On sale in March from Top Shelf is Blue, the debut graphic novel of Australian cartoonist Pat Grant. The 96-page hardcover is a beautifully drawn allegorical adventure starring three kids in a provincial beach town as they navigate racism, immigration, surfing and a quest to see a real-life dead body. Featuring blue-skinned aliens whose immigration to the fictional city of Bolton has distressed the economy and stimulated the racial prejudices of its xenophobic inhabitants, Blue is inspired by Grant's first-hand experience in the Cronulla Race Riots of 2005 and described sardonically by him as "District 9 meets Stand By Me." [...]How sad that a moonbat with an Orwellian mindset has to be the one to garner such undeserved attention. And how sad that said moonbat apparently sees "immigrants" as solely victims. A year before the Islamists in Sydney went on a rampage, former policeman Tim Priest wrote in Quadrant (via Michelle Malkin) about how Muslim gangs had taken over a lot of the criminal activity in the area. These same gangs harrassed women and other people at the beachside, and also assaulted at least 2 lifeguards, leading up to the whole vigilante crowd that chased them off the beach. In related news, there was also a horrific case of a girl who was 14 years old who was gang raped by at least 2 Pakistani brothers almost a decade ago. Said brothers amazingly received quite a well-deserved beating in Goulburn prison, and hopefully got their legs damaged enough to make it difficult to commit violent crimes like those again.
Along the kids' macabre quest, Grant shows us how the blue aliens have been trying, unsuccessfully, to assimilate to life in Bolton, and how much of that is the fault of the unwelcoming citizens.
And this Pat Grant considers the Aussies the ones to blame? "Immigrants" have no responsibilities of their own, and that includes their beliefs, religious or otherwise?
If Grant's book is as biased as it sounds, then he has punched quite a few regular Australians in the face, especially any women who were victimized by those Islamic perverts. I'm sure there's plenty of potential talent for writing comics Down Under, but Grant isn't it.
7 comments:
hey, maybe you should read the book.
Holy crap. Just did you just admit to not having read the book in one sentence and then judging the book and author in the next? Well done, usually you need a second person to undermine your credibility but you did it all by yourself
Erm, yes, book reviews do tend to be more convincing if the reviewer has actually read they book in question.
*the, not they - apologies!
"If Grant's book is as biased as it sounds..."
Hahaha. God forbid you should actually, you know... look at it, rather than listening to a summary from someone else who you already hate.
For what it's worth, I've read it, and I wouldn't agree in the slightest with Andy Khouri's description.
This is just a bit hilarious. You actually expect people to take your opinions seriously? I won't bother going into what's so wrong with your writing, others have already pointed out your adorably hypocritical flaws...
you are a bit of a dreary drongo
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