Turns out blue lasers were “impossible” to create, but after decades of an insane amount of work by one crazy guy in Japan, they are now possible and all the cheap screens we have in our lives now are due to him. ![]() For a fantastic example of world class content on YouTube watch this Veritasium episode on Blue Lasers. ![]() Many of the channels I subscribe to produce content as good as or better than anything produced by PBS, cable TV, and your average documentary. I spend too many hours a day watching YouTubes. Sign up here to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox. KKīlue lasers/Camera pocket guide/Earth in real time Recomendo - issue #400 Now you have absolutely no excuse not to read the first book of the Bible. Crumb brilliantly did not alter or omit any words from the scriptural text, and even toned down his drawings to a PG-13 rating. Crumb and you’d have a underground manga hit. All it needed was illustrations by the comic genius R. Sign up here to get Tools for Possibilities a week early in your inbox.Īs literature, the biblical book of Genesis has it all: sex, violence, angels, war, murder, heroes, incest, world-wide disasters, spooky mystery, and a timeless story. We present these vintage recommendations as is because the possibilities they inspire are new. The tools might be outdated or obsolete, and the links to them may or may not work. Once a week we’ll send out a page from Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities. Genesis Tools for Possibilities: issue no. More science!įeaturing a funny sequence where the family debates and critiques their cave art, a timeline of Neanderthal evolution, and a brief history of cavemen in fiction, Lucy & Andy Neanderthal is a comic and educational graphic novel. Eric and Pam, two modern-day paleontologists, reveal the science behind our understanding of Neanderthal civilization.ĭid you know that most Neanderthals, like modern humans, were right handed? Science! They also chewed animal hides to soften them for use as clothing. Lucy is creative but self-conscious, Andy is eager to hunt, but is squeamish. Meanwhile, two modern-day paleontologists narrate, explaining Neanderthal biology, the methods of determining the age of archeological discoveries, and the use of various Stone Age tools.Ī humorous, educational, and dialogue-driven graphic novel filled with sibling rivalries, Lucy & Andy Neanderthal explores what life might have been like 40,000 years ago through many cleverly-drawn black-and-white panels. After some unexplained occurrences, such as odd noises in the woods and some of their mammoth meal going missing, they meet some strangers. ![]() They learn about different Stone Age animals, fashion spears and hand axes, go on a mammoth hunt, and create cave art. This biography is beautifully executed, with art and text that are so on-point, the only person you see is Josephine.Ī HILARIOUS GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES ABOUT TWO YOUNG CAVE KIDS LIVING 40,000 YEARS AGOĢ016, 224 pages, 6.6 x 0.8 x 8.6 inches, Hardcover It doesn’t feel right to simply call the appendices in this book “further reading.” The Timeline of Baker’s life and Biographical Notes character sketches are incredibly comprehensive, the former giving clarity and the latter giving context to the fullness of the artist’s life and the scope of her career. Baker’s confidence and poise in the face of rampant personal and institutional racism, her deep and joyful affection for her animals and her friends, and her unrelenting devotion to her family and her adopted country are narrated in nearly 500 pages of vividly matter-of-fact black and white.Īfter the story, there’s still more. I knew almost nothing about the artist’s life and did not grasp the seemingly non-stop trajectory and reach of her career before reading this. Josephine Baker, the graphic novel biography, is so thorough and so thoroughly good. Sign up here to get the issues a week early in your inbox.Ī VICTIM OF RACISM THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, JOSEPHINE BAKER WOULD SING OF LOVE AND LIBERTY UNTIL THE DAY SHE DIEDīy Jose-Luis Bocquet, Catel Muller (Illustrator)Ģ017, 496 pages, 6.7 x 2.0 x 9.4 inches, Paperback 5īooks That Belong On Paper first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair. Josephine Baker / Lucy & Andy Neanderthal Books That Belong On Paper Issue No.
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