Studs Terkel´s Working: A Graphic Adaptation

"Working has been a book, a radio drama, a Broadway musical, and now a gripping graphic novel. I can´t speak for Studs, but I suspect he would have been tickled to see it adapted by a former government file clerk and wage slave, who knows all about working." --Roger Ebert In the thirty-five years since Pulitzer Prize-winner Studs Terkel´s Working was first published, it has captivated millions of readers with lyrical and heartbreaking accounts of how their fellow citizens earn a living. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of words, it is now adapted into comic book form by comics legend Harvey Pekar, the blue-collar antihero of his American Book Award-winning comics series American Splendor. In Studs Terkel´s Working, Pekar offers a brilliant visual adaptation of Terkel´s verbatim interviews, collaborating with both established comics veterans and some of the comic underground´s brightest new talent. Here are riveting accounts of the lives of ordinary Americans--farmers, miners, barbers, hookers, box boys, stockbrokers--depicted with unsurpassed dignity and frankness. A visual treat with a visceral impact, Studs Terkel´s Working will delight Terkel fans everywhere, and introduce his most powerful work to a new generation.