Powerful graphic memoir by a leading British comics artist that investigates our increasingly skewed relationship with cars. Rumble Strip is about an invisible kind of murder where the punishment rarely fits the crime. Combining autobiography, statistics, case histories, advertising and reportage, Woodrow Phoenix draws a compelling picture of the warped psychology behind our need for speed. ""Too often road safety is treated as a transportation issue, not a public health issue."" - World Health Organization
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Brilliant. Angry, articulate, bewildered, and beautifully drawn; a visceral blast of truth-telling against the cult of the road. They should be giving it away with new driving licences. -- JON MCGREGOR
For a graphic work that doesn't show a single human being, this is an extraordinarily human book. Its ideas and questions about how the car impacts on your life will echo in your mind long after you've finished reading it, whether you're a driver, or a pedestrian, or both. -- PAUL GRAVETT
One utterly original work of genius. It should be made mandatory reading for everyone, everywhere.
-- THE TIMES
For a graphic work that doesn't show a single human being, this is an extraordinarily human book. Its ideas and questions about how the car impacts on your life will echo in your mind long after you've finished reading it, whether you're a driver, or a pedestrian, or both. -- PAUL GRAVETT
One utterly original work of genius. It should be made mandatory reading for everyone, everywhere.
-- THE TIMES
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One utterly original work of genius. It should be made mandatory reading for everyone, everywhere.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By David Alliet
Format:Paperback
I cannot begin to express how fantastic this book is, especially for anyone who has ever experienced a car accident. It sends across a clear message of how we as a civilization have become selectively blind about cars and how dangerous they can be. Cars are advertised as luxury vehicles, as symbols of freedom or social status, but few people think of them as large pieces of machinery that can cause serious harm and/or death. The comic book format helps the quick pace of the book, but the simplicity of the drawings is what makes the book readable the whole way through. Extremely graphic drawings would definitely distract from the message, as they would contain realistic bloody carnage, and would only make me want to put the book down. The drawings give the reader a sense of isolation and emptiness. The author does not include any drawings of humans, as they would allow the reader to detach himself from the book and ignore the truth.
The writing is fresh, witty, and accessible. The author does a good job of representing the points-of-view of the driver and the pedestrian. He allows us to see into the psychology of most drivers and how this reasoning leads to unfortunate, but preventable, accidents.
The writing is fresh, witty, and accessible. The author does a good job of representing the points-of-view of the driver and the pedestrian. He allows us to see into the psychology of most drivers and how this reasoning leads to unfortunate, but preventable, accidents.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By andy p.
Format:Paperback
Rumble strip tells a very human story about car cultures' disregard for humans. With stark and vivid artwork that pulls you in slowly, this is a winner.Great read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Bokormen
Format:Paperback
A stark, shocking manifesto that makes you re-think our familiar but oh! so dangerous surroundings: traffic.
The artwork is chilling and effective, bringing the message home: Cars rule and kill. Roads are their property.
The text is rhetorical, builds the tension, makes you turn the page for more of the eye-opening argument.
This is a weird, but sane philosophical treatise: an exciting graphic non-fiction work by an incisive and artistic mind.
Read it!
I recommend the book to everybody, regardless of age and mindset: Driving will never be the same again ... My friends were captivated.
"If you had the time, you could go anywhere.
Anywhere a road can go."
The artwork is chilling and effective, bringing the message home: Cars rule and kill. Roads are their property.
The text is rhetorical, builds the tension, makes you turn the page for more of the eye-opening argument.
This is a weird, but sane philosophical treatise: an exciting graphic non-fiction work by an incisive and artistic mind.
Read it!
I recommend the book to everybody, regardless of age and mindset: Driving will never be the same again ... My friends were captivated.
"If you had the time, you could go anywhere.
Anywhere a road can go."
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