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Creators: Didier Alcante, Laurent-Frdric Bolle, Denis Rodier (Illustrated by), Ivanka Hahnenberger (Translated by)
Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
ISBN: 9781419752094
Binding: Hardcover Paper over boards
Pages: 448 pages
On Sale Date: 7/11/2023
Dimensions: 10.5 in H | 7.7 in W | 1.1 in T | 3.2 lb Wt
CONTINUED INTEREST: Interest in the subject of nuclear weapons is perennial, as evidenced by the popularity of the award-winning HBO miniseries Chernobyl in Spring 2019.
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED: More than 20 years in the making,The Bomb is the definitive history of the creation of the atomic bomb and those who helped make it, launch it, and its aftermath. Written by Alcante and Bolle and illustrated by Rodier, the graphic novel has been translated into 14 languages, received critical acclaim in France, and was hailed as a classic and one of the most essential graphic novels of the year when it was first published overseas in 2020. It has also received eight awards in the last two years, including the Qubec BDs Bdis-Causa 2021 Award, the Ministry of the French Armiess Prix Galons de la BD Award, the Bookstore Award 2021, the Prix de la critique ACBD 2020 Award from the Comic Book Critics and Reporters Association, the Prix Cases dHistoire Award for best historical graphic novel of 2020, the 2020 Prix BDGestArts Award for one-shot/single issue by BDGest.com, the Prix Sceneario 2020 Award by sceneario.com, and comic of the year at the Carrefour 2020 Awards.
GRAPHIC HISTORY: Graphic novels have become a hugely popular way of bringing complicated history to life, and ComicArts has had great success with titles such as Economix, The Imitation Game, Nobodys Fool, My Friend Dahmer, and The Best We Could Do.
STUNNING VISUALS: Exhaustively researched, this story comes to life with Rodiers intricately detailed illustrations. Our edition includes a gray wash to add depth to Rodiers artwork.
WORLD-FAMOUS CREATORS: Alcante and Bolle are comics legends in France, and Rodier is a beloved creator in the United States, having established himself in the early 1990s as one of the artists on the Death of Superman storyline, which made headlines the world over and is considered one of the most successful and significant comic book series of all time. He has more than 90,000 followers on Instagram (denis_rodier).
CANADIAN ARTIST: Rodier is French-Canadian and a big name in the Canadian comics market, as well as a perennial guest at TCAF.
GLOBAL EDITIONS:The Bomb has 13 foreign editions: German, Italian, simplified Chinese, Dutch, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Korean, Polish, and Serbian.PRE-PUBLICATION
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From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, The Bomb is the multi-award-winning black-and-white graphic novel revealing the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented, by writers Alcante and Laurent-Frdric Bolle, and illustrator Denis Rodier.
On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 in the morning, an explosive charge of more than 15 kilotons fell on the city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were pulverized, and everything within four square miles was instantly destroyed. A deluge of flames and ash had just caused Japans greatest trauma and changed the course of modern warfare and life on Earth forever. The world was horrified by the existence of the bombthe first weapon of mass destruction. But how could such an appalling tool be invented?
To answer this question, this illustrated history returns to the origins of its main component, uranium, and sheds light on the scientific discoveries around this element and its uses both civilian and military. Sifting through the history, from Katanga to Japan, through Germany, Norway, the USSR, and New Mexico, The Bomb is a succession of incredible but true stories.
Alcante, Bolle, and Rodier have created an exhaustive and definitive work ..