Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Alex Alice ("Castle in the Stars"):
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Description of Pictures: Alex Alice - Castle in the Stars: The Space Race of 1869 — at Takoma Park Library (MD)
A year after his mother’s disappearance, Seraphin still holds out hope that she is alive somewhere. When summoned to a Bavarian castle for a mysterious reason, Seraphin thinks he might be closer to finding his mother. What he doesn’t anticipate are the dreams of the mad King Ludwig, brought on by the discovery of his mother’s logbook. This leads Seraphin to an adventure full of espionage, danger, balloon chases and space travel. The graphic novel mixes classic Jules Verne exploration with a steampunk vibe through a series of dreamy water-colored panels. Ages 10-14.
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2019_MD_Fogliano_191015: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Julie Fogliano ("Just in Case You Want to Fly") (7 photos from 2019)
2019_MD_Cousteau_190308: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Fabien Cousteau ("Great White Shark Adventure") (104 photos from 2019)
2018_MD_Royer_180913: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Jérémie Royer ("Audubon: On the Wings of the World") (34 photos from 2018)
2018_MD_Roth_181008: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Jonathan Roth ("Beep and Bob") (22 photos from 2018)
2018_MD_Morales_180906: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Yuyi Morales ("Dreamers/ Sońadores") (106 photos from 2018)
2017_MD_Joyce_170424: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- William Joyce ("Bently & Egg...") (56 photos from 2017)
2017_MD_Jenkins_170215: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Emily Jenkins ("A Greyhound, a Groundhog") (46 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_Alexis_FF_170417: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Alexis Frederick-Frost ("Hocus Focus") (67 photos from 2017)
2016_MD_Witches_160519: Politics & Prose @ Takoma Park Community Center -- Sophie Blackall and John Bemelmans Marciano ("Witches of Benevento") (26 photos from 2016)
2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA,
a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin),
New York City, and
my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona).
For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about:
"Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo),
"The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy),
"The American Spirit" (David McCullough),
"Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert),
"The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and
"The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover).
Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.