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

[Mike Rhode]

Thank you, every one who responded, We have a reviewer for it. Patrick
Ijima-Washburn was the first person to write to me.

Mike

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:21 AM Mike Rhode <mrhode at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> Mike Rhode
>>
>>
>> *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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