In other news, I am a horrible challenge host. Here's a new Mr Linky for your reviews.
I also wanted to point you towards In Spring it is the Dawn's June Hello Japan! mini-challenge, as it's devoted to manga and therefore might interest some graphic novels challenge participants. We might also have a cross-over with the manga challenge later this year, but you can't have too much of a good thing, right?
Showing posts with label mini challenges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mini challenges. Show all posts
June 10, 2010
March 28, 2010
April Mini-Challenge
The next graphic novels mini-challenge is hosted by the wonderful Heather at Tales of a Capricious Reader, and the theme is non-fiction. Make sure you drop by Heather's blogger for the details, and also for information about the great prizes she'd giving away. And look - isn't the button gorgeous?
January 3, 2010
Welcome To Graphic Novels Challenge 2010!!!
Hello again Fanboys and Fangirls!! The Graphic Novels Challenge, the 2010 edition has officially started!! As promised, we have lots of fun things lined up for this year, and the first thing is a mini challenge hosted by the oh so sweet Teresa at Read All Over Reviews!! It's all about reading the classics reinterpreted by the Graphic Novel medium. Head on over to this post to learn more about how to sign up. She also has a super awesome button for the mini-challenge!
Work behind the scenes is still going on and we're at work still compiling a list of recommended Graphic Novels for the newbie to the medium! So you can expect that still, we're just a little behind schedule with the holidays :/ And you should see a Mr. Linky appear in the next day or so that will allow you to link up all of your reviews for the month of January so that we'll have a central place to collect some awesome reviews.
As always, if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to contact us at the challenge email address: graphicnovelschallenge(at)gmail(dot)com or just leave a comment in the comments section!! Above all, have fun!! And if you haven't signed up for the challenge yet, please do!! Sign-ups are open all throughout the year, so hop on in whenever you feel like it! The Mr. Linky is found just a post or two down to sign up :) There are still spots open if you're interested in hosting a mini-challenge, by the way. Just let us know at the above email address. I'm off to bury myself in a book now!
December 18, 2009
Mini Challenges & Book Suggestions - A Call for HELP!
Dear Fanboys, Fangirls, and Fanpersons,
Are you all freaking THRILLED about kicking off the Graphic Novels Challenge 2010? I know I am! Nymeth and I (Chris) have lots of fun stuff planned for you this year with the challenge, and one of those things is monthly mini-challenges! We already have a few people who have signed up to host mini-challenges, but there are still plenty of spots available for others to host. So what is a mini-challenge, you ask. Well...it can be anything really. It's basically a short, quick, easy to do challenge within the larger challenge. It can center around a specific theme, it can require a certain action, you can basically do whatever you want as long as it centers around graphic novels. We just ask that it doesn't last any longer than one month. You may want to ask people to do a group read of a certain graphic novel, or pair up with a partner and read a graphic novel, stand on their head and read a graphic novel. Anything! Be creative. If you want to offer a prize, you're more than welcome to. If you don't, that's fine too! This is all just about having fun.
So, does this sound like something you're interested in? If so, please send us an email at the dedicated challenge email address: graphicnovelschallenge (at) googlemail (dot) com. Please notice that it's NOT GMAIL, it's GOOGLEMAIL. (edit: we've discovered it's fine if you use the gmail extension!) What we would need to know is your name of course and blog address, which month you'd be interested in hosting your mini-challenge in, and just a brief, general idea of what your mini challenge will be about. We don't need specifics yet, so no need to fret about that! And of course, if more than 12 people volunteer, we'll just have more than one mini-challenge per month which will mean more fun :)
The second thing that we thought would be fun was to put together a recommended reading list! This will be especially good for people who are new to the graphic novel medium! What we're looking for here is an "if you like this....then you'll love this" type of list. So an example would be:
If you like John Green novels, you'll love the Scott Pilgrim series by Bryan Lee O'Malley
or more specific:
If you like Watership Down by Richard Adams you'll love Mouseguard by David Petersen.
That way, people who know which novels they love will have an idea of what kind of Graphic Novels to try out. We'd appreciate any suggestions you could send us!!! Please don't leave your suggestions in the comment, email them to us pretty please!! Once again, you can email them to: graphicnovelschallenge (at) googlemail (dot) com. That way when the list goes up, it's a surprise :) We'll try to have it up by the start of the challenge! The more suggestions the better, so send us a list!!
One last thing, if you're looking for a fantastic list of Graphic Novels to get you started, check out Flashlight Worthy Books list of the Best Graphic Novels of 2009! And I swear I'm not just pointing you over there because Nymeth and I are contributors >> Though it is awesome to be in such great company! It really is a fantastic list and I know I'll be reading some of those myself!
And once again, if you have any questions at all, feel free to contact us!! And happy reading!! And if you haven't signed up yet, don't wait! Sign up today.....at the post below this one ;)
Are you all freaking THRILLED about kicking off the Graphic Novels Challenge 2010? I know I am! Nymeth and I (Chris) have lots of fun stuff planned for you this year with the challenge, and one of those things is monthly mini-challenges! We already have a few people who have signed up to host mini-challenges, but there are still plenty of spots available for others to host. So what is a mini-challenge, you ask. Well...it can be anything really. It's basically a short, quick, easy to do challenge within the larger challenge. It can center around a specific theme, it can require a certain action, you can basically do whatever you want as long as it centers around graphic novels. We just ask that it doesn't last any longer than one month. You may want to ask people to do a group read of a certain graphic novel, or pair up with a partner and read a graphic novel, stand on their head and read a graphic novel. Anything! Be creative. If you want to offer a prize, you're more than welcome to. If you don't, that's fine too! This is all just about having fun.
So, does this sound like something you're interested in? If so, please send us an email at the dedicated challenge email address: graphicnovelschallenge (at) googlemail (dot) com. Please notice that it's NOT GMAIL, it's GOOGLEMAIL. (edit: we've discovered it's fine if you use the gmail extension!) What we would need to know is your name of course and blog address, which month you'd be interested in hosting your mini-challenge in, and just a brief, general idea of what your mini challenge will be about. We don't need specifics yet, so no need to fret about that! And of course, if more than 12 people volunteer, we'll just have more than one mini-challenge per month which will mean more fun :)
The second thing that we thought would be fun was to put together a recommended reading list! This will be especially good for people who are new to the graphic novel medium! What we're looking for here is an "if you like this....then you'll love this" type of list. So an example would be:
If you like John Green novels, you'll love the Scott Pilgrim series by Bryan Lee O'Malley
or more specific:
If you like Watership Down by Richard Adams you'll love Mouseguard by David Petersen.
That way, people who know which novels they love will have an idea of what kind of Graphic Novels to try out. We'd appreciate any suggestions you could send us!!! Please don't leave your suggestions in the comment, email them to us pretty please!! Once again, you can email them to: graphicnovelschallenge (at) googlemail (dot) com. That way when the list goes up, it's a surprise :) We'll try to have it up by the start of the challenge! The more suggestions the better, so send us a list!!
One last thing, if you're looking for a fantastic list of Graphic Novels to get you started, check out Flashlight Worthy Books list of the Best Graphic Novels of 2009! And I swear I'm not just pointing you over there because Nymeth and I are contributors >> Though it is awesome to be in such great company! It really is a fantastic list and I know I'll be reading some of those myself!
And once again, if you have any questions at all, feel free to contact us!! And happy reading!! And if you haven't signed up yet, don't wait! Sign up today.....at the post below this one ;)
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