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The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched firsthand experiences of
the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed
with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes
children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time.
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Bio
Born in Italy, Ivan Brunetti is an American cartoonist and comics-author based in Chicago, Illinois.
Brunetti's best known comic work is collected in his largely autobiographical series Schizo. Schizo #4 received the 2006 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic of the Year.
He has also produced two collections of gag cartoons, Haw! (2001) and Hee! (2005). He has worked as a illustrator, including cover designs for The New Yorker magazine.
In 2005, Brunetti curated The Cartoonist's Eye, an exhibit of 75 artists' work, for the A+D Gallery of Columbia College Chicago. He is also the editor of An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories (2006, Yale University Press).
Chicago Comics asks Ivan 5 Questions
CHICOM:What's the favorite book/strip you yourself have done?
IB: I pretty much hate everything I've ever done, with the exception of An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories, which I edited for Yale University Press. I just don't really like my own drawings very much.
CHICOM: What Chicago based artist do you believe deserves wider recognition?
IB: I'm not sure how to answer that... I guess everyone probably wants wider recognition, and it's all relative anyway. I will say this: there are lots of really talented cartoonists in Chicago, including a lot of younger folks. It's heartening.
CHICOM: What are you working on now?
IB:My life, mostly. Comics-wise, I am working on a strip for the next Kramers Ergot and a booklet to be included with the next issue of Comic Art magazine.
CHICOM: What pisses you off the most about Chicago Comics?
IB: How much time to do I have? No, just kidding. You guys are swell.
CICOM: What are you having for dinner tonight?
IB:Probably ordering Thai food...
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