Review of Jill Jonnes' Empire of Light

[uberdionysus]

A Pictorial Review of
Empire of Light

by Jill JonnesThis isn't really a book review; more of a sketch for one, but the book is really weighing me down, so I thought I'd go back to doing at least one book review a week. I'm going to keep posting a sketch a day, and hopefully a couple of finished pages of comics a week, but I need some diversion

Comments

[coggs]

1. Dig the sketches, as usual.
2. Don't know if you've seen this site already, but it's another good source for meltdown summaries.

[uberdionysus]

No, don't know the site. I've found that a combination of Krugman (who just won the Nobel) and the NPR/This American Life spin-off are my favorites. I like that Krugman has been right about everything AND now has a Nobel.

"I was hoping for a graham cracker."

[stremph]

List of people with facial hair in the shape of the first letter of their last name:

1. George Westinghouse
2. Tony Wonder.

[uberdionysus]

Tony Wonder is aWesome.

psychedelic mushroom~~~~~~~~~~

[cranpape]

whoa

[maria_sputnik]

cool! i wonder where it's going...? did i tell you i went to the tesla museum in belgrade?

[uberdionysus]

No! Tell me all about it! Did you post about it? I don't remember it at all. I've asked a few friends to explain how the Wardenclyffe Tower could have worked, but so far I still don't get it.

[flying_squid]

There's a lot of wild things in the history of the U.S. that don't get brought up enough. The golden age of electricity is one of them. I really dig the sketch of a young Edison; far too often, you only see the older photos.

Also, this reminds me of The Five Fists of Science

[uberdionysus]

I still haven't read The Five Fists of Science. I like the Tesla/Twain pairing. Edison was an asshole but was still pretty cool - I wouldn't have lumped him in with the Powers That Shall Not Be Named. J.P. Morgan, on the other hand, was just evil. He was Cthulhu.

He was Cthulu

[flying_squid]

In The Five Fists of Science they mean this literally. It's awesome.

And yeah, Edison wasn't entirely evil, but he was a real asshole, especially at making sure Tesla got screwed over a lot. An electrifying an elephant.

[volmerburroughs]

Still dig this! You've seen Kate Beaton's Tesla comic, right?

[uberdionysus]

No. Could you link me?

[volmerburroughs]

http://beatonna.livejournal.com/23574.html