Sunday, November 11, 2018

Anti-War Comic Collection Features Steve Ditko Art

The Unknown Anti-War Comics:
A Timely Book as the World Begins an Observance of the Armistice of World War I
 

from the official IDW Publishing press release . . . . .


SAN DIEGO, CA (November 11, 2018) – The world is now marking the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of World War I, “The War to End All Wars” that brought the cry, “Never Again!” Nearly four decades later, Never Again was a rare two-issue anti-war comic book with a host – a WWI doughboy referred to as The Unknown Soldier – who told gripping war stories with a strong anti-war stance.
 
The comics from Never Again and other arcane historical comic book sources are carefully restored and showcased in an important new book, The Unknown Anti-War Comics. An action-oriented medium, comics have long used wars – real and fictional – as narrative fodder, often with a strong message attached. Buried in the comics published during the Cold War were powerful combat, fantasy, and sci-fi stories that strongly condemned war and nuclear weapons, boldly calling for peace.
 
The Unknown Anti-War Comics features the art of Steve Ditko and leads off with two noteworthy introductions. The first introduction is a comic story created especially for the collection by Nate Powell, artist of the National Book Award-Winning March books about Civil Rights leader John Lewis. The second introduction is by Noel Paul Stookey, activist and singer/songwriter of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame.
 
The 224-page book’s artful advocacy of peace is as important as ever in a world still embroiled in war.
 
Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize winner, calls The Unknown Anti-War Comics “Powerful and timely!”
 
The Unknown Anti-War Comics is edited by Craig Yoe, multiple Eisner Award winner, Mobius winner, and recipient of the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. Now available for pre-order via online booksellers and comic book specialty retailers, The Unknown Anti-War Comics is slated for release in January.
 

The Unknown Anti-War Comics
by Steve Ditko, Joe Gill, Craig Yoe, and Pete Morisi
ISBN 978-1-68405-178-6
$29.99 (US)
224-page, full-color hardcover graphic novel, 7.5″ x 10.5″

 

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