Table of Contents
Meta-Introduction ix
Intros
The Wes Anderson Collection Matt Zoller Scitz 3
Trickster Makes This World Lewis Hyde 9
The Long Ships Frans G. Bengtsson 13
Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy Andrew Bolton 19
Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer Ben Katchor 35
Herma MacDonald Harris 43
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories M. R. James 47
Brown Sugar Kitchen Tanya Holland 59
Monster Man Gary Gianni 65
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate Michael Moorcock 67
American Flagg! Howard Chaykin 71
D'Aulaíres' Norse Myths Ingri Edgar Parin D'Aulaire 81
"The Rocket Man," Ray Bradbury 89
John Carter of Mars: Warlord of Mars Marv Wolfman Gil Kane et al. 91
The Escapists Brian K. Vaughan 95
Summerland 105
Fountain City, excerpt 121
Outros
Fountain City, excerpt 131
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh 135
Gentlemen of the Road 145
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster 151
Wonder When You'll Miss Me Amanda Davis 157
Appendix: Liner Notes
1980-1996 Carsickness 163
Uptown Special Vinyl Edition Mark Ronson 167