![]() My fervor for this book is almost religious I went and ordered a bunch of copies directly from the publisher SARABANDE BOOKS to proselytize my loved ones. (The image on the left is Farel’s rendition of Dodola & Zam from FLOATING WORLD’s launch for HABIBI back in October 2011.)Īnother book I NEED to endorse is Kyle Minor’s PRAYING DRUNK. If you’re in Portland, FLOATING WORLD is hosting a launch for the book from 6-10pm this Thursday, August 7th. WRENCHIES explores religious upbringing, guilt, addiction, and self-destructive tendencies while leavening it with moments of child-like, nerdy bliss and the most endearing chubby kid in a homemade superhero outfit named Hollis. ![]() ![]() My drawing buddy Farel Dalrymple has a new graphic novel out from First Second titled WRENCHIES. On the surface, it appears a post-apocalyptic adventure, but underneath it’s a meta, existentialist, psychedelic, and deeply personal epic. ![]()
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![]() ♦ Homemade robots, space probes, pressurized water rifles-the story of African-American inventor Lonnie Johnson is tailor-made for a young audience, and Barton and Tate do it justice in this inspiring account of a man driven toward innovation against the odds. In a thoughtful author’s note, Barton explains how Johnson challenges the stereotypical white, Einstein-like vision of a scientist.Ī delightfully child-friendly and painfully necessary diversification of the science field. From the initial blast of water that splashes the word “WHOOSH” across the page (and many pages after) to the gatefold that transforms into the Larami toy executives’ (tellingly, mostly white) reactions-“WOW!”-Tate plays up the pressurized-water imagery to the hilt. ![]() Barton shows the tenacity and dedication (and, sometimes, plain good timing) needed to prove ideas. However, the high-powered water gun was not an instant success. While testing out a new cooling method for refrigerators, Johnson accidentally sprayed his entire bathroom, and the idea was born. But nothing is as memorable in the minds of kids as his most famous invention (to date): the Super-Soaker. Oops.) As an adult he worked for NASA and helped to power the spacecraft Galileo as it explored Jupiter. ![]() (He even made the rocket’s fuel, which once caught fire in the kitchen. ![]() ![]() As a kid, he built rockets and launched them in the park amid a crowd of friends. Lonnie Johnson always tinkered with something. ♦ A tinkering African-American boy grows up to become the inventor of a very popular toy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And convincing Kate to trust him, even once she knows the whole shocking truth, is Daegan's only hope of keeping them alive. Someone is tracking Jon down-ready to kill him and anyone who gets in the way. He understands why she's wary of him, but there's a far greater threat at hand. But now Kate's long-ago choices are engulfing the life she's tried to build.ĭaegan O'Rourke has come to this remote corner of the Pacific Northwest to find answers only Kate can give. ![]() Despite his gift-or curse-of premonition, Jon hasn't divined that he was adopted illegally. She's kept her word, raising Jon in a small Oregon town, lying to him for both their sakes. ![]() He was hers to keep, provided she moved far away, for good. Not since the day fifteen years ago when she was offered what she most wanted-a healthy newborn baby. "Never tell anyone he's not your boy," was the warning. He only senses that danger is coming-and there's no way to stop it. Someone is chasing him, the footsteps drawing relentlessly nearer. Kate Summers' teenage son, Jon, has been having nightmares. The #1 New York Times bestselling author draws readers into a tension-filled story of suspense, as a woman's secret past returns with a vengeance. ![]() |