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

[Mike Rhode]

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.



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?



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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