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[joeallonby]

Thanks Dave,

I wasn't able to get out to Allston today to check on this. (Allston is of
course where all the true misfits of Boston live. There is no Pottery Barn
there.) But I see that you have come through on Mr Gentle's request.

Well done!

Peace,
Joe

 on 3/23/04 2:30 PM, Dave Monroe at monrobotics at yahoo.com wrote:

> Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the
> Escapist Vol. 1 TPB
> By: Michael Chabon, Glen David Gold, Howard Chaykin,
> Bill Sienkiewicz, Kyle Baker, Jim Starlin, Gene Colan,
> Steve Lieber, Scott Morse, Eric Wight, Kevin McCarthy,
> Mike Baron
> Cover Artist: Chris Ware
> Genre: Action/Adventure, Superhero
> 
> Leaping onto center stage from the wings of comics
> history comes that dazzling Master of Elusion, foe of
> tyranny, and champion of liberation--the Escapist.
> Operating from a secret headquarters under the boards
> of the Empire Theater, the Escapist and his crack team
> of associates roam the globe performing amazing feats
> of magic and coming to the aid of all those who
> languish in the chains of oppression. The history of
> the Escapist's creators, Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay was
> recently chronicled in Michael Chabon's
> Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of
> Kavalier & Clay. Now the best of the Escapist's
> adventures are collected into a giant 80-page
> anthology for all to enjoy.
> 
> Don't miss out on this thrilling first issue of the
> quarterly anthology Michael Chabon Presents...The
> Amazing Adventures of The Escapist, featuring an
> original story penned by Michael Chabon as well as the
> first new story in seven years written and drawn by
> comics creator Howard Chaykin
> 
> http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=12-882
> 
> http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=13-064
> 
> I enjoyed it, at least.  And I hate everything, so ...
> 
> --- David Gentle <Gentle_Family at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Could you prompt your pet comic book guy for some
>> more details about the comic (creative team etc.).
>> Also, I seem to remember Paul Pope (our beloved
>> PeePee) doing a comic about an escape artist,
>> possibly called "Escapo". Ah, tangents.
> 
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