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 In Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers!, some of our most intriguing and creative contemporary writers weigh in on the world of comics: the ones they love versus the ones they hate, the comics they devoured as kids and still can't live without, and the comics that have influenced them in their work and their lives. Here is Jonathan Lethem on childhood friendships, comic books, and the genius of artist Jack Kirby . . . Brad Meltzer on spending a summer vacation with the New Teen Titans. . . Glen David Gold on the obsessive nature of collecting . . . Myla Goldberg writing about the disturbed visions of Chris Ware and RenŽe French . . . Steve Erickson riffing on the perverse patriotism of American Flagg. Here, too, are Luc Sante on Tintin, Aimee Bender on Yummy Fur, Greil Marcus on Uncle Sam, Lydia Millet on Little Nemo in Slumberland, and many others. Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers! is a quirky, thrilling, and compulsively readable celebration of the unique alchemy of words and drawings that forms the language of comic books. It is a book that will delight the seasoned comics reader and invite everyone else into a whole new world. |
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About Sean Howe and the Contributors
Each essay in this collection features a panel of art from the one of the comics discussed. Scroll down to find out where each piece comes from.
Jonathan Lethem: from Fantastic Four #79 Luc Sante: from The Adventures of Tintin: The Blue Lotus (Little, Brown) Aimee Bender: from Yummy Fur #26, reprinted in I Never Liked You (Drawn & Quarterly) Christopher Sorrentino: from Spiderman vs. Superman, reprinted in Crossover Classics: The Marvel/DC Collection Steve Erickson: from American Flagg #9, reprinted in the collection Hard Times, and in a forthcoming hardcover American Flagg collection published by Dynamic Forces Gary Giddins: from Classics Illustrated #52: House of Seven Gables Brad Meltzer: from Teen Titans #39, reprinted in The New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (DC) John Wray: from JIM vol. 2, #5 Geoffrey O'Brien: from Strange Tales #168, reprinted in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D trade paperback (Marvel) Glen David Gold: from Avengers Annual #7, reprinted in Warlock Special Edition #6 Lydia Millet: from The New York Herald, June 12, 1910, reprinted in The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. IV: 1910-1911 (Fantagraphics) Tom Piazza: from Adventure Comics #285, reprinted in Tales of the Bizzaro World (DC) Chris Offutt: from T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives vol. 1 Greil Marcus: from Uncle Sam #1 Myla Goldberg: Chris Ware illustration from Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth; Renee French illustration from "The Ninth Gland," collected in Marbles in my Underpants (Oni Press) Andrew Hultkrans: from Strange Tales #140, reprinted in Marvel Masterworks vol. 23
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