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|title = In the Shadow of No Towers |
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|image = In the Shadow of No Towers.jpg |
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|caption = Cover of ''In the Shadow of No Towers'' Hardcover |
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|ISBN = 0-670-91541-6 |
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'''''In the Shadow of No Towers''''' is a 2004 work of comics by American cartoonist [[Art Spiegelman]]. It is about Spiegelman's reaction to the [[September 11 attacks]] on the World Trade Center in 2001. It was originally serialized |
'''''In the Shadow of No Towers''''' is a 2004 work of comics by American cartoonist [[Art Spiegelman]]. It is about Spiegelman's reaction to the [[September 11 attacks]] on the World Trade Center in 2001. It was originally serialized in the German newspaper ''[[Die Zeit]]'' from 2002 until 2004, and was collected as an oversized [[board book]] in 2004 with early American comic strips as supplementary material. |
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In 2011, [[Mode Records]] released a 5.1 multichannel DVD recording (Mode 236) of Spiegelman's book, including some of his text and artwork in the booklet, with music by [[Marco Cappelli]], and narration by [[John Turturro]] and [[Enzo Salomone]]. |
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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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It also has many references to Spiegelman's ''[[Maus]]'' comics, for example one in which Art said that the smoke in Manhattan smelled just like Vladek said the smoke in the concentration camps smelled. Also he often turns himself into a mouse on the fly. |
It also has many references to Spiegelman's ''[[Maus]]'' comics, for example one in which Art said that the smoke in Manhattan smelled just like Vladek said the smoke in the concentration camps smelled. Also he often turns himself into a mouse on the fly. |
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It was published by the German newspaper |
It was published by the German newspaper ''[[Die Zeit]]'' after Spiegelman was unable to secure publication in any major American outlet. In Britain, excerpts were published in ''[[The Independent newspaper|The Independent]]''. A segment also appeared in 2004 as part of the [[Actus Tragicus (comics)|Actus Tragicus]] comics album ''Dead Herring Comics''. |
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In 2004, the series of ten strips and a supplement of reprints of turn-of-the-20th-century comic strips such as ''[[The Katzenjammer Kids]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Kid]]'' were collected and published together as a book by [[Viking Books]]. ''In the Shadow of No Towers'' was selected by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2004.<ref> |
In 2004, the series of ten strips and a supplement of reprints of turn-of-the-20th-century comic strips such as ''[[The Katzenjammer Kids]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Kid]]'' were collected and published together as a book by [[Viking Books]]. ''In the Shadow of No Towers'' was selected by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2004.<ref>Spiegelman bio, "Special Guests," New York Comic-Con program booklet (Reed Exhibitions, 2009), p. 16.</ref> |
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==In popular culture== |
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⚫ | ''In the Shadow of No Towers'' is the inspiration for a symphony by [[Mohammed Fairouz]].<ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[September 11, 2001 attacks in popular culture]] |
*[[September 11, 2001 attacks in popular culture]] |
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==References== |
== References == |
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* {{cite web |date= Oct 22, 2004 |title= Comics in Context #59: Before the Fall |first= Peter |last= Sanderson |authorlink= Peter Sanderson |url= http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/595/595629p1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004927/http://uk.comics.ign.com/articles/595/595629p1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 13, 2011 |publisher= [[IGN]] }} |
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* {{cite web |date= Oct 29, 2004 |title= Comics in Context #60: The Day That Time Stood Still |first= Peter |last= Sanderson |url= http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/10/29/comics-in-context-60-the-day-that-time-stood-still |publisher= [[IGN]] }} |
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