{"id":2227,"date":"2021-03-19T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2021-02-14T15:54:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T20:54:58","slug":"a-for-anonymous-how-a-mysterious-hacker-collective-transformed-the-world-by-david-kushner-illustrated-by-koren-shadmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Novel Review: A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World by David Kushner, illustrated by Koren Shadmi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.**<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bold Type Books, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN-13: 9781568588797<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While A for Anonymous <\/em>doesn\u2019t fall into the category of horror and dark fiction or horror-adjacent titles that Monster Librarian typically reviews,   there are a number of real-world horrors that are addressed by author David Kushner and illustrator Koren Shadmi in these pages. Anonymous is known for exposing some of these human monsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The A for Anonymous<\/em> graphic novel presents an interview between Kushner, who wrote a number of articles on Anonymous, and Commander X, a faceless member of the hacktivist group who agrees to discuss the resistance group\u2019s founding, history, and activities. It presents a decent introduction into Anonymous and some of their activities that garnered national attention. Some of their attacks were leveled at governments, corporations, and religious institutions, just to name a few. Kushner discusses how Anonymous went after the Church of Scientology; the case of Geohot and hacking Sony; the influence of the hacktivist movement involved in exposing the Steubenville, Ohio rape case; and more. The author acknowledges both the successes and the failures of Anonymous regarding their actions as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it makes for a good overview of the movement, the book does not provide any real analysis or insight into Anonymous\u2019 philosophy or lesser-known activities. Other reviewers have noted that information contained in the graphic novel can be found with a simple Google search, and chances are that a good portion of those search results are linked to articles that Kushner himself wrote for magazines such as the New Yorker<\/em> and Rolling Stone<\/em>. It would also have added value to the book for Kushner to include citations from his previous work for those interested in reading more about Anonymous.  Recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contains: discussion of racism and rape<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) **Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Bold Type Books, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781568588797 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle While A for Anonymous doesn\u2019t fall into the category of horror and dark fiction or horror-adjacent titles that Monster Librarian typically reviews,   there are a number of real-world horrors that are addressed by author David Kushner and illustrator Koren Shadmi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,76,288],"tags":[335],"class_list":["post-2227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-graphic-novels","category-nonfiction","tag-nonfiction-graphic-novels"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Eu9f-zV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2243,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}