Kazoo is a quarterly magazine devoted to girls ages 5-12, to encourage them to explore their world and to help develop their interests. The new graphic novel collection, Noisemakers, is a graphic novel anthology that highlights 25 amazing women who transformed history. Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World is an absolute delight that you can enjoy, even if you’re an adult.
Noisemakers includes a short biography in graphic novel form of:
● Mary Shelley by Emil Ferris ( My Favorite Thing is Monsters )
● Hallie Daggett by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell ( Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me)
● Josephine Baker by Alitha E. Martinez ( Black Panther: World of Wakanda )
● Julia Child by Lucy Knisley ( Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos )
● Hedy Lamarr by Sarah Winifred Searle ( Sincerely, Harriet)
● Jeanne Baret by Lucy Bellwood ( Baggywrinkles: a Lubber’s Guide to Life at Sea )
● Wangari Maathai by Brittney Williams ( Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!)
● Raye Montague by Yao Xiao ( Everything Is Beautiful, And I’m Not Afraid)
● Eleanor Roosevelt by Emily Flake ( Lulu Eightball)
● Bessie Coleman by Shannon Wright ( Betty Before X)
● Ida Lewis by Rebecca Mock ( Compass South )
● Rosa Parks by Ashley A. Woods ( Tomb Raider: Survivor’s Crusade)
● Eugenie Clark by Maris Wicks ( Primates)
● Mary Anning by Little Corvus ( The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York)
● Caroline Herschel by Chan Chau ( Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Sirens)
● Emily Warren Roebling by Kiku Hughes ( Displacement)
● Madam C. J. Walker by K. L. Ricks ( Naima)
● Annie Londonderry by Kat Leyh ( Lumberjanes)
● Maria Tallchief by Weshoyot Alvitre ( Alice Sixkiller)
● Junko Tabei by MariNaomi ( Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories)
● Frida Kahlo by Naomi Franquiz ( The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl)
● Maya Angelou by Shauna J. Grant ( Princess Love Pon)
● Kate Warne by Molly Brooks ( Sanity & Tallulah)
● Nelly Bly by Jackie Roche ( Escape from Syria)
● Mother Jones by Sophie Goldstein ( House of Women)
This is the sort of graphic novel collection I wish I’d had when I was about ten. Some of the women are familiar, but some were new discoveries for me. I also loved seeing so many female and non-binary artists get a chance to celebrate women who had changed the world. The book is a blend of women from different backgrounds, different cultures, and with very different contributions. I couldn’t help but fall in love with it.
Here’s a look at some of the art:
Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World is available February 4, 2020
