THE HARD SWITCH SAM FORD and what can only be

and what can only be referred to as an exercise in imagination

Then silence

Rendered in a range of styles from pointillism to pencil and wash

in an era when there were few opportunities for women in general and even fewer for African American women

they stick together and help each other because the band is the fulcrum of their lives

THE HARD SWITCH SAM FORD and what can only beAn engrossing science fiction graphic novel about a spaceship's crew, and the end of non renewable resources. Ada, Haika, and Mallic are on a mission . . . one last mission, before everything, everywhere shuts down. Theyre raiding old, abandoned spaceships and wrecks for the (sometimes expensive) parts and they make just enough money to get by. But living their nomadic, exploring life isnt sustainable when they cant afford fuel anymore. The time is