Lily Ren e, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer

Trina Robbins

Graphic Universe, 2011 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 96 pages

Documents the story of 1940s comic-book artist Lily Renee Wilhelm, tracing her harrowing experiences as an Austrian Jewish refugee who fled from the Nazis and then hostile authorities in England before escaping to the United States, where she developed as an artist and created such series as The Lost World and Werewolf Hunters. Simultaneous.

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User Review  - Stahl-Ricco - LibraryThing

A good story about a young Jewish gal surviving WW II and the Nazis. A good introduction into this subject for younger readers - true, but not graphic. My 10 year old really loved it! Thanks PJ Library!

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User Review  - Rosa.Mill - LibraryThing

This gives a brief overview of Lily's life as the Nazi's come to power and then getting to America. I was definitely interested in the story and only wish it had gone more in depth.

Contents

• Vienna 1938: 3
• Kindertransport 1939: 19
• England: 25
• Leeds: 39
• The Blitz: 43
• Enemy Alien: 51
• America: 61
• Getting By In New York: 65
• More About Lilys Story: 79
• Glossary German To English: 80
• The Nazi Concentration Camps Vs The British Internment Camps: 81
• The Internment Camps: 83
• Afternoon Tea High Tea Dinner? I Give Up: 85
• How Can Anything Be Worth Less Than A Penny?: 86
• Chamberlain Vs Churchill: 87
• Queen Wilhelmina: 88
• The Holland America Line: 89
• The Automat: 90
• The Fighting Femmes Of Wartime Comic Books And Their Artists: 92
• Lilys Photo Album: 94
• Back Cover: 98

About the author

Writer and feminist herstorian Trina Robbins has been writing books, comics, and graphic novels for over 30 years. Her most recent books are The Brinkley Girls (Fantagraphics) and Forbidden City: the Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs (Hampton Press). Her newest graphic novel is the three-part YA series Chicagoland Detective Agency for Graphic Universe(tm).

Anne was born in Portland, Oregon, and received her BFA from Oregon State University. In addition to her collaboration with Trina Robbins on the Lulu Award-winning GoGirl!, Anne's work includes the Eisner-nominated Dignifying Science and Pigling: A Cinderella Story for Lerner's Graphic Myths and Legends series. She has illustrated and painted covers for children's books and provided interior and cover art for regional and national magazines, including Wired, Portland Review , and Comic Book Artist . Anne's art also appears in the anthology 9-11: Artists Respond and is now in the Library of Congress.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lily Ren e, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer; Single Titles Series
• Author: Trina Robbins
• Illustrated by: Anne Timmons, Mo Oh
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Graphic Universe, 2011
• ISBN: 0761381147, 9780761381143
• Length: 96 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Art; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Women; Juvenile Nonfiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Biography