The Great Xmas Eve Black-Seminole Victory by William Loren Katz- His web site is: http://www.WILLIAMLKATZ.COM to read essays, articles and see the books he's written so far about Black Indians and Black West.
"In the long history of U.S. wars of annihilation and racial subjugation, the Black and Seminole resistance shines as a glorious example of solidarity between courageous peoples. The Seminole, largely comprised of Native Americans previously displaced by savage ethnic cleansing in the southern states, and escaped slaves found common cause in Spanish Florida, where they created a multi-cultural community and armed force against the encroaching "Americans." In three separate wars between 1816 and 1858, combined Black-Seminole forces caused the deaths of thousands of white troops. The greatest victory occurred the day before Christmas, 1837, at Lake Okeechobee, where "every [U.S.] officer, with one exception" was brought down."
This is a collaboration between me and a mural artist, done some time ago now: he got in touch to use my children characters to decorate the walls of a therapy room, in a school in Manchester.
Since this AWN article was published, the rest of this film has been found in 2005.
Once restored, it was shown at an animation festival in Utrecht in 2006.
Otherwise, ready-made T-Shirts featuring this character are also available on the MarketPlace at Spreadshirt and are fully customizable.
See more at Cheerful Madness!! online shop at Spreadshirt
My children's book Red Jim has received its first review and a very positive one as well in the professional French magazine "L'Avis Des Bulles".
The review is quoted below (in French), to make it searchable (and findable by search engines)
RED JIM
ONE-SHOT
�DITEUR Tartamudo
SC�NARISTE JEAN-BART Nathalie
DESSINATEUR JEAN-BART Nathalie
COLORISTE JEAN-BART Nathalie
GENRE Conte moderne
�GE 7 ans et +
PUBLIC Grand public
PRIX 12 �
Harry et Henry sont deux chiens de garde aussi gras que stupides. Comme ces cabots s'ennuient, ils jouent avec les autres animaux: ils arrachent la queue des renards, le fond du pantalon du facteur etc.
Un jour o� leur ennui �tait � son comble, un lapin se pr�sente � eux, avec, dans les mains, une pancarte sur laquelle est marqu� � Attrapez-moi !!�. Les chiens courent donc apr�s le gibier aux longues oreilles, et sont alors attir�s dans une soucoupe volante, d'o� semble venir le lapin. Ils se retrouvent d�s lors prisonniers des "Lapins de l'espace", craints dans tout l'univers, m�me des fourmis g�antes de Betelgeuse. Nos deux chiens, devant choisir comment �tre mang�s, vont faire enlever Billy le chat, qui va alors, avec ruse, les tirer d'une bien mauvaise situation.
Ce livre est un v�ritable enchantement! Il est construit comme suit: du texte sur la page de gauche, des dessins sur la page de droite. L'histoire est tr�s dr�le, support�e par des dessins tr�s expressifs qui font v�ritablement rire. Nathalie JEAN-BART joue avec ma�trise avec la typographie du texte, la mise en page des dessins et la couleur de ces derniers. L'auteur �crit aussi en deux langues; en effet sur une m�me page, le texte est r�dig� en fran�ais et en anglais. Nathalie JEAN-BART �tant fran�aise et habitant � Londres, une partie n'est pas la traduction de l'autre. Ainsi l'auteur glisse des jeux de mot dans les textes fran�ais qui ne peuvent appara�tre dans le texte anglais, et vice versa. Lire le texte dans les deux langues n'appara�t plus fastidieux (enfin� �a l'est moins). Un livre divertissant, qui promet un bon moment de lecture!
JCA
L�AVIS DES BULLES � NOVEMBRE 2007 � N� 100 � PAGE 31
And the approximative translation of the review in English, by yours truly :
Harry and Henry are two guard dogs as fat as they are stupid. But they are also very bored, so bored in fact, they only find some enjoyment by playing with other animals: they tear foxes' tails off and the bottom of the postman's trousers, etc.
One day, as the two dogs are bored to the extreme, a rabbit turns up in front of them, with a sign in his paws saying "Catch me!!". The dogs are only too happy to oblige and chase the rabbit, until they are all sucked up inside a flying saucer.
From now on, Harry and Henry are held prisoners by the Space Rabbits, feared across the all universe by everybody even the Giant Ants from Betelgeuse. The two dogs, forced to choose how they are going to be eaten, make the Space Rabbits kidnap Billy the cat, who will ultimately trick their way out of trouble.
This book is a pure delight! It is built as follow: the text is on the left page and the drawings on the right page. The story is very funny and supported by very expressive cartoons that cause genuine hilarity. Nathalie Jean-Bart shows skill in playing with the typography of the text, the layout and colours of the drawings. The author's also written the story in two languages: the text is shown in French and English on the same page. Nathalie is French and lives in London: some parts of the text aren't the literal translation of the others. The author inserts puns in the text in French that cannot appear in English and vice versa. Consequently, reading the text in both languages doesn't seem tedious anymore (at least, not as much...).
An entertaining book that promises enjoyable reading!
JCA
L�AVIS DES BULLES � NOVEMBRE 2007 � N� 100 � PAGE 31
Don't forget to check the lens I wrote about RED JIM, for more information about the book itself, where to get it from, etc.