3 5 stars trickster was a bright and unique graphic collection of native american tales i have read a good amount of graphic novels each with their own writing and art style this book was like grabbing hundreds of graphic novels and slapping them together. The first graphic anthology of native american trickster tales trickster brings together native american folklore and the world of comics in trickster 24 native storytellers were paired with 24 comic artists telling cultural tales from across america. In native american traditions the trickster takes many forms from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven this graphic anthology of native american trickster tales brings together native american folklore and the world of comics more than twenty native american tales are adapted into comic form. Matt dembicki is a cartoonist workin and livin in the dmv district maryland virginia area he previously edited and contributed to the eisner nominated and aesop prize winning trickster native american tales a graphic collectionhe also served at the helm of district comics an unconventional history of washington dc a harvey award nominated anthology that was named as one of the . Maybe i should not have been surprised but i was i made assumptions based on nothing more than a topic and i was wrong i recently had the pleasure of reading marveling studying and reread matt dembickis trickster native american tales a graphic collection three times before i discovered hes a white guy i had assumed he must be native american because well because it is a great