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Gainesville, Florida, May 14, 2001: What
goes up must come down. It's a natural law that the New Economy just learned all over again. Recent times have been fantastically dramatic in the cloistered world of American business: Narratives full of larger-than-life characters, outsized egos, astonishing hubris, and lots and lots of money. It's action-packed. It makes good comics. That's the idea behind Titans of Finance, a new and groundbreaking merger of reality - straight from the
business pages - and comix. You've never seen anything like it: True tales from the world of big money, wittily translated through America's most populist medium. Titans of Finance by Josh Neufeld and R. Walker will be released by comic book publisher Alternative Comics in September, 2001 retailing at $3.50; (ISBN: 1-891867-05-9). Titans of Finance will debut at The Expo (SPX) in Bethesda, Maryland in September and will be available
at book stores and comic book specialty stores.
Meet Ron Perelman, the man who made millions while presiding over the Mighty Marvel Comics train wreck. Thrill to the antics of "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap, Mike "The V-Man" Vranos, and "Jaybird" Goldinger - and many more of Wall
Street's most well-known Icaruses. These aren't just instructive episodes about the current climate. They're timeless tales, like the Bible or Cats. Never mind Spawn and Spider-man. These are our superheroes now.
These tales "hit the mark," says comic book legend Harvey Pekar, and are "a brilliant use of the medium," according to TheStreet.com's James J. Cramer. Best of all, it's all true! Titans of Finance is entirely based on press accounts. The results are mind-blowing. Over the past five years, in fact, Titans has crushed the benchmark S&P 500. You've never seen anything like it - this is one acquisition you won't regret.
Titans of Finance features the crisp art of Josh Neufeld (co-creator of Keyhole), and the incisive scripts of the
mysterious R. Walker.
Josh Neufeld has been drawing comics since he was four years old. With his friend of almost 20 years, Dean Haspiel, Josh co-created Keyhole, where Josh does stories about his travel experiences in Southeast
Asia and Central Europe. Keyhole has run for six issues with two different publishers. Josh has contributed artwork to Harvey Pekar's American Splendor (Dark Horse), the SPX anthologies, The Big Book of Urban Legends (DC/Paradox Press), and Duplex Planet Illustrated (Fantagraphics), among others. Neufeld resides in Brooklyn and makes a living mixing freelance illustration with web design.
R. Walker writes for Slate.com, and lives in New
Orleans.
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