Comics & Graphic Novels General
My Modern Panic
- Publisher
- Bayeux Arts, Inc.
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2012
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 14 to 17
- Recommended Grade
- 9 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897411728
- Publish Date
- Sep 2012
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Bestselling author James Davidge ('Thirteen Minutes,' 'Mathemagick and Mystiphysics,' 'The Driftwood Saga,' collaborates with a brilliant and diverse group of illustrators to produce a playful yet socially-concerned collection of comic and prose stories. What if the upper class of society started to collect and display the homeless as art? Could a sustainable farm be built on a defunct off-shore il rig by utilizing guidance and funding from a talking goldfish? Can Davidge reconcile with his own youthful sins of pulling the hair of a girl he liked, taunting someone entirely undeserving and abandoning one of his best friends? Journey with ancient alchemist Hermes Trismegestus as he poetically presents these absurd tales of heart, humour and woe.
About the authors
James Davidge was born in Edmonton, Alberta and studied mathematics education at the University of Calgary. His first novel, Driftwood Ellesmere, was published in 2006 by Bayeux Arts. He has since released the four remaining novels that complete the Driftwood Saga, a series about a young girl who tries to save the world using heartfelt magic. James has released two graphic novels with Edmonton artist Bob Prodor; The Duchess Ranch of Old John Ware recounts the inspirational legend of a respected black cowboy from Calgary's frontier history; Thirteen Minutes is a 20th century fable about the Alberta Eugenics Board, the Dadaist art movement and the short-lived Prairie Hockey League. James released My Modern Panic in 2012 - a collection of short comic and prose stories that playfully yet thoughtfully address various social issues. It features illustrations by many great Canadian artists including Fiona Staples, Nick Johnson and Judd Palmer. James also writes an ongoing comic series entitled Mathemagick that is illustrated by his cousin, Vancouver animator Jesse Davidge. An active founding board member of the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, James teaches at the Willow Park School for Arts-Centred Learning and lives just outside of Calgary with his wife and daughter.
Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as North 40, DV8: Gods and Monsters, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Saga
NICK JOHNSON is a writer and illustrator who works in children's illustration, comic books and graphic design. Nick lives in Calgary, Alberta, where he serves as an Art Director for New Machine Studios.
Other titles by
1st Legion of Utopia
Mathemagick
The War of Flat and Wonder
Driftwood Ellesmere
Driftwood Saves the Whales
Driftwood's War
Driftwood's Crusade
Driftwood and the Necessary Forest
Thirteen Minutes
A 20th century tale of family, eugenics, Dadaism.and hockey
Mathemagick & Mystiphysics
The Probabilities of Pandemonium
