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Synopsis
- Nate Powell’s follow-up to the Eisner award-winning Swallow Me Whole examines war and violence, and their trickle-down effects on middle America. As a gang of small-town kids find themselves reunited in adulthood, their dark histories collide in a struggle for the future.
- Any Empire follows three kids in a Southern town as a rash of mysterious turtle mutilations forces each to confront their relationship to their privileged suburban fantasies of violence. Then, after years apart, the three are thrown together again as adults, amid questions of choice and force, belonging and betrayal.
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About the Author
Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock AR) is the New York Times best-selling graphic novelist whose work includes The Year Of The Beasts (2012, Roaring Brook), The Silence Of Our Friends (2012, First Second), Any Empire (2011, Top Shelf), Swallow Me Whole (Eisner Award winner for Best Graphic Novel, Ignatz Award winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; 2008, Top Shelf), and Sounds Of Your Name (2006, Microcosm). He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
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"The most prodigiously talented graphic novelist of his [generation] ... Powell's exceptional visual-storytelling gift transforms a potentially obvious antiwar parable into a ravishingly beautiful, emotionally resonant, thoughtful, and provocative work of art." -- Booklist (starred review)
"[It] is everything a graphic novel should be, and few are. Spare, to the point dialog, fluid and effortless visual storytelling devoid of pretensions... I very rarely read graphic novels because I usually can't get past the first few pages. Any Empire drew me in from the start and didn't let up." -- Larry Hama, GI Joe
"At times poignant, at at others surreal, Any Empire is an engaging, never preachy work about childhood, centering on those secret currents that define our youthful rivalries and the games we play." -- MTV Geek
"We've all experienced the world's endless cycle of innocence shattered, and Powell renders it all in lovely chiaroscuro... he crafts memorable and heartfelt characters that linger in the mind and scar the heart." -- Under the Radar
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- PublisherTop Shelf Productions
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1603090770
- ISBN 13 9781603090773
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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