Jane Hawk has fallen into traps and escaped. She has been separated from the ones she loves. And she has discovered the true meaning of an ally. One who she can trust with her son's life, and one who will stand next to her in the battle to take down the Techno Arcadians. Their nuero-web... Continue Reading →
I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation by Natalie Nourigat
Much more than a How-To guide. This is a story of transition: a career change, a city departure and arrival, a climate change (weather and cultural). Natalie Nourigat leaves her design job in Portland, a city undergoing its own evolution, and moves to Los Angeles to enter the animation business. Filled with anecdotes of personal... Continue Reading →
The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish
The Lie and How We Told It is a graphic novel about the convergence of societal expectations, sexuality, and the person in the mirror. Two high school friends, Tim and Cleary, meet by chance at a grocery store where Cleary works. After she gets off, they go for lunch and then drinks at a bar.... Continue Reading →
Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide by Tony Horwitz
Famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted is known mostly for his design of Central Park and other nationally renowned projects, but at one point in his life he was a journalist commissioned by the New York Daily Times, now The New York Times, to report on the slave economy of the South about 10 years... Continue Reading →
Polar Volume 1: Came From the Cold by Victor Santos
As with most hardcore readers, we are skeptical of films being made out of our precious books. I had seen this title around over the years and just saw that a film was made and is currently on Netflix. This was the impetus that brought me to reading Polar: Came From the Cold... The Plot:... Continue Reading →