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Melina Sydney Paduasydneypadua.com
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Melina Sydney Paduasydneypadua.com/ref> is a graphic artist and animator based in
London
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, England
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. She is the author of '' The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage'' steampunk comic, and her animation work appears in several popular Hollywood films.
She has worked as character animator in feature film
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s such as ''Marmaduke
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Publication history
The strip was created by Anderson, and sold to the John F. Dille ...
'', '' Clash of the Titans'', ''The Golden Compass
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'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', ''The Iron Giant
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'', ''Quest for Camelot
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'', and ''The Jungle Book
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''.
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...Cory Doctorow
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, Tim Etchells
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, David Hepworth, Aleks Krotoski, and Tony White among others. In December 2015, she was awarded the biennial Neumann Prize of the British Society for the History of Mathematics for ''The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage''. In April 2016, she was nominated for the Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category, and ''The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage'' in the Best Graphic Album—New category.
In 2004 Padua decided to teach herself how to animate on a computer. She started by sketching a storyboard for a short film. The end result was the 2.5-minute ''Agricultural Report''. This film ended up being shown at over 200 festivals and won a few awards, including Best Short Film at the Taormina Film Festival and Audience Award for Best First Film at AnimaMundi Brazil.
Early life
Padua grew up in Mexico City and in the Canadian prairie (Western Canada). She now resides in London, England, with her husband.''The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage''
Sydney Padua wrote the steampunkwebcomic
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Webcomics can be c ...
''2D Goggles or The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage''. It features a pocket universe
A pocket universe or bubble universe, also colloquially called pocket dimension is a concept in inflationary theory, proposed by Alan Guth.
Description
It defines a realm like the one that contains the observable universe as only one of many inf ...
where Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage have actually built an analytical engine and use it to "fight crime" at Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
's request. In April 2015, the comic was published as a 320-page book titled '' The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage'' by Pantheon Books.
The comic is based on thorough research on the biographies of and correspondence between Babbage and Lovelace, as well as other bits of early Victoriana
Victoriana is a term used to refer to material culture related to the Victorian period (1837–1901). It often refers to decorative objects, but can also describe a variety of artifacts from the era including graphic design, publications, pho ...
, which is then twisted for humorous effect. It began as a one-shot for Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The comic was the source of a limited edition print of 25 to raise money for The Ada Initiative in July 2011.
Episodes are also available as an iPhone app.
The comic was adapted as a stage show, ''A Note of Dischord'', by Theatre Paradok at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. and as an opera by Guerilla Opera in 2023.
References
External links
Sydney Padua official website
2D Goggles – Padua's Lovelace and Babbage website
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