See You at San Diego
Description
Join some of the biggest names in fandom as they launch off at ludicrous speed into the spiraling galaxy of geek culture through the kaleidoscopic lens of the planet's biggest pop culture gathering worldwide (clocked twice by Guinness!): the San Diego Comic-Con. With such special guests as: Frank Miller, Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell, Felicia Day, Scott Aukerman, Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragonés, Trina Robbins, the Russo Bros., Lloyd Kaufman, Tim Seeley, Kevin Eastman, and many others -- along with 400+ photos and art -- the book also features forewords by Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) and by Jeff Smith (Bone), plus an afterword by Wu-Tang Clan's own uber-nerd mastermind RZA.
Product Details
| Publisher | Fantagraphics Books |
| Publish Date | September 06, 2022 |
| Pages | 480 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781683966517 |
| Dimensions | 10.0 X 8.1 X 1.6 inches | 3.5 pounds |
About the Author
Stan Sakai is a Japanese-born American artist and comic book creator. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo, first appeared in 1984. Usagi has been on television as a guest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as toys, on clothing, in comics, and in a series of trade paperback collections. He is a multiple Eisner-Award-winning cartoonist and the recipient of numerous national awards including an American Library Association Award and a Cultural Ambassador Award from the Japanese American National Museum. In 2020, Sakai was inducted into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame. He currently is an executive producer on the Netflix original CGI animated series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, which is based on "Usagi Yojimbo". He lives in Pasadena, CA.
Jeff Smith is an American artist and the award-winning creator of the bestselling comic books Bone and RASL. For his work on Bone, Smith has received numerous awards, among them ten Eisner Awards and eleven Harvey Awards. In 1995 and 1996, he won the National Cartoonists Society's award for Comic Books. Smith helped found the annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival, which debuted in 2015, and he serves as its artistic director. He lives in Columbus, OH.
Reviews
See You At San Diego is a lively, informative, and creatively conceived oral history. The cumulative value of the collected opinions, memories, and anecdotes far exceeds what a straightforward nonfiction book could have achieved. The curated quotations offer plenty of fodder for future studies on fandom.-- "Western States Jewish History"
This is a book that I always wanted to exist.--Ed Piskor (Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men: Grand Design)
The more time I spend with this thing, the more impressed I am with the curation, organization and the sheer amount of effort that went into it. Kind of mind-blowing!--Jeff Smith, creator of BONE
Finally! An unexpurgated history of Comic-Con and fandom that comes directly from the horse's mouth - actually a whole herd of horses. The overall result is as pleasantly chaotic as the Con itself. What a relief!--Scott Shaw! (cartoonist; Comic-Con co-originator)
Mathew Klickstein might be the geek guru of the 21st century.--Mark Mothersbaugh
The rambunctious, delicious story of how the biggest pop culture event in history was born - and grew from nothing to everything.--Allen Salkin (journalist, Los Angeles Magazine; bestselling author, From Scratch: The Uncensored History of the Food Network)
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