Tom K
Tom Kaczynski is a cartoonist, writer, publisher, and teacher. He is the author of the Eisner Award nominated graphic novel Beta Testing the Apocalypse (Fantagraphics), Cartoon Dialectics series, and the forthcoming Trans Terra graphic novel. His comics have appeared in countless anthologies, including The Nib, Mome and many more. Tom K is the founder of Uncivilized Books, a boutique graphic novel publishing house. Since its inception, Uncivilized Books has published acclaimed and award nominated graphic novels by Gabrielle Bell, Noah Van Sciver, David B., Joann Sfar, Sam Alden, Sophie Yanow, and many others. He also teaches comics at Minneapolis College of Art & Design and the University of Minnesota. He lives in Minneapolis with his partner Nikki, two cats, and a dog.
Tom, I agree with your comments about Islands in the Net, which I think has much more permanency in its vision than Neuromancer, even if the prosal eyeball kick quotient is a bit lower. For 2009, you should try Holy Fire, which you would especially enjoy for its tour of the intellectual Bohemia of a near-future Europe. And Bruce’s new novel, The Caryatids, his first novel of the future in a decade, is coming out next month, a story of three clones living lives in three distinct socio-georgraphic milieus, comes out next month. I read an early draft of the opening chapters in workshop and it was amazing.
I have ordered a copy of Red Atlantis on your earlier rec and am looking forward to it.
Holy Fire also has the distinction of having the most disgusting description of a longevity treatment ever.