An anthology of illustrated stories about the comic book culture! Meet Norman Radinski, cosmic traveller and the spirit guardian of an entire art form. Join Captain Bill, comic store owner, whose store is stuck in 1971. Share in Kalabogie Jake's struggle with comic book addiction. Read the first Cerebus story since it was put to bed with issue 300. See Bif Davis pursue a comic book older than he is. And read about the comic book that changed Ron Kasman's life. From comic book author and illustrator Ron Kasman comes the follow-up to his acclaimed graphic novel The Tower of the Comic Book Freaks.

The Geek of the Gods

Comics & Graphic Novels

Kasman, Ron

Graphic Novels

Caliber Comics

An anthology of illustrated stories about the comic book culture. Meet Norman Radinski, cosmic traveller and the spirit guardian of an entire art form. Join Captain Bill, comic store owner, whose store is stuck in 1971. Share in Kalabogie Jake's struggle with comic book addiction. Read the first Cerebus story since it was put to bed with issue 300. See Bif Davis pursue a comic book older than he is. And read about the comic book that changed Ron Kasman's life. From comic book author and illustrator Ron Kasman comes the follow-up to his acclaimed graphic novel The Tower of the Comic Book Freaks.

Wong, Devon

Taylor, R.G.

R.G.Taylor, best known for his work on Sandman Mystery Theatre, Wordsmith, and Negative Burn, illustrates true stories by a television producer, an animator, a comic book store owner, and many others about the comics they loved in their youth and about the way the medium changed their lives.

Growing Up With Comics

Leblanc, Steve

Mccuster, Paul

Desperado Publishing

Fourth of July, 1971. Five awkward, young naive men drive to New York City to attend the '71 comic convention in search of love, sex, art, comic books and a glimpse at the city's wicked underbelly. What they encounter changes their lives forever. Visit a pivotal time as comics change from a business to an art form. Meet Allan Caldwell, comic artist, blacklisted since the 1950s for his testimony to the U.S. Congressional Inquiry. And tour the greatest city in America during a period of social disintegration. A remarkable insight into the early years of the comic industry fanboy scene. High praise for 'Tower': "In one word...PHENOMENAL." - Stephen Lipson, historian, consultant to the Overstreet Price Guide. "Ron Kasman is an unsung genius of Canadian comics." - Mark Shainblum, Co-creator of Northguard and Fleur de Lys. "This work is truly novelistic. It’s ambitious in terms of setting, rich characterization and it says something about life. He is in heady company. Kubert, Eisner and Miller spring to mind." - R.G.Taylor, Co-creator Wordsmith, Artist Sandman Mystery Theater. "It is utterly wonderful." - Jon Atack, author of Voodoo Child. "No one has a better insight into the angst, the innocence and the absurdity of young comic nerds during the embryonic days of fandom." - James Waley, publisher Orb Magazine, Creator of Northern Light. "Great reading for a Sunday afternoon" - Noel Tuazon, New York Times Best Selling Illustrator of Elk's Run.

The Tower of the Comic Book Freaks

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Books by Kasman, Ron

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The Geek of the Gods

The Geek of the Gods

Growing Up With Comics

The Tower of the Comic Book Freaks