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Entitled "Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple" and published by Bluewater Productions, the comic book will be the latest in a series of profiles on contemporary figures, which include Lady Gaga, Sarah Palin and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, The Associated Press reports.
"[Jobs'] innovations command front page news, speculation of his health affects the stock market. Not bad for a college dropout," Bluewater President Darren Davis said. "His story, and that of Apple, is epic."
The 32-page book, written by C.W. Cooke and drawn by Chris Schmidt, will be sold at comic book shops, bookstores and online retailers beginning August 24.
"Admire him or hate him, Jobs' vision and business acumen revolutionized the world," said Cooke. Between Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, "you would be hard pressed to find someone with greater influence over how we communicate, interact and do business over the last 30 years."
According to Bluewater, the decision to profile Jobs came after the Zuckerberg comic sold out. "There are definitely some similarities between Zuckerberg and Jobs. It takes a certain kind of drive and a certain kind of genius to move society the way they have," Cooke said. "The idea behind both efforts is to show the person behind the personality and that it is never what you'd expect."
Meanwhile, an authorized long-form biography of Jobs, written by former Time executive Walter Isaacson, is scheduled to arrive in early 2012. Last week, Amazon and the iBookstore began taking pre-orders for the book, entitled "iSteve: The Book of Jobs," with a tentative March 6, 2012 release date.
Isaacson's work will be the first biography to gain Jobs' cooperation and will include "three years of exclusive and unprecedented interviews" with Jobs, family members, colleagues and competitors.
Jobs has acted against unauthorized biographies in the past, with Apple removing all titles by one publisher from its retail stores.
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Entitled "Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple" and published by Bluewater Productions, the comic book will be the latest in a series of profiles on contemporary figures, which include Lady Gaga, Sarah Palin and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, The Associated Press reports.
Bluewater? Has Steve checked out their other titles?
Bluewater? Has Steve checked out their other titles? ...
it's probably unauthorised.
I think he'd be more upset at the travesty that they are passing off for his likeness on the cover, the horrible layout and the really bad drawing. If the text is anything like that cover, it will be a hideous forgettable mess.
it's probably unauthorised.
I think he'd be more upset at the travesty that they are passing off for his likeness on the cover, the horrible layout and the really bad drawing. If the text is anything like that cover, it will be a hideous forgettable mess.
Yeh I imagine the typography alone will be upsetting for him.
A Sarah Palin comic book? At least they're keeping their target demographic's reading skills in mind.
A Sarah Palin comic book? At least they're keeping their target demographic's reading skills in mind.
Do you think that Obama voters are any smarter? Did you know that according to scientific testing using the Flesch-Kincaid grade level score, Obama scored the lowest of any modern President with his latest SOTU? If the score were any higher, then the message would have had a hard time penetrating through the thick skulls of ignorant liberals, racists and welfare recipients, basically people who make up his base.
I'm not even a big Palin fan, I just don't like liberals, and I will vote for absolutely anybody who is not Obama. Even the latest left wing media stalking of Palin has backfired and blown up in their hysterical faces. The more that liberals hate on her, the more it is obvious for all to see that they are truly terrified of that woman, and that's why they resort to their usual mob mentality. They attempt to mock a person who is much brighter and much more accomplished than their gaffe prone dear leader is, it is pure comedy gold.