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Title:Give our regards to the atomsmashers! : writers on comics / edited and with an introduction by Sean Howe.
Online Resource:Contributor biographical information
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Publisher description
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Edition:1st ed.
Published:New York : Pantheon Books, c2004.
Description:xii, 228 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
ISBN:0375422560
LC Call Number:PN6726
Dewey Number:741.5/0973
Summary:"In Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers!, some of our most 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents:Introduction / Sean Howe -- Jonathan Lethem : the return of the king, or, identifying with your parents -- Luc Sante : the clear line -- Geoff Dyer : comics in a man's life -- Aimee Bender : flat and glad -- Christopher Sorrentino : the Ger Sheker -- Steve Erickson : American Flagg -- Gary Giddins : seduced by Classics Illustrated -- Brad Meltzer : how I spent my summer vacation with The Judas contract -- John Wray : this world, that world, and the invisible hinge : the words & pictures of Jim Woodring -- Geoffrey O'Brien : Nick Fury's dream -- Glen David Gold : Oui, je regrette presque tout -- Lydia Millet : slumberland -- Tom Piazza : Kltpzyxm! -- Chris Offutt : NoMan was my man -- Greil Marcus : the man on the street -- Myla Goldberg : the exquisite strangeness and estrangement of Renee French and Chris Ware -- Andrew Hultkrans : Steve Kitko's hands.
Subjects:Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States -- History and criticism.
Authors, American -- Books and reading.
Other Authors:Howe, Sean.
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Libraries that have this item:Curtin University of Technology. Curtin University Library (WCU) ((WCU)000616765) held
Moreland City Libraries. Coburg Library (VMOR) held
University of Queensland Library. Ipswich Campus Library (QU:IP) (b21708630) PN6726 .G56 2004
University of Western Sydney. Penrith Campus, Ward Library (NUWS:W) (631394) 741.5 41
University of Wollongong. University of Wollongong Library (NWU) (.b15117868) 741.50973/5

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