Avail Yourself Syncopated An Anthology Of Nonfiction Picto Essays Originated By Brendan Burford Shared As Paperback

and moving essays in comic form Very much worth reading uick breezy and informative collection of non fiction comics I'm not saying picto essays c'mon man Some are of a Nifty Facts and others deal with heavier stuff such as Guantanamo Bay torture techniues but overall the book is a nice easy summer read Oh I just loved this An anthology of interesting non fiction graphic stories by a good mix of artists Discovered a lot of great artists and writers which is always what Im looking for from an anthology Odd fun cool So many real life stories in here that I was surprised to find myself interested in or moved by This was a phenomenal collection of stories for its historical relevance

rather than its graphical prowess In fact forget the graphical portrayal which I've been harangued for overindulging in recently that is ultimately the only bond any of these stories have Rather look at these small vignettes as an introduction to lesser known pieces of our historical calendar The historical relevance of a different layout to the typewriterkeyboardNate Powell's powerful and spiteful remembrance of the mass murder of hundreds and possibly even thousands of black Tulsans over one man accidentally touching a young white woman's armthe retelling of events at Guantanamo Bay that is concentration camp than military prisonand even something so simple as the farming of a field It's hard to express how fulfilling a read this book was to me but I can say with no lack of gravity that this was one of the finer investments of my time so far this year Interesting without being fascinating Would have benefited from a stronger editorial vision and some artistic consistency A graphicalcomic style collection of authors' short works along with a fair amount of text for many Themes are highly varied from learning to bale hay prisoner torture at Gitmo WSide tunnel artists Coney Island musician busker sketches from NY subway Dvorak typing keyboard I learned a lot of uniue true stories serious funny sad inspirational introspective It's easy to digest thepages in a sitting or two The book title comes from the editor's love of syncopated music placing the stress on the weak beat between the unusually dominant beats Each writer is stressing a weak or unaccented beat with their piece A collection of short graphic non fiction ranging from reportage on Gitmo to The Dvorak typewriter to How and Why to Bale Hay and so on So the art is good and varied throughout and the tone switches dramatically as one expects with collections but I like the idea of graphic essays and it works well here Wlll read like it I was attracted to the nonfiction aspect of this book as I don't typically choose graphic novels The stories and illustrations were varied and intriguing I can't imagine any other way I'd be interested in hay baling The essays are short and easily consumed I finished the book in one sitting A nice collection of graphic essays I really enjoyed the painful history lesson on the Tulsa race riotsmasacre and the art of the Westside NYC Subway tunnels I highly recommend The stories in Syncopated challenge convention provide perspective and search out secret truthsall in the inviting accessible form of comicsSyncopated will give you a daringly different view of the pastfrom the history of vintage postcards to the glory days of old Coney Island It will immerse you in fascinating subcultures from the secret world of graffiti artists to the chess champs of Greenwich Village And it will open your eyes to pieces of forgotten historyfor example the Tulsa race riots ofand to new perspectives on critical current events such as the interrogation of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay These “picto essays” encompass memoir history journalism and biography in varied visual styleseach handpicked by Brendan Burford one of Americas top editors.