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For those who can’t wait until 2012 for Steve Jobs’ authorized biography, another will be here this August–with illustrations to boot.
Publisher Bluewater Productions announced this morning that “Steve Jobs: The co-founder of Apple” will hit store shelves in two months. The comic book biography promises to give readers “unique insight” into Apple CEO’s “legendary drive to the top and his continuing fight to stay there.”
Har!
Those of us who work in libraries aren’t surprised by this at all.
The Graphic Novel phenomenon is rapidly spreading into non-fiction. It’s a good trend, IMHO. It the hardest-thing to get some of these kids to do voluntary reading.
Neon lights, a Nobel prize
When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You won’t have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell you the things you need to be.
I’m the smiling face on your T.V.
I exploit you; still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
Biography or Hagiography?
He wears a turtle neck not a sweat shirt. Jobs should be pictured with a horns and Hallow.
Not sure that computes but that is how I see him.
Just so long as it accurately shows what an utter amoral bastard he is to family, friends and his employees.
If you want a more accurate biography of Steve Jobs, can I recommend “iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business” by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon.
I guessing the incidents where he burst into tears in executive meetings in order to get his own way are NOT going to make it into this narrative.
Can’t wait to see how they illustrated him screwing over Woz at Atari on Breakout, cutting people who helped him build the company out of the IPO and turned his back on his first born.
People who can’t read have empty lives to go with their empty heads.
(I’m the son of a professional librarian and an associate of the Library and Archives Canada. I could almost read from the womb.
I used to feel sorry for ‘em, but many illiterates are willfully ignorant.
Too often they get as little knowledge as they can get away with, attending as little school as they can get away with, and expect to live the rest of their lives on the smattering they picked up before they closed their books and closed their minds.
Those people, I waste not a second on.
Seriously, enough of the Apple stories.
Meh. Another opportunist leeching off of mr. Jobs success and popularity. No thanks. I rather read about Mr Jobs from Mr Jobs.
#10 That’s how you do it. You lick boots only from your god. Sheeple!
#9 Nice try, Ballmer.
sargasso_c, now that hurts. I’m going to yell at someone and throw a chair through a window.
On a side note, I’ve always had the sneaking suspicion that Ballmer is actually a Vogon living on Earth – without the disguise of course.
Why not?
Jesus has comic books.
So why shouldn’t the Steventologists get their comic book of their god?
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#8
They are willfully ignorant and PROUD of it.
They think they already know everything and have no need to learn.
My niece that finally finished high school at nearly 20 years old fits this to a TEE. I love her dearly, but she worries me.
#15 Too late.
I can just imagine the title:
SuperAss and the legion of douchebags.
#17 Thanks for making my day Angel.
msbpodcast,
Wow, what a judgmental attitude! I work in school libraries and we have a very different attitude towards the semi-literate.
The research I’ve seen show that if kids get interested in reading _something_, even comic books, they will naturally broaden and deepen their reading.
(For me, it was Mad Magazine and Guinness World Book of Records.)
So, I’m pretty enthusiastic about graphic non-fiction.
Is there no one here willing to put in a good word for Steve Jobs?
Can’t you give him any credit for creating the current digital age? I know he didn’t do it alone but it surely would look very different without his vision.
I know you guys are going to give me crap for saying this but, c’mon, is it really debatable?