"Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas has refracted the familiar comics form through a Haida aesthetic to produce something that is both uniquely his own and a testament to his cultural inheritance. Beautiful, bold, amusing, poignant -- one of a kind and a breath of fresh air." --Joe Sacco , author of Palestine "Demonstrating a staggering range of artistry and narrative invention, Yahgulanaas provides the reader with an experience unlike any other book.we witness the genesis of an art form as he transforms the comics grid into an ecosystem of framelines, birthing Haida manga as a new mode of storytelling." --Katherine Kelp-Stebbins , professor and director of Comics and Cartoon Studies, University of Oregon "Internationally recognized for his singular fusion of Haida visual tradition and comics form, Yahgulanaas stands with Art Spiegelman and Joe Sacco as a major voice of resistance to fascist state power in our time--and as an artist whose work insists on the environmental conscience of the human condition." --William Kuskin , chair and professor of English, University of Colorado Boulder Praise for previous work: JAJ : "Utterly remarkable is the confluence of history, family ancestry, fine art, inventive bookmaking--all available to witness here in Yahgulanaas's unforgettable gift of Haida Manga." -- Shelf Awareness "This book is a necessary tale told by the perfect voice at the right time. It also uses graphic imagery in a way I've not seen before, and it feels ground-breaking.
" --Douglas Coupland "This experimental art object delivers a moving message." -- Publishers Weekly "a masterpiece of cultural mash-up and historic grief.In his magisterial version of the genre, a unique blend of Haida and Japanese Manga imagery is put to work conveying historic truth and profound, nuanced human tragedy in a visually powerful form." -- Vancouver Sun "Yahgulanaas has a way with a story. His work leaps off the page, smacks you in the face, and then explodes linear narratives like an atomic bomb." -- The Tyee "Tradition and innovation combine in Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas's Haida manga." -- Quill & Quire "A tale of history and humanization unfold in colorful 'Haida Manga'" -- The Globe and Mail Carpe Fin : ".powerful, moving, beautiful and often screamingly funny.
No verbal description will do it justice.one of B.C.'s most challenging and innovative visual artists." Vancouver Sun Red : "this Haida manga intriguingly blends graphic storytelling with a fine art sensibility.Yahgulanaas communicates via an arresting series of images evoking the traditional visual arts of the Haida people." -- Publishers Weekly.