Block
Crack pipes in the hallway and dealers on the doorstep form part of Murella's everyday life; one where she must step over the addicts and prostitutes on her welcome mat in order to take her children to school. Cas, long term sidekick and fierce pragmatist, confronts everything head on while spitting home truths at every opportunity. Between their two realities, battling challenging circumstances, they still find room for humour.
It also seems there is room for intervention. Davenport is an uncompromising scientist of acid wit frustrated by professional constraints. Monroe, his downtrodden junior, is fast becoming bored of playing Robin to his Batman. An alliance is formed when into this equation comes a self-serving individual with radical views on social reform.
Two ordinary women leading their lives at the extremes of society. Three men seeking to push the boundaries of science and politics. Block is a novel look at power and powerlessness, crime and corruption. This is a story of dual identities where everyone's limits are being tested.
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It also seems there is room for intervention. Davenport is an uncompromising scientist of acid wit frustrated by professional constraints. Monroe, his downtrodden junior, is fast becoming bored of playing Robin to his Batman. An alliance is formed when into this equation comes a self-serving individual with radical views on social reform.
Two ordinary women leading their lives at the extremes of society. Three men seeking to push the boundaries of science and politics. Block is a novel look at power and powerlessness, crime and corruption. This is a story of dual identities where everyone's limits are being tested.
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The writing of Block
_In writing Block I wanted to tell a story from a perspective
that is very rarely seen. Within deprived areas of high criminality
there are communities living in fear, trapped on one side by the dealers
and addicts and on the other side by neglectful local authorities and a
criminal justice system which does not work.
To further consolidate the main themes the novel deals with an imagined vision of the future and how advancements in the field of science may impact on the lives of everyday people. I am a latecomer to graphic novels as a story telling medium but this is something which began to flavour my work during the writing of Block - the idea of the meaning of power and heroism in modern societies which are becoming increasingly technology driven.
Publication of Block comes after the 2011 London riots at a time when the wider public is at last starting to question the cost of a 'disenfranchised', 'dispossessed', 'feral' subsection of society.
To further consolidate the main themes the novel deals with an imagined vision of the future and how advancements in the field of science may impact on the lives of everyday people. I am a latecomer to graphic novels as a story telling medium but this is something which began to flavour my work during the writing of Block - the idea of the meaning of power and heroism in modern societies which are becoming increasingly technology driven.
Publication of Block comes after the 2011 London riots at a time when the wider public is at last starting to question the cost of a 'disenfranchised', 'dispossessed', 'feral' subsection of society.