{"id":42165,"date":"2024-05-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=42165"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:27:16","slug":"frontiers-of-space-garbage-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/frontiers-of-space-garbage-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontiers of Space \/ Garbage Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Books That Belong On Paper<\/strong>\u00a0first appeared on the web as Wink Books and was edited by Carla Sinclair.<\/em>\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to get the issues a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PROFESSOR ASTRO CAT TAKES YOUR CHILDREN ON A JOURNEY TO THE VERY FRONTIERS OF SPACE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Professor Astro Cat\u2019s Frontiers of Space<\/em>
by Dominic Walliman, Ben Newman (Illustrator)
Flying Eye Books
2013, 64 pages, 11.5 x 0.6 x 11.5 inches, Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cats are innately curious creatures, innate scientists and explorers constantly exploring their environments. Perhaps that\u2019s in part what prompted physicist and YouTube personality Dominic Walliman and illustrator Ben Newman to decide on a feline protagonist for their book, Professor Astro Cat\u2019s Frontiers of Space<\/em>. Newman formerly worked at a bookshop and wasn\u2019t impressed with the children\u2019s non-fiction section, so he asked Walliman to write a children\u2019s book on space for him. \u201cMy inspiration was all of the books that I used to read as a kid,\u201d says Walliman. \u201cI used to love getting lost in books about space and nature and dinosaurs, and I wanted to have characters to make the books more Ben came up with Professor Astro Cat and it all fell into place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Astro Cat\u2019s Frontiers of Space<\/em> charms the reader immediately. Newman\u2019s clean, modernist illustrations have a strong retro-futuristic bent that suggest the golden age of science fiction pulp magazines ,while Walliman provides lucid prose to help Professor Astro Cat explain topics such as the birth of stars, the speed of light, the solar system and the history of space exploration. A rapt audience of dapper birds, cats, insects and bears are enraptured by all of the professor\u2019s lectures, acting as stand-ins for the readers who share their curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book is a delight of design in its own right. It\u2019s an expansive hardcover volume with vibrant pages and even a bookplate on the inner cover that makes it strongly reminiscent of the classic children\u2019s books which Walliman remembers so fondly. Children will want to make many return voyages with Professor Astro Cat, but so will the generations before them who still fondly look to the stars for inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Lee Hollman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GARBAGE NIGHT EXPLORES HOW ANIMALS MAY INTERNALIZE THEIR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AND EXPRESS THEIR FEARS AND HOPES<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Garbage Night<\/em>
by Jen Lee
Nobrow Press
2017, 72 pages, 9.8 x 0.6 x 7.2 inches, Hardcover<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garbage Night may be the most beautifully colored graphic novel I\u2019ve seen. These colors are somehow moody yet vibrant. The characters and the story, meanwhile, are somehow whimsical but also somber\u2026clearly this is a book that\u2019s comfortable playing with surprising combinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story centers on three friends who are scrounging and scavenging for survival. With their hoodies and beanies, they look like a lot of teens who spend most of their time on the streets. But this is a trio of abandoned or semi-wild animals \u2013 a dog, a deer, and a raccoon \u2013 searching for a better life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plot is a simple one, about tested loyalty. But the impressive artwork, like the moods it conjures up, is richly layered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Christine Ro<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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