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On February 5, 2012 Anthony died in a fire in an abandoned subway room under the city. He made the subway the subject of his canvases, the muse for a graphic novel that he co-wrote, and the place he called home for the better part of his adult life, even when he had other places to stay." New York Times, Feb. While part of Youme’s art is listening long and hard to the stories of the people she meets, part of Anthony’s is making art out of what most people won’t even look at. Thus began a unique collaboration and conversation between these two artists over the next year, which culminated in Anthony’s biography, the graphic novel Pitch Black. He’ll show you how he lives in the tunnels underneath the New York City subway systemthat is, if you’ll let him. "Mr. She has interned in public schools and has been a student at the Friends World College at the Nairobi and Kyoto campuses. She studied cross-cultural communication through art at the New School for Social Research and Friends World College. The horrors attendant on homelessness are not sugarcoated, and the language is as raw and gritty as one might expect. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.Anthony Horton lived most of his life as a homeless artist, surviving and creating in the secret underground tributaries of the NYC subway system. "Landowne and Horton collaborate here to bring Horton's story of p

From School Library Journal Starred Review. Both Youme and Anthony contributed text and art to the book-their black and gray watercolors are tender and raw, their words spare and poetic. In these dark passageways, Anthony built a makeshift home and found a canvas for his artwork. . Grade 8 Up—After meeting on a subway platform in New York City, Landowne and Horton share a conversation about art and life while riding uptown and downtown. All rights reserved. At first he stayed at a homeless shelter where he witnessed, "things no kid should ever see." He discovered a city below th

Fascinating Riding the L in Chicago, I would always gaze out the windows into the darkness, wondering what/who was out there. This book gives some insight into that question. This story takes place in NYC, and for a moment, I felt like I was in the tunnels with him.This is a book that can be returned to many times. There are many small details that are overlooked the first time but are there to be discovered the next.At the end of the book is a photo of a tunnel grate open with a ladder descending into pitch black. Look into the darkness.. "Five Stars" according to Burkean. I used this for a class. It is an interesting book.. Stango Tigerfists said Read it in "Read it in 20 minutes, Remember it for a lifetime" according to Stango Tigerfists. First, this is just a nicely done graphic novel, and that shouldn't be overlooked. I typically gravitate towards more elaborate or precise drawing styles, but the loose, urbane style employed in Pitch Black turns out to be perfect. It comes across almost like a book for children at first, except that it will take you for a brief moment to one of the most horrifying places on earth. This thin volume shook my complacent foundations.. 0 minutes, Remember it for a lifetime. First, this is just a nicely done graphic novel, and that shouldn't be overlooked. I typically gravitate towards more elaborate or precise drawing styles, but the loose, urbane style employed in Pitch Black turns out to be perfect. It comes across almost like a book for children at first, except that it will take you for a brief moment to one of the most horrifying places on earth. This thin volume shook my complacent foundations.