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Titans of Finance
By R. Walker & Josh Neufeld. 24 pages, $3.50.
ISBN: 1-891867-05-9
What goes up must come down. It's a natural law that the New
Economy just learned all over again. Recent times have been fantastically
dramatic in the cloistered world of American business: Narratives full
of larger-than-life characters, outsized egos, astonishing hubris, and
lots and lots of money. It's action-packed. It makes good comics.
That's the idea behind Titans of Finance, a new and groundbreaking
merger of reality — straight from the business pages — and comix.
You've never seen anything like it: True tales from the world of big money,
wittily translated through America's most populist medium.
Meet Ron Perelman, the man who made millions while presiding over the
Mighty Marvel Comics train wreck. Thrill to the antics of "Chainsaw" Al
Dunlap, Mike "The V-Man" Vranos, and "Jaybird" Goldinger — and many
more of Wall Street's most well-known Icaruses. These aren't just instructive
episodes about the current climate. They're timeless tales, like the Bible
or Cats. Never mind Spawn and Spider-man. These are our superheroes
now.
These tales "hit the mark," says Harvey Pekar, and are "a brilliant use of the medium," according to TheStreet.com's James J. Cramer. Best of all, it's all true! Titans of Finance is entirely based on press accounts. The results are mind-blowing. Over the past five years, in fact, Titans has crushed the benchmark S&P 500. You've never seen anything like it — this is one acquisition you won't regret.
Titans of Finance features the crisp art of Josh Neufeld (co-creator of Keyhole), and the incisive scripts of the mysterious R. Walker.
Xeric Award-winner Josh Neufeld is the author of A Few Perfect Hours (and Other Stories From Southeast Asia & Central Europe), a graphic novel collection of real-life stories about his travel experiences. He is the creator of the comic book The Vagabonds, and the co-creator of Keyhole (nominated for an Ignatz Award). Josh is a long-time artist for Harvey Pekar's American Splendor. His comics have also appeared in World War 3 Illustrated, Fortune Small Business, mMode magazine, ReadyMade, The Village Voice, The Chicago Reader, In These Times, and many other venues. Josh lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife.
R. Walker writes for The New York Times magazine, and lives in Jersey City, NJ.
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