Saturday, July 12, 2014

Library Read-a-thon books #14 and #15: 52 vol #3 and African-American Classics (comic book)

Since these are the last two books for the library read-a-thon I thought I would post them together.




Book: 52 volume #3 (issues #27-39) by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid with illustrations by various artist (art breakdowns by Keith Giffen)

Source: Library

Description:

After the INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe spent a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman -- a year in which those heroes were needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance.

The DC Universe's most eventful year continues in this latest volume of the acclaimed series with Booster Gold, Renee Montoya, Black Adam, The Elongated Man, Animal Man, Lobo, Starfire and Adam Strange taking center stage.






Book: African-American Classics (Graphic Classics volume #22) edited by Tom Pomplun and Lance Tooks

Source: Library

Description:

African-American Classics presents great stories and poems from America''s earliest Black writers, illustrated by contemporary African-American artists. Featured are "Two Americans" by Florence Lewis Bentley, "The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles W. Chesnutt, "Becky" by Jean Toomer, two short plays by Zora Neale Hurston, and six more tales of humor and tragedy. Also featured are eleven poems, including Langston Hughes'' "Danse Africaine" and "The Negro," plus Paul Laurence Dunbar''s "Sympathy" (''I know why the caged bird sings... '')

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