New Book Alert: August 12-16, 2019
My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.
Radical Ritual: How Burning Man Changed the World by Neil Shister (Counterpoint Press; on sale July 30, 2019): I assume at Burning Man everybody’s rich enough to be clothed in “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” And now some for state approved debauchery! #NewBookAlert for August 12, 2019.
Can Burning Man change the world? Tonight, Neil Shister takes us behind the scenes at Black Rock City, combining powerful reporting with compelling stories, in RADICAL RITUAL https://t.co/IjOqitCjNz pic.twitter.com/wsAXifWGW9
— Pendants and Pentagrams (@PoliticsProse) July 30, 2019
Why Superman Doesn’t Take Over The World: What Superheroes Can Tell Us About Economics by J. Brian O’Roark (Oxford University Press; on sale May 21, 2019): Turns out the Wu-Tang are right: Cash Rules Everything Around Me. Even Superman is bound by that “law.” #NewBookAlert for August 13, 2019.
'Why Superman Doesn’t Take Over The World' is a great question and the eponymous book by Brian O‘Roark is instore now.
Why do villains keep trying even though they almost never win?
Why don't heroes simply take over the world?They are beholden to the laws of economics…. pic.twitter.com/Y0XIEITQdP
— OctoberBooks (@OctoberBooks) March 22, 2019
Forgotten All-Star: A Biography of Gardner Fox by Jennifer DeRoss (Pulp Hero Press; Biography on sale August 2, 2019): Gardner Fox introduced the Multiverse concept to DC Comics. The crazy thing is…that ain’t his only contribution to comics!! Forgotten All-Star covers his incredible contributions to our comics! Dude’s cool. #NewBookAlert for August 14, 2019.
Looking forward to digging into Forgotten All-Star: A Biography of Gardner Fox by @JenniferDeRoss. One of the most influential superhero writers of all time. Co-creator of both the Golden Age and Silver Age versions of Hawkman! pic.twitter.com/oAM89T51b0
— Robert Venditti (@robertvenditti) August 8, 2019
The Archie Art of Francesco Francavilla by Francesco Francavilla (Archie Comics; Art on sale August 20, 2019): Francesco Francavilla is one of the reasons why Afterlife with Archie had/has so much life. The comic book’s outstanding. Thankfully this is Volume 1 as this book will leave you with a Hunger for more. Out now from and bonus fun: you can get it at your LCS. #NewBookAlert for August 15, 2019.
THE ARCHIE ART OF FF Vol.1, My first HC artbook, an oversized volume collecting tons of art (covers, layouts, interiors, concepts) I've done for @ArchieComics since 2011. With Jon Goldwater intro & words from my hermanos @alex_segura & @WriterRAS.
Get it today at your LCS!! #NCBD pic.twitter.com/fGMIWRaLE0— Francesco Francavilla (@f_francavilla) August 14, 2019
Know-It-All Society: Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture by Michael P. Lynch (Liveright Publishing Corporation; on sale August 13, 2019): Anger without facts and knowledge is not potent: it’s just ego. Which is what we (sadly) have with Twitter. #NewBookAlert for August 16, 2019.
KNOW-IT-ALL SOCIETY, on political conviction, technology and the violent politics of arrogance, is out this month. https://t.co/HYOtleRGHO
— Michael Lynch (@Plural_truth) August 5, 2019
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