Big water
By: writer: Gary Phillips ; illustrator: Manoel Magalhães ; preface: Gilda Haas ; introduction: Kim Stanley Robinson ; afterword: Cyndi Hubach ; front cover: Bryan Lee ; book design & prepress: Simian Brothers Creative
Contributors: Magalhães, Manoel, illustrator; Haas, Gilda; Robinson, Kim Stanley; Hubach, Cyndi; Lee, Bryan; Simian Brothers Creative
Publisher: Dr. Pop
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Los Angeles, California
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781937495633
Subjects: Water-supply; Comic books, strips; Eau; Bandes dessinées; Approvisionnement
Description: "In Southern California's quiet Bell Park, there's a war going on. Old guard commissioners from the town's water board are making a bid to privatize the cash-strapped small municipality's water supply. But the residents smell a rat. They organize a special election to run candidates who will keep their water affordable and under public control. Hometown organizer Melinda Cruz finds herself at odds with her brother, Jaime, who works for Double Six, a multi-million dollar designer water label lusting to capture the town's historic aquifer. Political corruption, double-dealing, loyalties and betrayals, even the mysterious death of a city hall lobbyist, all unfold as forces contend for the most precious of resources"--