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This full-fledged oral history, bursting with intimate reflections, hilarious observations, and at times, heartbreaking, often thought-provoking stories, is about how the geek at last inherited the earth and the story of the transformation of mainstream American pop culture into comic book culture over the past century.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin some of the biggest names in fandom as they launch off at ludicrous speed into the spiraling galaxy of geek culture through the kaleidoscopic lens of the planet’s biggest pop culture gathering worldwide (clocked twice by Guinness!): the San Diego Comic-Con. With such special guests as: Frank Miller, Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell, Felicia Day, Scott Aukerman, Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragonés, Trina Robbins, the Russo Bros., Lloyd Kaufman, Tim Seeley, Kevin Eastman, and many others — along with 400+ photos and art — the book also features forewords by Stan Sakai (\u003ci\u003eUsagi Yojimbo\u003c\/i\u003e) and by Jeff Smith (\u003ci\u003eBone\u003c\/i\u003e), plus an afterword by Wu-Tang Clan’s own uber-nerd mastermind RZA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathew Klickstein\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, producer and instructor whose work has appeared in outlets such as: \u003ci\u003eWIRED, the NY Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e. He’s also written more than twenty books, including pop culture histories about Jewish cultural icons, \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e and the Nickelodeon network. Additionally, Mathew is the screenwriter of Sony Pictures’ \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the creator of the acclaimed comic book series \u003ci\u003eYou Are Obsolete\u003c\/i\u003e and the SiriusXM\/Stitcher podcast series \u003ci\u003eComic-Con Begins\u003c\/i\u003e, which was later expanded into the full-color, encyclopedic \u003ci\u003eSee You at San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. (MathewKlickstein.com)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStan Sakai\u003c\/b\u003e is a Japanese-born American artist and comic book creator. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo, first appeared in 1984. Usagi has been on television as a guest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as toys, on clothing, in comics, and in a series of trade paperback collections. He is a multiple Eisner-Award-winning cartoonist and the recipient of numerous national awards including an American Library Association Award and a Cultural Ambassador Award from the Japanese American National Museum. In 2020, Sakai was inducted into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame. He currently is an executive producer on the Netflix original CGI animated series \u003ci\u003eSamurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, which is based on \"Usagi Yojimbo\". He lives in Pasadena, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is an American artist and the award-winning creator of the bestselling comic books \u003ci\u003eBone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRASL\u003c\/i\u003e. For his work on \u003ci\u003eBone\u003c\/i\u003e, Smith has received numerous awards, among them ten Eisner Awards and eleven Harvey Awards. In 1995 and 1996, he won the National Cartoonists Society's award for Comic Books. Smith helped found the annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival, which debuted in 2015, and he serves as its artistic director.  He lives in Columbus, OH.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRZA\u003c\/b\u003e (aka Robert Fitzgerald Diggs) is one of the foremost bellwethers of modern hip-hop, having led and produced for the pioneering collective Wu-Tang Clan. The Grammy, BAFTA, and Emmy nominated artist has also composed soundtracks for such films as Quentin Tarantino's \u003ci\u003eKill Bill \u003c\/i\u003e and Jim Jarmusch's \u003ci\u003eGhost Dog\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the writer\/director of the 2012 film \u003ci\u003eThe Man with the Iron Fists\u003c\/i\u003e, co-written by Eli Roth, and starring Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu. 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