COMMENTS AND QUOTES ON A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS.
FROM THE AMAZON TO ANARCHISM, FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO MICHAEL JACKSON, FROM THE ZAPATISTAS TO FRANK ZAPPA...
ALL ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.
EASY!
NOTE: CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE A LOT TO ADD!
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ABOUT THE CREATOR
SEAN MICHAEL WILSON IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL WRITER FROM SCOTLAND, LIVING IN JAPAN. HIS BOOKS ARE OFTEN ON THEMES OF HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL ISSUES. HE HAS HAD MORE THAN A DOZEN BOOKS PUBLISHED WITH A VARIETY OF US, UK AND JAPANESE PUBLISHERS, INCLUDING: AX:ALTERNATIVE MANGA ( 'BEST TEN BOOKS OF 2010’, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY), PARECOMIC (WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NOAM CHOMSKY, HIS FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO A BOOK IN GRAPHIC FORM), FIGHT THE POWER! A VISUAL HISTORY OF PROTEST AMONGST THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES’ (INTRO BY TARIQ ALI) PORTRAITS OF VIOLENCE, WITH DR BRAD EVANS (INTRO BY HENRY GIROUX) , AND SEVERAL MANGA VERSIONS OF JAPANESE CLASSICS, SUCH AS THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS, HAGAKURE AND THE 47 RONIN.
IN 2016 HIS BOOK 'THE FACELESS GHOST' WAS NOMINATED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS EISNER BOOK AWARDS, AND RECEIVED A MEDAL IN THE 2016 'INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS'. IN 2017, HIS BOOK SECRETS OF THE NINJA WON AN INTERNATIONAL MANGA AWARD FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT - HE IS THE FIRST BRITISH PERSON TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD. HE HAS WORKED WITH A VARIETY OF 'NON-COMIC BOOK' ORGANISATIONS IN THE PROCESS, SUCH AS BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND MUSEUMS, NORWEGIAN'S PEOPLE'S AID, THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATIONS, CORPORATE WATCH, WAR ON WANT AND THE ARTS COUNCIL. HE OFTEN GIVES LECTURES AND TALKS ABOUT COMICS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, AND HAS WRITTEN ARTICLES FOR SUCH PLACES AS THE JAPAN TIMES, NEW INTERNATIONALIST, ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL AND THE HERALD SCOTLAND.
HTTP://SEANMICHAELWILSON.WEEBLY.COM
FROM THE AMAZON TO ANARCHISM, FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO MICHAEL JACKSON, FROM THE ZAPATISTAS TO FRANK ZAPPA...
ALL ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.
EASY!
NOTE: CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE A LOT TO ADD!
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ABOUT THE CREATOR
SEAN MICHAEL WILSON IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL WRITER FROM SCOTLAND, LIVING IN JAPAN. HIS BOOKS ARE OFTEN ON THEMES OF HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL ISSUES. HE HAS HAD MORE THAN A DOZEN BOOKS PUBLISHED WITH A VARIETY OF US, UK AND JAPANESE PUBLISHERS, INCLUDING: AX:ALTERNATIVE MANGA ( 'BEST TEN BOOKS OF 2010’, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY), PARECOMIC (WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NOAM CHOMSKY, HIS FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO A BOOK IN GRAPHIC FORM), FIGHT THE POWER! A VISUAL HISTORY OF PROTEST AMONGST THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES’ (INTRO BY TARIQ ALI) PORTRAITS OF VIOLENCE, WITH DR BRAD EVANS (INTRO BY HENRY GIROUX) , AND SEVERAL MANGA VERSIONS OF JAPANESE CLASSICS, SUCH AS THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS, HAGAKURE AND THE 47 RONIN.
IN 2016 HIS BOOK 'THE FACELESS GHOST' WAS NOMINATED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS EISNER BOOK AWARDS, AND RECEIVED A MEDAL IN THE 2016 'INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS'. IN 2017, HIS BOOK SECRETS OF THE NINJA WON AN INTERNATIONAL MANGA AWARD FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT - HE IS THE FIRST BRITISH PERSON TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD. HE HAS WORKED WITH A VARIETY OF 'NON-COMIC BOOK' ORGANISATIONS IN THE PROCESS, SUCH AS BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND MUSEUMS, NORWEGIAN'S PEOPLE'S AID, THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATIONS, CORPORATE WATCH, WAR ON WANT AND THE ARTS COUNCIL. HE OFTEN GIVES LECTURES AND TALKS ABOUT COMICS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, AND HAS WRITTEN ARTICLES FOR SUCH PLACES AS THE JAPAN TIMES, NEW INTERNATIONALIST, ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL AND THE HERALD SCOTLAND.
HTTP://SEANMICHAELWILSON.WEEBLY.COM