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(3.08) | 1 | InGive Our Regards to the Atom-smashers!, 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 Renée 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.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 1 mention » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Howe, Sean | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Bender, Aimee | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Dyer, Geoff | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Erickson, Steve | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Giddins, Gary | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gold, Glen David | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Goldberg, Myla | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hultkrans, Andrew | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lethem, Jonathan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Marcus, Greil | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Meltzer, Brad | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Millet, Lydia | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | O'Brien, Geoffrey | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Offutt, Chris | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Piazza, Tom | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sante, Luc | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sorrentino, Christopher | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wray, John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions InGive Our Regards to the Atom-smashers!, 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 Renée 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. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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