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When 10 environmental workers travel to the Gulf Coast in August 2010 to plumb the devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon spill, they discover that ''oil and water'' is just the first of the insoluble contradictions. Between the tarred sands of Grand Isle and the fouled water of the Louisiana bayou, they come to find out that Gulf Coast residents are economically dependent upon the very industry that is wreaking havoc on their environment. In the shadow of the greatest ecological disaster of their time, they are forced to reassess their roles as witness and critic.
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As the book gets deeper south and deeper into the complexities and relationships of oil to the Gulf and its people, the stories get murky and collide, mimicking an ebb-and-flow that at first is much like oil and water, then gradually homogenizes. The Portlanders come to grips with their own misconceptions, and the characters that were once miles away from their lives become embedded into their own.--Alex Woodward
Whether from the perspectives of Oregonians trying to understand or allowing Gulf residents to tell their own stories, the book puts a human face on this event and makes it clear that while the beaches were cleaned quickly, the effects will be felt for years to come.--Alex Dueben
The oily, black smoke billowing off the Deepwater Horizon seeps its way into many of the panels and hangs above the characters' lives with heavy metaphor.... The authors show admirable self-awareness in portraying their semifictional companions (and by implication, themselves) as naive voyeurs whose presence mostly irritates their subjects.--Ruth Brown
About the Author
Steve Duin, twice named the nation's best local columnist by the Society of Professional Journalists, is the co-author of Comics: Between the Panels.
Shannon Wheeler is the Eisner Award-winning creator of Too Much Coffee Man.
Bill McKibben is the author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, among other titles; he is the founder of 350.org, which in 2010 organized what CNN called "the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history."
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- PublisherFantagraphics Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1606994921
- ISBN 13 9781606994924
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages120
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