Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg

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It took me ages to read this. Red Rosa isn't the worst comic out there and as a biography it surely is interesting - the problem is that the format and structure of the comic is hideous. There's no rhythm whatsoever and the transitions don't work at all. The structure of the panels is heavy and there's basically too much text in the panels. The panels are stuffed and never ever use so many different fonts! The hand written texts are hard to read and unsteady. They look smudgy and cheap. The font doesn't fit with the basic fonts (like Times New Roman) that feel detached as a comparison. It's really hard to grasp Rosa's life as nothing is explained and it wasn't the best decision to just recite Rosa's writings. There's no need to write everything just the way she did, just telling it with less words would've made wonders. Also, the comic is mostly talking heads, which is quite boring.

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Ormiston, Sam (29 July 2021). "Red Rose: Film crews in Bolton shooting BBC horror series". The Bolton News . Retrieved 9 August 2022. A charming biography with some lovely artwork. It takes awhile to get going, and feels slightly imbalanced (occasional narratorial intrusions or jumps in time are not unpleasant but they do seem somewhat arbitrarily scattered), but when at its peak, it is quite touching and beautifully conveys a sense of Luxemburg's personality. I especially loved the various nude scenes, hairy legs and all -- a really excellent example of how graphic novels can portray a woman's body in a way that feels intimate without being objectifying or prurient. In 1918, after the war destroyed Europe and millions of innocent working class men died because upper class warmongers incinerated their souls to fuel their war industry, Germany erupted into revolution. Rosa refused to play it safe, and she started a newspaper, Die Rote Fahne, and fought constantly to sway public opinion towards revolution. After the new "social democratic" president was placed in power by the defeated German military, her former party turned on her. She was brutally murdered by militiamen, her corpse thrown into the Landwehr Canal in Berlin. It is important to think not only about the colour of your roses but also their form and growth habit, and the conditions that they like.The first episode of the series was first shown at two screenings held at The Light Cinema in Bolton on 9 August 2022, attended by the cast and crew. Alongside the event, the creators were part of a "masterclass" hosted by Katie Thistleton, in which attendees received advice on script-writing, details on the production of the show, and related career information. [38] [39] Michael Clarkson to the BBC Writers' Room, when asked why it was "so important ... that the show is set in Bolton". [35] I think that the story of Rosa Luxemburg is criminally unknown. Sure, people interested in history and in socialism know her name, but when one thinks of socialist revolution, the names of Marx, Lenin and Trotsky are usually the ones that come to people's mind. Her life and her work is not part of so-called common knowledge. I truly hope books like this one change that, because the story of this tiny yet monumental woman is both very important and incredibly inspiring.