I’ve been merrily plodding along researching and writing my upcoming book on James Bond’s various comics book adventures, when this week the publisher decides to announce it to the world. Solicitation copy, front cover design and a listing on Amazon.
Oh, and he pulled the publication date forward two months — that deadline that seemed comfortably off in the future – it’s now looming very large and seems to be approaching fast!
Anyway here’s some of the official blurb…
JAMES BOND: The History of the Illustrated 007
From the Publishers PR –
Now for the first time, the complete history of the illustrated James Bond is chronicled by pop culture historian Alan J. Porter in James Bond: The History Of The Illustrated 007. Porter’s new book examines James Bond’s adventures in newspaper strips and comic books. Before Bond became world famous with his movie series, the character was the subject of successful English newspaper strips and later in comic books. With the explosion of Bond on the screen the character and his exploits become even more popular in comic strip and comic book versions all over the world. James Bond: The History Of The Illustrated 007 examines it all, and covers Bond’s newspaper strip and comic book appearances from the 1950s to the present. The release of this all-new history is timed to coincide with James Bond’s newest movie appearance and is sure to be a must for all Bond fans. The cover of the book presents a never-before-seen painting by noted artist Bob Peak who made a significant contribution to the Bond canon’s movie poster art.
JAMES BOND: The History of the Illustrated 007 will be published by Hermes Press and be available on September 15th, 2008.
It is already available for pre-order on Amazon.com
You can keep up with my on going research on my LiveJournal blog.