G. Willow Wilson, Author of the DC/Vertigo Graphic Novel Cairo, Featured on ComiXology.com's Podcast
The American journalist G. Willow Wilson gives an interview to ComiXology.com's Peter Jaffe.
New York, NY, November 07, 2007 --(PR.com)-- In this week's installment of "It Came Out on Wednesday, presented by
comixology.com" G. Willow Wilson talks about her graphic novel Cairo,
shipping this week from Vertigo, about her experience as a journalist in
Egypt, and about the influences that have shaped her writings both in
and out of comic books.
From www.dcccomics.com:
Written by breakout talent G. Willow Wilson, a Cairo-based journalist, and drawn by renowned illustrator M.K. Perker, the original hardcover graphic novel CAIRO is action-adventure that brings the ancient and modern Middle East together with a Vertigo twist! A stolen hookah, a spiritual underworld, and a genie on the run change the lives of five strangers forever in this modern fable set on the streets of the Middle East's largest metropolis!
This magical-realism thriller interweaves the fates of a drug runner, a down-on-his luck journalist, an American expatriate, a young activist, and an Israeli soldier as they race through bustling present-day Cairo to find an artifact of unimaginable power, one protected by a dignified jinn and sought by a wrathful gangster-magician. But the vastness of Africa's legendary City of Victory extends into a spiritual realm — the Undernile — and even darker powers lurk there…
Direct podcast download:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/comixology/ep4_Cairo.m4a
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Contact: peter@comixology.com
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comixology.com" G. Willow Wilson talks about her graphic novel Cairo,
shipping this week from Vertigo, about her experience as a journalist in
Egypt, and about the influences that have shaped her writings both in
and out of comic books.
From www.dcccomics.com:
Written by breakout talent G. Willow Wilson, a Cairo-based journalist, and drawn by renowned illustrator M.K. Perker, the original hardcover graphic novel CAIRO is action-adventure that brings the ancient and modern Middle East together with a Vertigo twist! A stolen hookah, a spiritual underworld, and a genie on the run change the lives of five strangers forever in this modern fable set on the streets of the Middle East's largest metropolis!
This magical-realism thriller interweaves the fates of a drug runner, a down-on-his luck journalist, an American expatriate, a young activist, and an Israeli soldier as they race through bustling present-day Cairo to find an artifact of unimaginable power, one protected by a dignified jinn and sought by a wrathful gangster-magician. But the vastness of Africa's legendary City of Victory extends into a spiritual realm — the Undernile — and even darker powers lurk there…
Direct podcast download:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/comixology/ep4_Cairo.m4a
Subscribe on iTunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=266108324
About Comixology
Comixology is the premiere website where comic book fans can review upcoming comic books, trade paperbacks, toys and related merchandise. Users can browse the best listings of comics on the Web, create virtual pull lists, rate and discuss comic books, and use Comixology's tools to post covers and descriptions of comics to their MySpace page, blogs and websites. Comixology aims to transform the relationship between comic book readers, retailers and publishers. Comixology is owned by Iconology, Inc.
Contact: peter@comixology.com
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