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The book tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father. It covers the period from the 1939 New York World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975. Told through the eyes of the son as he grows up in an era that is optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets and atoms, presenting the story in a way that only comics and graphic novels can. Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist whose widely acclaimed first graphic novel Mom's Cancer won the 2007 German Youth Literature Prize.

Produktbeschreibung
The book tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father. It covers the period from the 1939 New York World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975. Told through the eyes of the son as he grows up in an era that is optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets and atoms, presenting the story in a way that only comics and graphic novels can. Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist whose widely acclaimed first graphic novel Mom's Cancer won the 2007 German Youth Literature Prize.
Autorenporträt
Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist. His widely acclaimed first graphic novel, Mom’s Cancer, won the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in 2005 (the first webcomic to win this award and the inspiration for the category), the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize for Best Comic, the 2007 Harvey Award for Best New Talent, and the 2007 German Children’s Literature Award. He is also the author of the acclaimed, award-winning graphic novels A Fire Story, which received four starred reviews and a regional Emmy Award for an animated adaptation, and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, winner of the American Astronautical Society’s 2009 Eugene M. Emme Award for Best Young Adult Literature. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.