Kay Wood's The Big Belch Review

Kay Wood's (ACG '14) graphic novel, The Big Belch was reviewed on BirdChannel.com:

The Big Belch is not your usual graphic novel. While typically this medium seems to feature heroes who are nearly exclusively young, Kay Wood’s work takes a different approach. When the plans of a big oil company put the earth in danger, it’s not a superhero who saves the day, but two baby boomers, a bulldog and a parrot. For Wood, the subject matter of the graphic novel is what drove its creation. "When I saw the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, I just had to do something,” Wood said.

Read the full of the article here. 

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