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"""Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood follows the battle to move Happy, a fifty-year-old Asian elephant, from the Bronx Zoo to sanctuary... I hope that this groundbreaking graphic novel will bring others to see, as I have, that we cannot continue to treat autonomous beings as if they exist for our education or entertainment.""--From the foreword by Joyce Poole, Co-Founder and Scientific Director of ElephantVoices ""Acknowledging the personhood of nonhuman animals would go a long way toward strengthening the protection they receive under existing laws, and would hopefully lead to improved laws. These changes are long overdue. Thing dives deep into this fight, enlightening readers while providing an impassioned call to action on behalf of nonhuman animals.""--Laurence Tribe, University Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus, Harvard University ""In Thing, Sam Machado and Cynthia Sousa Machado manage to convey both information and emotion through their beautifully designed and drawn pages. Perhaps the most important aspect of their work is how Cynthia deftly portrays the underlying 'humanity' of the animals discussed through her evocative art. Like many important graphic novels of the past, Thing has the power to make an incredible impact with its readers.""--Brian Cronin, Senior Writer, CBR (Comic Book Resources) ""In the tradition of groundbreaking works like March and Logicomix, Thing is a nonfiction graphic novel that informs, educates, and entertains all at once. Through pithy captions and expressive illustrations, Thing leads the reader to the inevitable conclusion that 'a chimpanzee [or an elephant] may or may not be a person. But it is more than a thing.' This is an important book for our times, told by a talented creative team.""--Josh Neufeld, writer and artist of ""A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge"""

Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood follows the battle to move Happy, a fifty-year-old Asian elephant, from the Bronx Zoo to sanctuary... I hope that this groundbreaking graphic novel will bring others to see, as I have, that we cannot continue to treat autonomous beings as if they exist for our education or entertainment. --From the foreword by Joyce Poole, Co-Founder and Scientific Director of ElephantVoices Acknowledging the personhood of nonhuman animals would go a long way toward strengthening the protection they receive under existing laws, and would hopefully lead to improved laws. These changes are long overdue. Thing dives deep into this fight, enlightening readers while providing an impassioned call to action on behalf of nonhuman animals. --Laurence Tribe, University Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus, Harvard University In Thing, Sam Machado and Cynthia Sousa Machado manage to convey both information and emotion through their beautifully designed and drawn pages. Perhaps the most important aspect of their work is how Cynthia deftly portrays the underlying 'humanity' of the animals discussed through her evocative art. Like many important graphic novels of the past, Thing has the power to make an incredible impact with its readers. --Brian Cronin, Senior Writer, CBR (Comic Book Resources) In the tradition of groundbreaking works like March and Logicomix, Thing is a nonfiction graphic novel that informs, educates, and entertains all at once. Through pithy captions and expressive illustrations, Thing leads the reader to the inevitable conclusion that 'a chimpanzee [or an elephant] may or may not be a person. But it is more than a thing.' This is an important book for our times, told by a talented creative team. --Josh Neufeld, writer and artist of A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

"""This exquisitely illustrated graphic novel uses the story of Happy, an elephant living in isolation at the Bronx Zoo, as a lens to explore why nonhuman animals deserve the same legal and ethical rights as Homo sapiens... a must-read that combines science, legal history and compassion -- and may just change a few minds.""-- ""The Revelator"" ""Essential graphic account of the fight for certain animals to achieve legal 'personhood'...thought-provoking and inspiringly hopeful manifesto.""-- ""Publishers Weekly, starred"" ""Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood follows the battle to move Happy, a fifty-year-old Asian elephant, from the Bronx Zoo to sanctuary... I hope that this groundbreaking graphic novel will bring others to see, as I have, that we cannot continue to treat autonomous beings as if they exist for our education or entertainment.""--From the foreword by Joyce Poole, Co-Founder and Scientific Director of ElephantVoices ""Acknowledging the personhood of nonhuman animals would go a long way toward strengthening the protection they receive under existing laws, and would hopefully lead to improved laws. These changes are long overdue. Thing dives deep into this fight, enlightening readers while providing an impassioned call to action on behalf of nonhuman animals.""--Laurence Tribe, University Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus, Harvard University ""In Thing, Sam Machado and Cynthia Sousa Machado manage to convey both information and emotion through their beautifully designed and drawn pages. Perhaps the most important aspect of their work is how Cynthia deftly portrays the underlying 'humanity' of the animals discussed through her evocative art. Like many important graphic novels of the past, Thing has the power to make an incredible impact with its readers.""--Brian Cronin, Senior Writer, CBR (Comic Book Resources) ""In the tradition of groundbreaking works like March and Logicomix, Thing is a nonfiction graphic novel that informs, educates, and entertains all at once. Through pithy captions and expressive illustrations, Thing leads the reader to the inevitable conclusion that 'a chimpanzee [or an elephant] may or may not be a person. But it is more than a thing.' This is an important book for our times, told by a talented creative team.""--Josh Neufeld, writer and artist of ""A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge"""

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Cynthia Sousa Machado and Sam Machado are the-husband-and-wife team behind the cartoons ""I Got This"" and ""If I Don't Get Pants."" Their work together involves identity, politics and social justice issues. Their editorial cartoons have been found in the Guardian, The New Republic and Redbook. You can find their webcomic Cyberbunk on LINE Webtoon. Cynthia and Sam live and illustrate in Miami, FL. Steven M. Wise is founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project. He has practiced animal protection law for 30 years throughout the US and is the author of four books: Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals; Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights; Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery; and An American Trilogy: Death, Slavery, and Dominion Along the Banks of the Cape Fear River. Wise has taught Animal Rights Law at Harvard, Stanford, and seven other law schools. He holds a J.D. from BU Law School and a B.S. in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary.

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