Download, read, and interact with “First Woman”
Listen to the audio version on NASA’s SoundCloud
NASA released a digital, interactive graphic novel. “First Woman: NASA’s Promise for Humanity” imagines the story of Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore the Moon.
While Callie’s story is fictional, the first woman and the first person of color will walk on the Moon, achieving these historic milestones as part of NASA’s Artemis missions. Through this graphic novel, NASA aims to inspire the next generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation.
The WVU Librarians consider the following factors when evaluating graphic novels for our collection:
Popularity
Top-selling titles for mature readers
Tie-ins
to the WVU curriculum
Tie-ins
to TV shows, movies, and classic Literature
Age level,
target audience, and general suitability
Genre
Super-hero and fantasy titles are popular but we collect science fiction, humor, realistic fiction, and other styles
Writing
quality, including originality of plot and characters, overall appeal, character development, dialogue, and pacing
Artistic
quality, including layout, dramatic impact, storytelling flow, drawing skill, coloring (where relevant), and lettering
Reputation
of writers and artists, many of whom have strong fan followings
Awards
and recognition received. Major industry awards include the Eisner, Harvey, and Kirby awards. The Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards is a significant annual fan award.
Reputation
of publisher
Gene Basset's Vietnam sketchbook: a cartoonist's wartime perspective by 
The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti: a Treasury of XXth Century Murder. by 
Lumberjanes: Ghost Cabin (Lumberjanes #4) by
Based on the bestselling graphic novels, this series of middle-grade novels contains all-new adventures Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. The five scouts of Roanoke cabin--Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley--love their summers at camp. They get to hang out with their best friends, earn Lumberjane scout badges, annoy their no-nonsense counselor Jen . . . and go on supernatural adventures. That last one? A pretty normal occurrence at Miss Qiunzella's, where the woods contain endless mysteries. Book four, the last book of the novel series, will shine the spotlight on inseparable couple Mal and Molly, who find an extra cabin at camp, one that's full of ghosts!
Lumberjanes: the Good Egg (Lumberjanes #3) by
Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. The five scouts of Roanoke cabin--Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley--love their summers at camp. They get to hang out with their best friends, earn Lumberjane scout badges, annoy their no-nonsense counselor Jen . . . and go on supernatural adventures. That last one? A pretty normal occurrence at Miss Qiunzella's, where the woods contain endless mysteries. Book three shines the spotlight on Ripley, the smallest, youngest, most animal-loving member of the cabin. When Ripley comes across an abandoned egg, she's determined to take care of it until the parent comes back. Unfortunately, her plan is quickly foiled by egg poachers, who steal the egg for their own collection.
The Lumberjanes BEASTiary by
A guide to all of the coolest magical creatures in the bestselling Lumberjanes books and graphic novels Over the years, there have been countless magical creatures spotted at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types: mermaids, moon mice, griffins, Cloudies--you name it, the campers have seen it! But there's only one group of Lumberjanes equipped to catalog the strange happenings at the camp: Roanoke cabin. Jo, April, Molly, Mal, Ripley, and Barney are working to earn their BEAST trophy, which is an epic project to collect as much knowledge they can about these creatures. They interview mermaids, play camp games with Cyclops, talk hair care with yetis, and much more! Each camper will contribute their own chapters to compile a full-color magical bestiary for fans of the novels and the hit graphic novels.
The Moon Is Up by
Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. The five scouts of Roanoke cabin--Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley--love their summers at camp. They get to hang out with their best friends, earn Lumberjane scout badges, annoy their no-nonsense counselor Jen . . . and go on supernatural adventures. That last one? A pretty normal occurrence at Miss Qiunzella's, where the woods contain endless mysteries. As the camp gears up for the big Galaxy Wars competition, Jo and the gang get some help from an unexpected visitor--a Moon Pirate! Book Two will focus on Jo, the ingenious inventor of the group who also happens to be trans.
