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Rumble Strip

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Rumble Strip

By WOODROW PHOENIX
Published by Myriad Editions
ISBN 978-0-9549309-9-8
Category sport driving
October 2009

Synopsis

Sometimes we all need a wake-up call: over 1.2 million people are killed in road traffic accidents around the world each year. By 2020, road traffic accidents could outstrip stroke and HIV as one of the main causes of preventable deaths. Whether we drive cars, ride motorbikes, pedal bicycles, take public transport or just walk, we all use roads and rely on each other to drive responsibly.
Rumble Strip surprises, challenges, asks us questions that badly need answers and makes us think about things we may prefer to ignore. Woodrow Phoenix offers a trenchant analysis of the problems of road users everywhere and the risks we all take every day. With sharp, densely inked graphics, he immerses us in the narrative as if we are driving those cars or walking along those streets. He personalises the experience of the commuter, the driver, the pedestrian, the accident victim...
because any one of them could be us.
 

Author's Biography

Woodrow Phoenix is a British comics artist and writer who also works in the fields of editorial illustration, graphic design, font design and children's books. His work is graphic and playful but is unusual for its high degree of formal experimentation. His graphic story "End of the Line" first appeared to much praise in The Brighton Book, a mixed media anthology in association with The Brighton Festival. He has a regular comic strip in The Guardian.

Reviews


 â€œFor 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
 
 â€œOne utterly original work of genius. It should be made mandatory reading for everyone, everywhere.” The Times
 
“Every so often a book like this comes along, one which allows fresh vision, even a change of mindset. Brilliant...Rumble Strip is a crucial revelation.”  Ali Smith
 
 
£12.99 Paperback

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Reader Comments

Brilliant writing with haunting visuals. Thoughtful and striking, a must-read about such an important topic so seldom addressed today. I read 'Rumble Strip' on an empty night train and it scared me out of my wits. But I counted that as a good thing; this book pack a powerful punch.
Amazing, beautiful and important.
I found this book quite disturbing, but it should be given to every driver.
This book is both a visual masterpiece and a sincere testimony.
All commuters should read this book!
An important book. Superb design, layout, content and a thought-provoking read. Unique, utterly original.
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