[Comicsstudiessociety] E-book for review for IJOCA: A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World

[Mike Rhode]

Really, no takers for this?

Mike

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:00 PM Mike Rhode <mrhode at gmail.com> wrote:

> First person to email me DIRECTLY, worldwide, will get a pdf from the
> publisher. I realize this isn't a book about comics, but rather a graphic
> work of journalism, so the review should focus on how it works that way and
> if it's effective.
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> There's also an interview opportunity if that would be of interest. We
> would be glad to run the interview on the blog, and possibly in the print
> journal.
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> Mike Rhode
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> *A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World
> <https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-kushner/a-for-anonymous/9781568588780/>
> *(Bold Type Books; on sale March 31) by David Kushner and Koren Shadmi.
> The journalist and illustrator, who teamed up once before in Rise of the
> Dungeon Master
> <https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-kushner/rise-of-the-dungeon-master/9781568585598/>,
> tell the story of the legendary hacktivist group Anonymous—from their
> origin story to their most daring exploits.
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> In an increasingly online world, hackers are powerful figures who fit the
> mold of today’s heroes (and villains). But their exploits continually blur
> the distinction between “online” and “reality,” to help shape our
> contemporary world. Anonymous is perhaps the most notorious of such groups.
> But who or what is Anonymous exactly?
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> In *A for Anonymous*, Kushner and Shadmi highlight the most well-known
> hacktivist group to show how a leaderless band of volunteers successfully
> used hacktivism to fight for the underdog, embarrass their rich and
> powerful targets—from Sony and Paypal to the Church of Scientology and
> Ferguson Police Department—all in the name of freedom of speech and
> information. Much like Kushner’s well-received *New Yorker *article from
> which this book is adapted, this work follows Commander X as a guide to the
> press-shy group, giving readers a character they can follow through a story
> that involves a lot of shadowy figures.
>
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