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'Few other publications have brought the Rising to life as viscerally as Gerry Hunt's Blood Upon the Rose … an interesting and fresh take on a tale that most people would assume they knew by rote'

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Sunday Tribune

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'Following on from the success of political graphic novels such as Maus and Persepolis, this is accessible, informative and insightful history at its best ... help give a sense of realism to the story, Hunt presents an art style deeply influenced by his a

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Comic Related

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'pulls the story together brilliantly … a lovely thing to have'

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Tom Dunne, Newstalk 106

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'brings you back to your youth when comics were all the rage, but now you can enjoy all that again by reading a graphic novel about our great and proud history'

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An Cosantóir’s

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'a landmark Irish graphic novel'

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Irish Times

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'an enjoyable read'

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CBI Bookfest Guide 2009

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'I would certainly recommend this book'

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Michael Doorley, Inis Magazine

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'[a] new and exciting departure in Irish publishing'

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Inis Magazine

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'a ground-breaking work'

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Primary Times Magazine

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'A colourful comic book is bringing the 1916 Rising to life for a new generation of young Irish people'

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Irish Daily Star

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'Exciting'

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The Irish Daily Star

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'brings the story to life through illustration and lively text and could be a great resource to engage history students’ interest in that period in Irish history'

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Astir

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'Gerry Hunt gave a brief, excellent and very modest talk on the work ... It was more than fitting that Honor O Brolchain, grand-niece of Joseph Plunkett, was also present to deliver a fine talk on Joseph Plunkett, Grace Gifford and the importance of the j

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Come Here Me

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'a fantastic way of digesting a bit of history in a fun and vivid format ... Hunt’s graphics bring the story of their struggle for Irish freedom to life in a way that sterile prose in a school history book never could'

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Books Ireland

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'the Easter Rising as you’ve never seen it before … a colourful comic story about the famous revolt'

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Evening Herald

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'excellent illustrations and artwork ... an impressive work'

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Evening Echo

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an unexpected publishing hit

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Irish Independent

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'compelling'

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Belfast Telegraph

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'shows the rising in all its multicoloured glory'

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Irish Examiner

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the comic would be particularly useful for Irish Junior Cert and Leaving Cert students studying history, or general history buffs of early 20th century Irish and British relations

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Girlslikecomics.com

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I've no idea why I haven't blogged about Gerry Hunts historical graphic novels before. We've had Blood Upon The Rose, the story of Easter 1916, since it was published in 2009. That was such a success that when At War With The Empire, the follow up came out, I ordered it straightaway. It was a no-brainer - my eldest son loved graphic novels and flew through them. And these books explained (in colourful detail) Irish history that he needed to know about, for school and for life. This latest one, 1913 Larkin's Labour War which I found in the library last week is his favourite of the lot

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onthestripeycouchonasaturdaymorning.blogspot.ie

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really smart … tricks you into learning stuff

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Ireland AM, TV3

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fantastic … it’s a great sign of what can be done through that medium and I hope we’ll see more like it … We featured this and asked some children to review it and they raved about it, they loved it

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TV3’s Ireland AM