New Releases by Stephanie McMillan

Connect with the beauty and charm of tropical South Florida''s flora and fauna. Colorists of all ages will enjoy this variety of plants and wildlife, ranging from the iconic manatee, loggerhead sea turtle, and sabal palm to the lesser-known, more locally appreciated purslane and zebra longwing. These 30 illustrations are drawn with affection in a quirky style by award-winning artist Stephanie McMillan, a third-generation Fort Lauderdale resident who grew up in the company of these species and came to love them deeply. Large size 8.5"x11" high quality line art images, printed on one side only to prevent bleed through and for easy framing. A test page is included to try out your materials.

Graphic novel about a small group of friends who try to save the world from being destroyed by capitalism, using various strategies and tactics.

Le président américain est contacté par des martiens qui veulent manger leur planète. Celui-ci accepte contre remise d’or.

18 coloring pages about working class-led, biocentric revolution for a classless and sustainable way of life.

Selected art and writing from various times

Özlü, renkli, çizgili ve iddialı bir anlatım: Kapitalizm Ölmeli! Hem de bir an önce ölmeli. Çevremiz, dünyamız, sağlığımız, eğitimimiz, çocuklarımız, hayatımız için… Ama kendi kendine ölmüyor, birdenbire yok olmuyor. Stephanie McMillan Kapitalizm Ölmeli!’de, onun nasıl ve ne zaman yok olabileceğini, daha doğrusu yok edilebileceğini, tepelenebileceğini anlatıyor. Sadece nesnel koşullara, kapitalizmin bugünkü güçlü ve zayıf yanlarına değil, siyasi özne cephesinde yapılması gerekenlere, “Ne Yapmalı”ya da odaklanıyor McMillan, propagandaya, ajitasyona, örgütlenmeye… Hatta ayrıntılarıyla “devrimci örgüt”e, “ara düzey örgüt”e, “kitle örgütleri”ne… Birleşik Devletler’in anti-kapitalist, anti-emperyalist çevreleri içerisinde alabildiğine militanca bir arayış bu. Ve çizgilerin gücü adına, mizahi! “Eğlenceli olmaya devam ederken çok da eğitici.” - Sean Michael Dodd “Çizimler bir hayli vurucu, tamamen anladığımı düşündüğüm konuların iç yüzüne dair yeni şeylerin farkına vardım. Geniş konu ve kavramlar, oldukça zekice, kısa ve özlü bir biçimde açıklanmış.” – Duccio

There are plenty of coloring books intended to help us achieve serenity or express our creativity. But none to address the needs of those of us working for revolution to overthrow global capitalism. Until now. These 100 Affirmations (two per page), combine cute animal and plant drawings with serious revolutionary messages to accompany you on your journey to being an effective and successful revolutionary. After coloring, cut them out to display or to share with comrades to spark conversations. Start a local coloring group and discuss revolutionary strategy!

During fin regeneration, a blastema, a group of de-differentiated cells, forms underneath the wound epidermis. As regeneration proceeds, cells leave the proximal blastema and enter the differentiation zone. Adjacent to the differentiation zone, a subset of cells in the basal epidermal layer (BEL) express sonic hedgehog a (shha). Cells that come in contact with BEL differentiate into osteoblasts and joint cells, enabling the formation of bone segments at the end of each fin ray. Generally, fin regeneration occurs similarly in males and females. However, breeding tubercles (BT), keratinized epidermal structures on the male pectoral fin, result in regenerative differences when compared to females. In this thesis, three aspects of zebrafish fin regeneration were studied: 1) Cell lineage tracing of shha-expressing cells in the caudal fin regenerate; 2) The differentiation of joint cells and osteoblasts in the caudal fin regenerate; 3) Regeneration of pectoral fin BTs. Studies on caudal fin regenerates suggest osteoblasts and joint cells originate from a common cell lineage, but are committed to different cell fates. Joint cells follow a genetic pathway in which evx1 occurs downstream or parallel to hoxa13a and upstream of pthrp1. In the absence of Evx1, presumptive joint cells are committed to an osteoblast cell fate. Furthermore, joint cells do not regenerate following laser cell ablation, suggesting joint cell differentiation occurs only at specific intervals during osteoblast regeneration. Collectively, these results suggest a mechanism for joint cell differentiation during caudal fin regeneration. Studies on pectoral fins indicate androgens induce and estrogens inhibit BT formation. BT regeneration in males and androgen-treated females follows the initiation of revascularization, but occurs concomitantly with a novel second wave of angiogenesis. The inhibition of angiogenesis in androgen-treated females prevents BT formation. Altogether, these results suggest the growth and regeneration of BTs requires a v hormonal stimulus and the presence of an additional blood vessel network naturally found in males. In conclusion, these studies have increased the overall knowledge of key aspects of zebrafish fin regeneration. A gain in understanding zebrafish regeneration provides a basis in which treatments can be developed to induce regeneration in species with limited regenerative capabilities.

A simple explanation, with comics and illustrations, about why capitalism is inherently destructive and unsustainable.

From the winner of the 2012 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, a character-driven tale about our threatened environment and the practicality of putting contemporary revolutionary strategy into action. In The Minimum Security Chronicles, the latest long-form narrative from Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award–winning cartoonist Stephanie McMillan, lifelong friends Kranti and Bananabelle are rounded up during a protest and locked in a pen by a faraway railroad track. After their escape, when trying to gain proof of their capture, Kranti discovers the future site of a nuclear power plant. After attempting to shut it down, she learns of an even more ecologically dangerous enterprise: a massive geo-engineering project scheduled to begin in a matter of weeks. And so begins the tale of a group of friends—among them an apolitical computer programmer, an aspiring musician who joins the Occupy movement, a lovestruck community gardener, a militant bunny and a guinea pig theorist—who try to halt the plans of evil corporate overlords bent on destroying the earth for profit.

All''inizio, l''occupazione fu più contenuta di quanto ci si aspettasse, poi prese piede e si estese in centinaia di posti diversi, diventando l''evento politico più significativo di una generazione. Una protesta nuova, globale, in favore di un nuovo sistema di vita basato sui bisogni dell''umanità e sulla tutela del pianeta. Per la prima volta negli ultimi decenni, da tutto il mondo, la gente ha messo in discussione a gran voce la struttura stessa di una società e di un''economia incentrate sui profitti prima che sulle persone. Questo lavoro di graphic journalism è il resoconto di questa esperienza, la testimonianza appassionata di una giornalista-attivista coinvolta in prima linea nella protesta.

Can a cartoonist and millions of random strangers change the world? The initial stages of their attempt are chronicled in this book of comics-journalism and written observations. Stephanie McMillan, long-time activist and cartoonist, has waited her entire life for the American people to rise up. Sparked by uprisings around the world, a new movement bursts onto the national scene against a system that denies the people a decent life and puts the planet at risk. With delightful full-color drawings, interviews, dialogue, description, and insightful reflections, this book chronicles the first several months of the fragile and contradictory movement. It situates detailed personal experiences and representative narratives within the broad context of a truly unique and historical global conjuncture. This book will stand as a record of the emerging movement in accessible comics form.

The six women of the Knitting Circle meet every week to chat, eat cake, and make fabulous sweaters. Until the night they realize that they’ve all survived rape—and that not one of their assailants has suffered a single consequence. Enough is enough. The Knitting Circle becomes the Knitting Circle Rapist Annihilation Squad. They declare open season on rapists, with no licenses and no bag limits. With needles as their weapons, the revolution begins. A cop is stabbed through a doughnut hole and into his heart. A country-western singer is found with knitting needles jammed into both ears and his no-means-yes hit song playing. A pedophile priest is killed in the sacristy. As the Circle swells, perpetrators learn to shudder at the sight of business women with knitted briefcases, students with knitted backpacks, roller derby queens with knitted kneepads. They also push back, as organizations of men—from the Chamber of Commerce to the Department of Agriculture to the Autonomous Federated Association of Coalitions of Anarchists for Spontaneous Insurrectionary Sexual Freedom (the AFACASISF, with their unique musical style: deathvomitnoise)—issue statements against the Knitting Circle. More sinister is MAWAR (Men Against Women Against Rape), with their Bible Scrabble and their beefcake Jesus calendar—and a plot to stop the Knitting Circle. Will the Knitting Circle triumph? Or will Officer Flint learn to knit in time to infiltrate it? Will Nick the male ally brave Daisy’s Craft Barn to secure more weapons for the women? Will Marilyn put down her teenage attitude and pick up her knitting needles? Will Circle member Jasmine find true love with MAWAR’s Zebediah?

In this darkly comic novel, the six women of the Knitting Circle meet every week to talk, eat cake, and make fabulous sweaters. The easy-going circle undergoes a drastic change when the members realize they are all the survivors of rape—worse still, that none of their attackers suffered consequences—and the group becomes the vengeful Knitting Circle Rapist Annihilation Squad, taking punishment into their own hands via their knitting needles. As the women take their revenge, groups of men issue statements against the vigilante ladies, from the Chamber of Commerce to the sinister Men Against Women Against Rape (MAWAR), plotting to stop and punish the Knitting Circle. Featuring strong female characters, this satirical piece explores love, revenge, feminism, violence, and knitting.

Two of America''s most talented activists team up to deliver a bold and hilarious satire of modern environmental policy in this fully illustrated graphic novel. The U.S. government gives robot machines from space permission to eat the earth in exchange for bricks of gold. A one-eyed bunny rescues his friends from a corporate animal-testing laboratory. And two little girls figure out the secret to saving the world from both of its enemies (and it isn''t by using energy-efficient light bulbs or biodiesel fuel). As the World Burns will inspire you to do whatever it takes to stop ecocide before it’s too late.

During Drosophila melanogaster pupation, groups of undifferentiated adult cells proliferate and undergo regulated cell shape changes, while larval tissues are eliminated by programmed cell death (PCD). PCD is most commonly associated with apoptosis; however, a growing body of evidence suggests that autophagic cell death represents an alternative form of PCD. In some contexts autophagy can induce caspase-dependent PCD, but the regulatory pathways that link autophagy and apoptosis remain poorly understood. The overexpression of Atg16B induces autophagy-dependent caspase activation in the larval epidermis, and presumptive adult tissues. Also, the overexpression of Atg16B, in tissues specified by pnrGAL4, results in an adult cuticular phenotype that cannot be directly attributed to caspase activity. However, altering the level of Atg16B expression can modulate the adult cuticular phenotype. Therefore, the adult cuticular phenotype was used in a broad based genome-wide screen for dose-dependent modifiers of the regulation of autophagy. To date, 399 chromosomal deficiencies, representing approximately 92% of the 2nd and 3rd chromosomes, and 25 duplications have been tested. Consequently, 42 deficiencies have been identified as dominant enhancers of the Atg16B overexpression phenotype, 24 deficiencies have been identified as dominant modifiers, and 13 deficiencies have been identified as dominant suppressors. Further genetic analysis of these interacting deficiencies was carried out to initiate the process of identifying individual loci associated with the dose-sensitive modification of the Atg16B overexpression phenotype. It is hoped that the identification of these genes will elucidate the genetic pathways regulating autophagy and the autophagic induction of caspase activity.

In this issue of Minmum Security, McMillan, a radical cartoonist, grapples with the Iraq War, NAFTA, the USA PATRIOT Act, feminism and Andrea Dworkin, and ecocide. It includes caricatures of George W. Bush, religious zealots, and American patriots, the cartoons are topical and leftist. The back cover features an advertisement for McMillan''s new clothing company, Fair Wear.

This small hand-drawn zine features Bunnista, one of the characters in Stephanie McMillan''s comic strip Minimum Security. In it, the cartoon rabbit espouses environmentalism and direct action, including armed resistance, against injustice.

This handwritten and illustrated zine is a collection of thirteen vegan recipes that use simple ingredients and techniques.

This issue of Stephanie McMillan''s political, radical comix focuses on the American response to September 11, particularly in terms of racism, sexism, and imperialism abroad.

An English teaching unit to introduce 10th grade students to family folklore. Explains the rationale and objectives of the unit. Gives a schedule and lists of materials and resources. Contains lesson plans and assignments for ten days.