Can You Hear Me, Long Beach<\/a>,” he said that scientists have a duty to be accessible to the public in just about every media they can.<\/p>\nLowe depended heavily on Kim Dwinell, who teaches animation at Cal State Long Beach, to find the right person for the project. Dwinell chose Hopkins who could not be more different from her, aquatically. Dwinell is a former Laguna Beach lifeguard and surfer who says she\u2019s \u201chappiest in the ocean,\u201d but she had watched Hopkins progress through CSULB and noted not just her talent but her work ethic.<\/p>\n
“Both components are needed to finish a comic; it is a time-consuming medium,” Dwinell said. “Both comics and film require that the artist be able to draw appealing characters over and over sequentially to tell a story. I knew Audrey had this ability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, so does Dwinell. Volume two of her \u201cSurfside Girls\u201d graphic novel, which recently came out, is likewise about young people dealing with life and the ocean.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love graphic novels. Not only are they a fabulous medium for fiction stories, but they can be used really effectively as informative or instructional texts,\u201d Dwinell said. \u201cSo many of us are visual people, and while words can tell you something, pictures really reinforce, and at the viewer’s own speed. A film can deliver content visually, but a graphic novel invites the viewer to linger. I know Audrey worked really hard to make sure that while this comic delivers all of the safety information that Dr. Lowe wanted, it also had a compelling story that would keep the reader engaged. I’m so excited that Dr. Lowe also sees the value of comics. There are some really lucky young people on beaches right now who got a cool gift!\u201d<\/p>\n
You can tell from the lilt in Hopkins’ voice that she’s feeling a bit of Christmas in July, herself. Soon to be married, she says she really loves how everything turned out.<\/p>\n
“When you’re going through it, you know, sitting at a desk day after day, it’s normal to doubt yourself,” she said. “I don’t know any artist who doesn’t doubt themselves. But now I know. I know I can handle this, get through a full-fledged story and it feels nice. I guess I can call myself an author.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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