Apostolos Doxiadis

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By Calvin Reid, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY COMICS WEEK

While it’s not unusual for comics to take on any subject, a new book coming from Bloomsbury in the fall will up the ante for using the comics medium to present a serious and complex subject in a thoughtful and entertaining literary package. In October Bloomsbury will publish Logicomix: An Epic Search For Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou with the art team of Alecos Papdatos and Annie Di Donna, simultaneously in the U.S. and Britain as their lead book for the fall 2009 season. Featured on the cover of the Bloomsbury catalog, the book is, among other things, a serious examination of the life of noted mathematician/philosopher Bertrand Russell that uses fictional devices to recreate his life. But that’s just the beginning of the story of this unusual and impressive work.


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Festival-goers at the London Book Fair last week were buzzing about Logicomix–which was widely considered one of the most exciting items at this year’s fair.  Below you can find some of the coverage of Logicomix and Apostolos from the fair.

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By Louisa Ermelino, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Giveaway galleys might be fewer in number this year, so find your favorites and get there early.

While galleys might not be piled to the ceiling at BEA this year, many publishers are still bringing them in good quantities, especially in connection with those award-winning authors whose names roll off our tongues. From publishers, editors and publicists, we’ve collected the standouts and some of the whys and hows…

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BERTRAND RUSSELL ARCHIVES

In the Bertrand Russell archives we’re always on the lookout for new and old material about Russell’s life and times and the people and events in his extraordinary circle of influence.  We try to leave no stone unturned, and no subject matter is beyond our obsessive search and ever-expanding ken (with apologies to Dr. Kenneth Blackwell, the Honorary Russell Archivist and  the editor of Russell).

 

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By Benedicte Page, THE BOOKSELLER

The author of a graphic novel on the life of philosopher Bertrand Russell is one of the London Book Fair’s visiting authors this year. Greek novelist Apostolos Doxiadis, the author of Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture, has spent five years on the project, co-created with Christos H. Papadimitriou and artist Alecos Papadatos. Titled Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, it conceives of Russell as a kind of intellectual superhero to rival Superman or Spiderman. Bloomsbury will publish the book in the UK in September.

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The editor of the newspaper Athens News, John Psaropoulos, sat down with Apostolos recently.  He describes his impressions of both Apostolos and Logicomix in an article called “Truth is Beauty, Beauty Truth.”  You can read the full article here.

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Written by Apostolos with Christos Papadimitriou, with artwork by Alecos Papadatos and color by Annie Di Donna.

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