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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Graphic novel publishers are capitalizing on nostalgia with titles that tie into decades-old media properties, both rebooted and rediscovered. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Graphic novel publishers are capitalizing on nostalgia with titles that tie into decades-old media properties, both rebooted and rediscovered. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Aminder Dhaliwal’s new graphic novel 'A Witch’s Guide to Burning' transforms the grim notion of burning witches at the stake into an epic quest in a fantasy world marked by magic, demons, and a search for lost memories. A six-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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If you're in the mood for a raucous graphic novel with perfect summer vibes, we got you. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-05-01 11:30:00 UTC ]
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When the graphic novel remake of Ann M. Martin's book Claudia and the Bad Joke was the best-selling kids book in Canada earlier this month, it was time for bookworms to feel their hearts flutter with nostalgia. The original, part of the wildly popular The Baby-Sitters Club series, was published... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2024-04-26 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales fell at 69% of responding retailers in 2023 compared with 2022, with sales of new comics periodicals down at 73% of responding comic shops and graphic novel sales down at 65%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nate Powell’s new graphic novel 'Fall Through' is a moving tribute to the musical power and community of 1990s punk rock. A nine-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual indie comics and graphic novel festival held March 16-17, drew large and enthusiastic crowds to New York City's Metropolitan Pavilion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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As the middle grade graphic novel category has grown in recent years, the number of graphic adaptations of middle grade books has exploded. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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There’s more to adapting a chapter book into a graphic novel than just drawing pictures to go with the words. Adapters often bring a whole new level of nonverbal communication to the page. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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There’s more to adapting a chapter book into a graphic novel than just drawing pictures to go with the words. Adapters often bring a whole new level of nonverbal communication to the page. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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As the middle grade graphic novel category has grown in recent years, the number of graphic adaptations of middle grade books has exploded. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Apple TV+ has announced it's adapting William Gibson's Neuromancer into a 10-episode series. The novel debuted in 1984 and is largely thought to mark the birth of cyberpunk, which includes creations like The Matrix and Robocop. In fact, it's crazy that it has taken four decades for it to get the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-02-29 10:34:03 UTC ]
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Dave Baker’s new graphic novel 'Mary Tyler MooreHawk' is a relentlessly inventive sci-fi adventure epic starring an eponymous plucky teen superhero who takes on a succession of monsters, evil robots, and supervillains. An eight-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The “Aya” series explores the pains and pleasures of everyday life in a working-class neighborhood in West Africa. Continue reading at The New York Times
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The market for bédé visual storytelling almost doubled over the course of the pandemic, but can the birthplace of Asterix continue to nurture creators?Like thousands of French people, Sylvie Pinault discovered comic books during the pandemic. Though bandes dessinées – literally meaning “drawn... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Award marks first time a British artist and author has won Grand Prix at International Comics festival in AngoulêmeThe graphic novelist Posy Simmonds has won the Grand Prix at France’s Angoulême International Comics festival – the first time a British artist and author has been awarded the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-01-24 17:52:58 UTC ]
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Dave Maass and Patrick Lay's ‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ is a grim, albeit comical, allegorical anti-war graphic novel adapted from a satirical opera originally created by prisoners of a Nazi concentration camp. A five-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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PRH's publisher services division has signed a multi-year sales and distribution agreement with Wattpad Webtoon Book Group as its presence in the world of comics and graphic novel distribution continues to grow. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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PW spoke with Tony Lutkus, president of Diamond Book Distributors, about the evolution of the graphic novel category over the last two decades, a few of the titles he's excited about dropping in the coming season, and how bringing more graphic titles into bookstores and libraries can subtly... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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