbledegook Book, written by...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 22
Penguins have appeared in famed picture books with relative frequency over the years – and not just because a fair few books happen to...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 21
Many of the awards for children's literature in New Zealand (bestowed by either Storylines or the New Zealand Book Awards for Children...
Minky Stapleton's A-Z of Making a Book
Illustrating a picture book is not a simple A-to-B process. Minky Stapleton (the illustrator of Linda Jane Keegan's Things in the Sea are...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 20
This is a momentous occasion: it's the second anniversary of Giselle Clarkson Comics on The Sapling (actually, the second anniversary of...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 19
Do you recognise the name Avis Acres? Giselle Clarkson fills us in on the importance of this early figure in New Zealand children's...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 18
As we near the end of 2018, our cool and clever illustrator, Giselle Clarkson, reaches Peak Adorkable. Here, she teaches us about some...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 17
Is there any experience more universal than inappropriate laughing fits? Here, illustrator Giselle Clarkson generously shares one of the...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 16
In the 16th of our regular comics from Giselle Clarkson, she ruminates on the unusual history of one of the most-loved works of...
The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 15
As part of our coverage for this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked illustrator and major book-lover Giselle...
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