Kings in Disguise: A Novel
Author(s): James Vance and Dan E. Burr
Now re-emerging as a classic, "Kings in Disguise" received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Set in January 1932, movie-loving Freddie Bloch is selling his father's empties for the cost of a matinee: "Dreams were only a dime, but empty bottles [only] brought a penny apiece." When his father disappears and his brother gets arrested, Freddie finds himself homeless and adrift, trying to survive during the Detroit labour riots and amid the furore of violent, anti-communist mobs. It contains an introduction by Alan Moore.
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Winner of the Eisner Award and the Harvey Award for Best New Series and an additional Eisner Award for Best Single Issue.
"Wonderful, earnest storytelling... a book made by intelligent, caring human hands." Art Spiegelman"
Author, playwright and director JAMES VANCE has written scripts for The Crow, The Spirit: The New Adventures and other popular comics. By day he is a journalist. DAN BURR has drawn for DC Comics' Big Book Series and contributed to a number of underground comics like Death Rattle and Grateful Dead Comix.
General Fields
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- : WW Norton & Co
- : WW Norton & Co
- : 0.51
- : 31 August 2006
- : 276mm X 211mm
- : United States
- : 01 May 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : James Vance and Dan E. Burr
- : Paperback
- : 741.5973
- : 208
- : Colour