Montréal’s network of bicycle paths and the love that Quebeckers have for the bicycle might be completely different today if it weren’t for one exceptional man and his merry bunch of revolutionary cyclists. Bicycle Bob and the Bike Revolution follows the story of Robert Silverman and Claire Morissette, who introduced what appeared to be crazy ideas about sustainable mobility in a world that was, at that time, completely dominated by gas cars. This band of bike misfits used hilarious peaceful protests aimed at rethinking the car’s place at the heart of a gas-guzzling carbon economy and succeeded in orchestrating a complete shift towards the bicycle.
Written by Josh Freed, well-known Montreal columnist and writer, and illustrated by Satoji, this children’s album tells the funny and endearing story of Bob and Claire who profoundly transformed the people around them and revolutionized our daily commute.
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Le réseau de pistes cyclables dont jouit la ville de Montréal et l’amour des Québécois·e·s pour le vélo seraient peut-être complètement différents aujourd’hui si ça n'avait été d’un homme exceptionnel et de sa joyeuse bande de vélorutionnaires. Bob et la révolution des vélos suit les frasques de Robert Silverman, mieux connu sous son nom de cycliste «Bicycle Bob» et de Claire Morissette, la grande dame du vélo. Ensemble, ils tenteront de provoquer un changement de société (société qui est 100% accro à l’auto) en utilisant des méthodes surprenantes qui souligneront la domination totale des routes par l’automobile à essence.
Écrit par Josh Freed, auteur montréalais qui a suivi de près la carrière de Bob, et illustré par Satoji, l’album offre une histoire transformatrice, drôle et attachante, remplie de personnages hors normes qui ont à tout jamais transformé nos trajets quotidiens.
Josh Freed is an author, syndicated newspaper columnist, filmmaker, and playwright. He has won the prestigious Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour and two National Newspaper Awards as Canada's best columnist. Josh has written nine previous books, including the best-selling Anglo Guide To Survival in Quebec and Moonwebs, which became the United Artists Classics, Genie-award winning film Ticket To Heaven. He has written and directed 25 documentary films for the CBC, that were broadcast in over 50 countries and won numerous awards. His latest comic play The Four Anglos of the Covidapocalypse sold out for three weeks in late 2021, also starring legendary Canadian cartoonist Terry Mosher. In 2019, Josh won Quebec’s Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Award - largely for making people laugh.
Satoji (Vicky Amos) always enjoyed drawing whimsical and imaginative characters as a kid, be they anthropomorphic animals or expressive humans. She was born in Gaspé and studied visual arts at Cégep de Ste-Foy in Quebec City and comic art and graphic design in Gatineau. These experiences helped her develop her own personal style and technique using mostly graphic storytelling methods. A lover of nature, she’s often seen by a river or by the sea, on foot or on a bike. She now lives in Rimouski with her spouse and a cat. She’s a freelance illustrator, part-time art teacher and also works in an art gallery. Bicycle Bob and the bike revolution is her first illustrated children's book, drawn digitally on the ipad.
