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November 2011
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Unemployed Man Is the Unofficial Superhero of... →
October 2011
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Superheroes, Flashy Videos, and Progressive... →
Gan in DC…
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LA Review of Books: The Adventures of Unemployed...
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JERVEY TERVALON, SUSAN OLDING, BRIAN ATTEBERY, RACHEL NEWCOMB, and JAYNA BROWN with short takes on five new books. Image from The Adventures of Unemployed Man by Erich Origen and Gan Golan Courtesy of Little, Brown and Company JERVEY TERVALON Erich Origen and Gan Golan The Adventures of Unemployed Man Little, Brown, October 2010. 80 pp. Let me tell you, nothing focuses one’s...
August 2011
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Comics: Heroes of the Great Recession | PSC CUNY →
June 2011
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Stocks Of Socialized Countries Have Outperformed... →
Hmn, one reason companies from socialized countries might outperform American companies is that they don’t have to provide employer-based healthcare. Just a thought.
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ARNOLD'S RHAPSODY
Below are the lyrics to “Arnold’s Rhapsody” a parody of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
ARNOLD’S RHAPSODY
Is this the real life? Or sci-fi fantasy? Caught in the crossfire, no escape from reality What’s wrong with my head, look into my bed and see, Lamentations of women, I get no sympathy Cause it was easy come, easy go, pumping hard, pumping...
May 2011
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BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: Review: The Adventures of... →
A great review of The Adventures of Unemployed Man!
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“In Goodnight Bush, Origen and Golan turned Goodnight Moon into a less-than-fond...”
– Library Journal Review
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April 2011
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USA Today: Unemployed Man Authors Get the Job Done →
Here’s a great writeup in USA Today about The Adventures of Unemployed Man!
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Mother Jones: Attack on The Middle Class →
The November, 2010 issue of Mother Jones featured extensive artwork from The Adventures of Unemployed Man, and this page online also features several sequential pages from the book.
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The New Superhero: The Adventures of Unemployed... →
Check out this amazing slideshow of images from The Adventures of Unemployed Man in this Marketplace Photo Gallery: “The New Superhero: The Adventures of Unemployed Man.”
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Time.com Q&A: The Adventures of Unemployed Man →
“If you ever wanted to make sense of the bubble-riding, downsizing, outsourcing, debt-inducing, credit-crazy, middle-class-destroying era we’ve all just lived through—and in many ways, which we all continue to live in—a comic book will do the job as good as any. Hilarious, clever, very relevant, and surprisingly insightful and thought-provoking, “The Adventures of Unemployed Man” features a cast...
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WatchSee Unemployed Man and Master of Degrees — in full costume — on CNN! The interview includes some great pictures of Unemployed Man in Times Square.
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NY Times: Holiday Gift Guide 2010 →
The New York Times featured The Adventures of Unemployed Man in their Holiday Gift Guide 2010!
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SF Chronicle: The Adventures of Unemployed Man →
SF Chronicle: “An absurdly funny and very smart take on the roots and the effects of the recession.”
Read more at the Chronicle…
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KPCC LA: The Adventures of Unemployed Man →
Pat Morrison at KPCC does a great job interviewing Gan and I about The Adventures of Unemployed Man. The listeners who called-in also made a great contribution. Give it a listen…
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CNN.com - Unemployed Man vs. Superlotto! →
See an amazing slideshow of Unemployed Man’s fight with Superlotto and read a short piece from the authors about the scene.
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West Virginia Gazette: Unemployed Man →
Unemployed Man lands in West Virginia in this great Cool Comics piece…
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Street News Service: Why we need Unemployed Man... →
Read this great piece about The Adventures of Unemployed Man in Street News Service.
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Newsarama: UNEMPLOYED MAN Proves Superheroes... →
Gan and I were interviewed for this piece in Newsarama. Check it out!
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Graphic Novel Reporter: The Adventures of... →
Seems like the reviews of Unemployed Man just keep getting better!
Though a funny graphic novel, I see so many of my family and friends reflected in these characters and in the plots played out. Needless to say, Origen and Golan have one hell of a story on their hands, and it couldn’t have been told better by anyone else.
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Unemployed Man: WonderCon 2011 →
justgreatsociety:
We had a great time at WonderCon SF this weekend, showing the book, taking pictures with people, and generally blowing minds.
On Friday, we showed up with the Royal Blue Book Cart to sell books outside the convention. We didn’t even have badges to go inside—but after some smooth-talking, we…
March 2011
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“Just took a few moments from my job searching activities to read “Unemployed...”
– Jacqueline (via justgreatsociety)
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Unemployed Man #1 in the UK →
justgreatsociety:
Thanks to this great interview by Rachel Cooke in The Guardian, The Adventures of Unemployed Man is now the #1 graphic novel in the UK. It’s also the Graphic Novel of The Month!
February 2011
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How Comic Book Hero ‘Unemployed Man’ Can Save The... →
Here’s a great piece from Death and Taxes Magazine about The Adventures of Unemployed Man with a nice interview with Gan and I.
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Unemployed Man is REAL! →
Here’s a nice piece about The Adventures of Unemployed Man in the classroom…
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Review of Unemployed Man: Tony Isabella →
A nice review from the respected comics veteran.
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Review of Unemployed Man: Pumped Librarian →
The Pumped Librarian is pumped about The Adventures of Unemployed Man!
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Introducing White Rage comics! →
Show us why White Rage is angry with this DIY comics template!
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Review of Unemployed Man: Graphic Novel Reporter →
Seems like the reviews of Unemployed Man just keep getting better!
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Interview: Newsarama →
We were interviewed by Newsarama for this piece: UNEMPLOYED MAN Proves Superheroes Aren’t Recession-Proof
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Review of Unemployed Man: Stumptown Trade →
Here’s a nice review from Stumptown Trade (Stumptown = Portland).
January 2011
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Hear some great music from the White Light...
November 2010
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Unemployed Man makes an appearance in the official Rally to Restore Sanity video, “I Have a Sign.”
October 2010
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WatchI woke up at 4:00 AM this morning, put on my Unemployed Man costume in the dark, and went to the financial district for our interview with CNN.
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ADVENTURES OF UNEMPLOYED MAN
The Adventures of Unemployed Man is a hilarious and brilliant dissection of our current economic meltdown. It’s a richly illustrated book done in the style of classic superhero comics.
The book quickly became a national bestseller—and one of the best-reviewed graphic novels of the year. It was dubbed “the funniest economic primer ever written” (Salon) and a book that...
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GOODNIGHT BUSH
Goodnight Bush is a parody of the children’s classic Goodnight Moon built around the end of Bush’s presidency.
The book was published in May, 2008, and quickly became a New York Times and national bestseller.
The website featured the hugely popular interactive George W. Bush Presidential Librarium:
The text of the book was set to four-part harmony. Here’s a video of the...
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Unemployed Man in New York at Comic-Con 2010
We had a great trip to New York ComicCon—a three-day comics convention attended by around 100K people.
As soon as we arrived, I found a calling booth and quickly transformed into… UNEMPLOYED MAN! We then walked down to Times Square and turned it into Good Times Square.
Words and photos struggle to capture how delighted people were by Unemployed Man. Countless people asked to take...
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May 2010
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White Rage vs. Democracy: Reflections on Hate
As the co-author of one of the most eviscerating books about Bush’s legacy, GOODNIGHT BUSH, I see a very stark contrast between the contempt people had for Bush and the hate people have for Obama.
The difference is race.
This is the story of White Rage (the page above appears in THE ADVENTURES OF UNEMPLOYED MAN).
For fans of the Confederacy (perhaps 25% of our population)...
