Bruce Wagner

Broschiertes Buch

The Marvel Universe

Origin Stories: Designed by Dmitry Samarov

Beschreibung

A new illustrated edition of the novel featuring sixty Sumi ink paintings, cover, and interior design by Dmitry Samarov. The Marvel Universe: Origin Stories details the lives and deaths of Wagner’s cast of characters: an orphaned billionairess, a black man wrongly convicted of murder, a schizophrenic child obsessed with the comic book character Wolverine, a cancelled TV star, and the love child of Elon Musk. Their intertwining stories take place during the pandemic, a year of tectonic social unrest, ushering in a new reality that surpasses anything any Hollywood franchise could hope to imagine. In The Marvel Universe, Wagner is able to make myths, delusions, hopes, dreams, grifts, longings, art, and commerce dance over the streets of Los Angeles. Samarov's design and paintings match the brilliance of The Marvel Universe perfectly.   

Autor

Bruce Wagner has written twelve novels and bestsellers, including the famous "Cellphone Trilogy," (I’m Losing You, I’ll Let You Go and Still Holding), Dead Stars, The Empty Chair, and the PEN/Faulkner-nominated Chrysanthemum Palace. He wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg’s film Maps to the Stars, for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 1993, Wagner wrote and created the visionary mini-series Wild Palms for producer Oliver Stone and co-wrote (with Ullman) three seasons the acclaimed Tracey Ullman’sState of the Union. He has written essays and articles for the New York Times, Artforum and the New Yorker.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcade Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 127mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781648211843
• ISBN-10: 1648211844
• Artikelnr.: 74420325