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Douglas Wolk Read 27,000 Marvel Superhero Comics and Lived to Tell the Tale

KAXE | By Tammy Bobrowsky
Published January 1, 2022 at 11:45 AM CST
Douglas Wolk author of All of the Marvels
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Douglas Wolk author of All of the Marvels

Douglas Wolk is the author of the Eisner Award–winning book Reading Comics and the host of the podcast Voice of Latveria. He has written about comic books, graphic novels, pop music, and technology for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, and Pitchfork. For his new book, All of the Marvels, Doug read 27,000 Marvel comic books, that’s half a million pages, to bring us his analysis of the past 60 years of American culture gleaned from the Marvel stories.
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Tammy Bobrowsky
Tammy Bobrowsky works at Bemidji State University's library. She hosts "What We're Reading," a show about books and authors, and lends her talents as a volunteer DJ.
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