Slow News Day
.html by Andi Watson
When Californian, Katharine Washington, comes to England to work on a newspaper she's expecting more than the small and troubled Wheatstone Mercury. Here she enters the world of office politics, the bottom line, personal and professional strife and lost hamsters. Will it be enough to lure her away from the bright lights and opportunities of home? Collecting the 6 issue series from the Eisner nominated creator of Skeleton Key and Breakfast After Noon.
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When Californian, Katharine Washington, comes to England to work on a newspaper she's expecting more than the small and troubled Wheatstone Mercury. Here she enters the world of office politics, the bottom line, personal and professional strife and lost hamsters. Will it be enough to lure her away from the bright lights and opportunities of home? Collecting the 6 issue series from the Eisner nominated creator of Skeleton Key and Breakfast After Noon.
SC, 7x10, 152pg, b&w
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0943151597
ISBN13:9780943151595
Release Date:July 2002
Publisher:SLG Publishing
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.73 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.6" x 10.1"
Age Range:13 to 16 years
Grade Range:Grades 8 to 11
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Sweet, escapist and vaguely romantic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Slow News Day is about escapism, but does so in a graceful way. Katherine is a San Francisco native, doing an internship in Wheatstone, England (as rural and remote as it may sound). Ostensibly there to learn a bit about small-town journalism, Katherine is also doing some sneaky research for a sitcom she's writing. Slow News Day smells of romantic wish-fulfillment: Katherine manages to be successful at everything she does (journalism, television writing, a weekly column for the Times...) except for romance. And even that comes eventually. Slow News Day, however, does this in a less painfully self-conscious way. Andi Watson is telling a good, self-contained story with amusing, empathetic characters. The art - although not packed with detail - is an interesting, indicative style that helps keep things moving at a good pace.
A Real Charmer
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Andi Watson gets better with each project. His brushwork is a marvel of economy--the minimal style skillfully conveys subtle expression and mood for maximum impact and insight. The story itself is fairly straightforward. Katherine, an aspiring American screenplay writer, heads to England to log some time at a local newspaper as creative fodder for her project. She partners with prickly Owen, and keeps in touch with her ambitious boyfriend back in the states. Conflict ensues and lessons are learned.The ending is well done, if not a complete surprise. What makes this book shine, though, is the complex characterization that Watson imparts through dialogue, story and art.
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