Crash Course by Woodrow Phoenix
This book demands each of us look in the mirror and get real before we get behind the wheel.When fragile human bodies have to occupy the same spaces as big, heavy, complex machines that can travel at high speeds, the outcome is inevitable. Some people will die. So why do we identify with the driver in the car rather than the person they have killed? Would you still shrug and chalk it up to random bad luck if that dead person was someone you loved?
Using the comic book format, this book vehemently dispels the notion that traffic accidents are inevitable and/or acceptable on any level, insisting that drivers own their responsibility, and consider the consequences of careless and dangerous behavior. It is part thought experiment, part testimonial, and part indictment of a dysfunctional transit environment that puts convenience for drivers ahead of logic, natural resources, and even ahead of human life. Crash Course questions the decisions that shape all our lives. Why don't roads serve everyone who needs to use them? What makes some people not worth protecting? Where do we start in fixing a broken system that facilitates the use of vehicles as murder weapons in places like Charlottesville, VA?
Woodrow Phoenix was up in a family of four sisters in south London. He's a comics artist/writer whose constant experimentation with the medium have appeared in Japanese, French, American, and South American newspapers, books, and magazines. The Guardian, the Independent on Sunday, and the Observer have all published his strips. He has exhibited She Lives, a handbound, one-metre square artists' book/installation comprising a large-scale, hand-rendered graphic novel, at sites around the UK, including extended residencies at the British Museum and the Cartoon Museum. His first collaboration with Myriad was the short story End of the Line, which was produced in The Brighton Book, a mixed-media anthology co-published by Myriad and Brighton Festival.
He went on to write Rumble Strip, a critically praised film on the complex psychology of humans and automobiles. 'One absolutely original work of genius,' according to The Times. It should be required reading for everyone, everywhere.' Rumble Strip has been renamed Crash Course and has been translated into localised editions for French, Brazil, and the United States. When he's not drawing comics, Woodrow works as a book designer, illustrator, and typeface designer.
He is a visiting lecturer at the University of Middlesex's MA in Children's Literature and Graphic Novels.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781951491017 |
| ISBN 10 | 1951491017 |
| Title | Crash Course |
| Author | Woodrow Phoenix |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Street Noise Books |
| Year published | 2020-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |