DO ANYTHING. Volume One: Jack Kirby Ripped my Flesh. Thoughts on Comics and Things

Ellis, Warren

ISBN 10: 1592911056 / ISBN 13: 9781592911059

Published by Avatar Press, 2010

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Avatar Press, 2010. Paperback, 8vo, 48pp. A good copy. 1592911056/0.2 . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DO ANYTHING. Volume One: Jack Kirby Ripped my Flesh. Thoughts on Comics and Things
• Publisher: Avatar Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592911056
• ISBN 13: 9781592911059
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket

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Synopsis

• The robot head of Jack Kirby lives on Warren Ellis' desk! It knows everything and is connected to everything. You must obey the robot head of Jack Kirby. There are many ways to look at comics. In this book, we see the medium through the hazy android eyes of Jack Kirby (actually the stolen and repurposed head of the missing Philip K. Dick robot, which Mr. Ellis confesses to swiping off the back of a plane), taking a rattling ghost-train ride through the history of comics. David Bowie, the CIA, mad architects, Will Eisner, Frank Zappa, Tintin, the designer of Skylab, a train station in Paris, Arthur C. Clarke, the circus, the Black Panther Party, and William S. Burroughs: all of these things are connected by Jack Kirby, all part of the secret history of comics, and all illustrating the special nature of the medium as the place where you can do anything.

About the Author

Warren Ellis is the award-winning British author of comic books, novels, and television, most often recognized for his sociocultural commentary and ground-breaking work in the genre of science fiction. His most recognizable works include Transmetropolitan, Planetary, and The Authority. He maintains a consistent online presence which includes the weekly delivery of the FREAKANGELS web comic to millions of fans. Ellis has published over 25 different creator-owned projects through Avatar Press (including BLACK SUMMER, IGNITION CITY, and GRAVEL, the last of which is in development as a film through Legendary Pictures), with many more planned.