{"id":157593,"date":"2021-07-08T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/?p=157593"},"modified":"2021-09-04T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T16:25:14","slug":"ffgtgr-isnana-the-were-spider-birthday-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/ffgtgr-isnana-the-were-spider-birthday-day\/","title":{"rendered":"From Friendly Ghosts to Gamma Rays: Is&#8217;Nana the Were-Spider: Birthday Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey and welcome back to our all-ages comics column,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/category\/cafeaturedcolumns\/from-friendly-ghosts-to-gamma-rays\/\"><strong>From Friendly Ghosts To Gamma Rays<\/strong><\/a>! Our latest entry comes from award winning writer, Greg Anderson-Elys\u00e9e! This time he&#8217;s teamed up with artist George Gant to celebrate the special day for Is&#8217;Nana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FB_IMG_1625749556813-674x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157674\" width=\"450\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FB_IMG_1625749556813-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FB_IMG_1625749556813-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FB_IMG_1625749556813-768x1166.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FB_IMG_1625749556813-1012x1536.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/FB_IMG_1625749556813.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Is&#8217;Nana the Were-Spider: Birthday Day<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Writer:<\/strong> Greg Anderson-Elys\u00e9e<br><strong>Art:<\/strong> George Gant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before he came to Earth and became the were-spider, he was merely Is&#8217;Nana. One of many children of Anansi, who all share the same birthday. So in order to make his special day stand out from the rest, a group of his friends have decided to kidnap the young spider and celebrate in style! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest adventure in the Mother Kingdom takes us back to Is&#8217;Nana&#8217;s childhood and introduces several new characters that further expand the richness of this world. We meet Ndua, a living doll; Coutee the frog; and Lil Br&#8217;er who is the son of the legendary Brer Rabbit. Elys\u00e9e works his own magic to bring their friendship to the forefront with dialogue that actually feels like a group of kids just having fun. This adds to the humor and heart of the story which gets another boost when we meet the tar baby, Tumfeh. A misunderstood character whom you really feel for at the beginning of the book as Elys\u00e9e paints a dark picture of Tumfeh&#8217;s life and what they&#8217;re told to expect of themselves. The relationship between Anansi and Is&#8217;Nana is also another highlight as once again we get a great example of Black familial love between a father and son. Anansi can&#8217;t understand why his son doesn&#8217;t take after him more but he&#8217;s not condemning or demeaning Is&#8217;Nana. It&#8217;s an interaction that is honest and pure. Anansi does make a great joke about what may happen between them in the future that might be a hint at what&#8217;s to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being that I was familiar with George Gant&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geogantart.com\/comic-strips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Beware of Toddler<\/span><\/a><\/em> series there was a level of cute and wholesome that I thought I was prepared for. However, I was not truly ready for what he was bringing in <em>Birthday Day<\/em>. The visual story is touching just on it&#8217;s own with Gant punctuating several moments that really make the narrative shine that much brighter. From the action sequences (who knew Lil Br&#8217;er had hands like that?) to the adorable moment when the friends meet Tumfe this story is panel after panel of cuteness and fine sequential storytelling. Since Is&#8217;Nana is in his spider form the majority of story Gant makes him stand out with the little locs added that is such a fun touch to the character&#8217;s appearance. Gant&#8217;s style paired with Elys\u00e9e&#8217;s narrative comes together to make the perfect story for any young reader to enjoy and even older ones can appreciate as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-8-1024x535.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157679\" width=\"546\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-8-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-8-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-8-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-8-1536x803.png 1536w, https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-8.png 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Is&#8217;Nana the Were-Spider: Birthday Day<\/em> is a comic you need in your collection so I suggest heading over to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/isnanashowtime\/isnana-the-were-spider-birthday-day\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">Kickstarter<\/span><\/strong><\/a> right now to make sure that happens! This is another story that is much needed in comics that takes us to a place and culture usually left out of the medium. So it&#8217;s wonderful that creatives like Elys\u00e9e and Gant are making sure to fill that void!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Infinite Speech<br>infinitespeech@comicattack.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey and welcome back to our all-ages comics column,&nbsp;From Friendly Ghosts To Gamma Rays! Our latest entry comes from award winning writer, Greg Anderson-Elys\u00e9e! This time he&#8217;s teamed up with artist George Gant to celebrate the special day for Is&#8217;Nana. Is&#8217;Nana the Were-Spider: Birthday DayWriter: Greg Anderson-Elys\u00e9eArt: George Gant Before he came to Earth and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":32177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,412,721,59,658],"tags":[1576,17413,17412,6389,7219],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157593"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157685,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157593\/revisions\/157685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}