War of Streets and Houses

Title: War of Streets and Houses
Author: Sophie Yanow
ISBN: 9780984681488
Publisher: Uncivilized Books
Published: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 60
Publisher Description: <p><b>2015 Doug Wright Spotlight Award Nomination</b></p><p><b>Ignatz Award Nomination for Outstanding Graphic Novel</b></p><p>An American artist witnesses the Quebec spring 2012 student strike on the streets of Montreal. The brutal police response and their violent tactics trigger an exploration of urban planning and its hidden connections to military strategies. Marshal Bugeaud's urban warfare tactics in Algeria, Haussmann's plan for Paris, planning and repression in the New World; theory and personal experience collide into an ambitious and poetic cartoon memoir.</p><p><b>Sophie Yanow</b> was born north of San Francisco in 1987. In 2011 she moved to Montreal, and with the Colosse collective published <i>In Situ</i>, her acclaimed autobiographical comics series. She was an invited artist- researcher for the Canadian Center for Architecture's "C for Condo" workshop, and her work has been exhibited throughout the US and Canada. She lives in Montreal.</p><br>