Helen Hanson writes bestselling thrillers that delve into the lives of desperate individuals entangled with high-tech worlds. Her narratives feature characters ranging from hackers and CIA agents to industry titans and mobsters, all caught in personal maelstroms against relentless, lethal forces. Throughout their journeys, these characters grapple with finding truth, humor, and their humanity, often from the precipice of extreme danger. Hanson herself expresses a deep mistrust of those who seek global power, even as she writes about the power-hungry.
An authoritative companion providing a thematic survey of film noir, featuring contributions from established and emerging scholars, and exploring its influence on various media, including television and graphic novels.
Combining ink with dry colored pencil is an innovative technique that integrates two very different media, resulting in rich and detailed work. This beautiful book looks at different methods of mark-making in ink and a repertoire of colored pencil techniques, then explains how to work with them together successfully. Drawing on the author's love of the countryside and its plant communities, it shows how the technique can be used to interpret the landscape in a new and highly individual way. Packed with step-by-step sequences and finished examples, this book will encourage beginners to get started and inspire artists looking for a new direction.
The endangered and dangerous female figures of Rebecca, of Jagged Edge and What Lies Beneath have a deserved and endures fascination. This work re- examines these gothic heroines of Hollywood and their meanings, in two of Hollywood's key generic cycles, film noir and the female gothic film. It also traces their revival in neo-gothic films.