2 Dec 2016 - The Indus Litmus #headlines

Headlines screenshots The Indus Litmus (2 December 2016)

#freelance_talents

29 Nov 2016 - WCGNN

World Comics & Graphic Novels News (WCGNN) - 29 November 2016 Headlines

The Environmentorial #Pic

Waxwings (PC - Andrew M. Twitter)

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Indus Litmus (14 October 2016)

Couple of #screenshots - The Indus Litmus (14 October 2016)

WCGNN: The Five Fists of Science Review

This comic book was actually one of the first Steampunk purchases I ever made, but somehow hasn’t made it into my review rotation until now. Perhaps because it wasn’t until I reread it this week that I fully understood the story. I remember that I liked it, and that the artwork was great, but I couldn’t remember the plot at all until I got a few pages into my second reading. It is a tight little book that doesn’t waste any pages which is definitely a feat, but it did make things a little hard to follow.

The first few pages of this book by Matt Fraction (artwork by Steven Sanders) are excerpts from essays by Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla, who are also the stars of the story. Reading these essays and the character biographies that follow are very important for getting the most out of this book, so resist the temptation to skip them to get right to the meat of the tale because you will need them to better understand what follows.

The story begins during Twain’s financial “exile” (ie he is totally broke) when he is living in Austria. He goes back to New York to visit his brilliant but eccentric friend, Nikola Tesla, who has just had an incredible invention rejected by the US government. Twain convinces him that what he needs is a little salesmanship and flare to get the worlds’ leaders on board with a plan to bring about world peace through superior fire power. Little do they know that Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan are dabbling in the black arts, and have a totally different idea of how the world should look.

Complete Review (For Whom the Gear Turns)

The Indus Litmus #featured Carbon Neutral Wayanad

#featured The Environmentorial & The Indus Litmus

On the 5th June 2016, as countries across the globe celebrated World Environment Day, Meenangadi, a panchayat in Wayanad district, took concrete steps towards a greener tomorrow by announcing the launch of the state’s first carbon neutrality project.The project was unveiled by T M Thomas Isaac, the State Finance Minister. It is one of the many steps the government will be undertaking in its bid to develop Wayanad as the first carbon neutral district in the country.

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are responsible for the greenhouse effect which in turn lead to global warming and climate change. The project aims to achieve carbon neutrality by offsetting and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

A carbon audit in the panchayat is the first phase of the project. The audit will be conducted with the help of school and college students as well as volunteers. It will include all 9000 households in the panchayat as well as the few small factories of the area.

Beena Vijayan, President of Meenangadi Panchayat, told The Times of India, “The survey will cover the domestic consumption of energy including electricity and fuels in all the households, and emissions from transportation. It would also assess emission from the limited number of small factories in the panchayat.”

With the help of the results from the audit, experts will calculate emission levels in the district. Targeted interventions will then be launched to supplement and curb the emissions being released. These will include the distribution and use of smoke-less ovens and low-energy LED lights. The government will also implement solid waste composting in all households, promote the use of renewable energy and push for a change in current agricultural practices.

This will be in addition to the massive afforestation drive that will be undertaken by the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MNREGA). The government is expected to plant enough trees to offset release of emissions in the district.

With these measures, Wayanad is well on its way to becoming India’s first carbon neutral district.

The Resistants: Fulcrum #WCGNN Featured

THE RESISTANTS: Fulcrum 

by K.J. Kaminski, Ben Herrera, Livesay & Teo Gonzalez

Before his time with THE RESISTANTS, Fulcrum made his way on this world as a bounty hunter. He took a pledge to take down his fellow Axairians who have lost their way. He’s tracked down the worst of the bunch, Scrapper, but even if he defeats him, will he be able to hold him and collect on the bounty?

THE RESISTANTS #0: “It’s a Trap!”

by K.J. Kaminski, Jason Johnson & Hi-Fi Studios                    

Interval leads Adam and Fulcrum on a desperate, daring heist of an armored vehicle containing precious supplies. When the mission goes too smoothly, they are left with more questions about the Takeo Corporate-State leadership’s agenda.

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WCGNN #featured - Judges & Dept.H

In a world where hatred and mass killings are part of our daily lives, where is the humanity? What if the explanation were simple? What if those who were the most evil were in fact not human? This is the world in which Judges takes place.  It is a world where the most evil people are demons in disguise, and only a team of talented individuals can stand against them.

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In advance of the release of the new creator-owned series DEPT. H by Matt and Sharlene Kindt, Dark Horse Comics has released the final cover to the first issue, a trailer and preview pages from the eagerly anticipated series.

Beginning April 20, Matt and Sharlene Kindt present DEPT. H, a riveting, undersea locked-room murder mystery. Each issue of the monthly series from Dark Horse Comics covers a period of 24 hours and follows the exploits of Mia, a special investigator hired to uncover the truth about what happened at a deep-sea research station. What she discovers is a mind-blowing crime scene filled with suspects with terrible secrets, strange deep-sea creatures…. and an impending flood.

The smartest man in the world has been murdered. Six miles deep in the ocean, there are seven suspects with compelling motives. A woman with her own connections to the victim is dispatched to the depths to solve the case. No one is safe.

The Indus Litmus and The Environmentorial #featured

The Indus Litmus and The Environmentorial #screenshots

WCGNN #featured

*) - Cover by Mike Del Mundo Story by Cullen Bunn Artwork by Matteo Lolli

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*) - Climate change comic with Indian superhero launched in Paris

To make children understand the challenging issues of climate change in unique and entertaining ways, a comic book featuring an Indian superhero was launched today at the climate change summit here. The comic "Chakra climate change" features an Indian superhero "Chakra -- The Invincible" created by Stan Lee and Sharad Devarajan, and addresses climate change through his adventures and his best friend "Mighty Girl".