The Sleep Room in The Outlast Trials is named after a real-life space at McGill University’s Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, where from 1957 to 1964, doctors conducted mind-control experiments on patients as part of the CIA’s MK-Ultra initiative. Led by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron, these tests included electroshock therapy, sensory deprivation and heavy doses of psychedelic drugs. One patient, Linda MacDonald, went to McGill seeking help for symptoms of postpartum depression after giving birth to her fifth child. She was placed in a drug-induced coma for 86 days in the Sleep Room, and records show she was treated with 109 rounds of shock therapy. MacDonald lost her identity, memories and motor skills; she had to be toilet trained all over again. Another patient, Robert Logie, was 18 years old when he went to McGill with leg pain. He ended up in the Sleep Room, where he was injected with LSD every other day for weeks, his syringe sometimes spiked with sodium amytal — “truth serum” — and other drugs. A speaker positioned under his pillow played the phrase, “You killed your mother,” on a constant loop for 23 days. Meanwhile, his mom was alive and well. Logie left McGill with amnesia, insomnia and a painful leg. The old McGill hospital is just two miles away from the Red Barrels offices, where the Outlast games are made. “The name of the Sleep Room in Outlast Trials, we took that from McGill hospital,” Outlast series writer JT Petty said. “In the 1960s, they had the Sleep... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
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Matthew Dooley has won the 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with his graphic novel Flake (Jonathan Cape). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 10:29:47 UTC ]
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Founded by artist and writer Spike Trotman in 2007, Iron Circus Comics is a small indie graphic novel publishing house based in Chicago. PW talked with Trotman about how she is dealing with publishing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Check out the graphic novel adaptation of Jason Reynolds' award-winning YA novel, LONG WAY DOWN. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Check out the graphic novel adaptation of Jason Reynolds' award-winning YA novel, LONG WAY DOWN. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-24 10:35:20 UTC ]
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In tribute to the memory of George Floyd, who died at the hands of the Minneapolis police, and in support of the worldwide outcry over his death, we present this list—compiled by the comics editors at Publishers Weekly —of graphic titles about African American life and history. The titles here... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2020-06-16 16:00:22 UTC ]
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The modern remake of XIII, the early 2000’s first-person shooter based on the Belgian graphic novel of the same name, will finally be available for PC and the latest consoles this holiday season after a year-long delay. A remake of the game is headin... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-06-13 18:44:28 UTC ]
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In tribute to the memory of George Floyd, who died at the hands of the Minneapolis police, and in support of the worldwide outcry over his death, PW’s comics editors have compiled a list of graphic titles about African American life and history. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Originally published in 1995, Howard Cruse’s Stuck Rubber Baby is a pioneering graphic novel that explores politics, race, sex, and identity in the African-American and LGBTQ communities in the Jim Crow south. The post Panel Mania: ‘Stuck Rubber Baby’ appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2020-06-09 16:00:19 UTC ]
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Howard Cruse’s 'Stuck Rubber Baby' is a pioneering graphic novel that explores the relationships and politics surrounding race, sex, and identity in the African-American and LGBTQ communities in the Jim Crow south. In July First Second Books will publish a new edition that will mark its 25th... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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It kept happening. On Twitter, on Facebook, in your WhatsApp chats. The bookish people you know, the introverts, declaring that lockdown would give them more time to read. Or the people who know you, and know that you might be bookish, declaring that you’d got a head start on them in terms of... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2020-05-29 15:15:00 UTC ]
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Faber has acquired When Stars are Scattered, a "heart-wrenching" graphic novel set in a refugee camp, based on the true story of Omar Mohamed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 21:44:16 UTC ]
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PW caught up with four of the authors with books featured in BookExpo Online's New Graphic Novel Showcase. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutchinson has acquired a book by John Cleese offering advice on the nature of the creative process. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 16:21:38 UTC ]
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Among the many degradations magazines have endured during the digital revolution, few are as heartbreaking as the erosion of the magazine design experience. Digital platforms are designed by engineers for engineers. The web browser shows little respect for any standardized flow and sequencing,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-21 13:10:24 UTC ]
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I FIRST CAME INTO CONTACT with Douglas Glover when he was the editor of a literary magazine I admired very much, Numéro Cinq. I persuaded him to take me on as a writer by offering him an interview with Gabriel Josipovici, whose work I knew we both loved. I’d become interested in the creative... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-04-20 19:00:19 UTC ]
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In in this essay-afterword to the graphic novel 'Superman Smashes the Klan' by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru, Yang uses his childhood love of Superman—and his personal experience of racism—to deliver a history of the Ku Klux Klan, the rise of white supremacy in the U.S., and the role the 1940s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Inspired by a Zoom course on early gothic literature, this comics reader recommends these classic gothic tales for the graphic novel treatment. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-04-14 10:36:03 UTC ]
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NEW YORK—Folio:, the publishing industry’s go-to source for news, business intelligence and peer-to-peer networking, is pleased to open entries for the annual Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards. The prestigious awards program celebrates excellence in content and design across the entire publishing... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-07 00:10:07 UTC ]
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Fairy tales aren't what they used to be. They're better. Especially if they get translated into the graphic novel format. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-03-31 10:42:33 UTC ]
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Gabby Rivera is adapting her queer coming-of-age story, "Juliet Takes a Breath," into a graphic novel with artist Celia Moscote and colorist James Fenner. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-18 15:00:57 UTC ]
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