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Author: Judy Diamond ,
Bob Hall ,
John T. West
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9781496205964
ISBN 10: 1496205960
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 01 October 2017
Recommended Age: From 8 to 11 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
In the tradition of the great superhero comics, veteran comics writer and artist Bob Hall-who has created iconic stories for Marvel and DC-now tells the true story of one of the greatest supervillains of all time: the measles virus! In Carnival of Contagion, Hall employs the visual storytelling skills he's brought to characters like The Avengers and Batman on a powerful tale that is both entertaining and informative. -Danny Fingeroth, longtime Marvel writer and editor and author of Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society -- Danny Fingeroth
Lincoln comics writer and artist Bob Hall has teamed up with the University of Nebraska Museum and Nebraska research virologists to tell the story of the world's most deadly virus. -Micah Mertes, Omaha World-Herald In the tradition of the great superhero comics, veteran comics writer and artist Bob Hall-who has created iconic stories for Marvel and DC-now tells the true story of one of the greatest supervillains of all time: the measles virus! In Carnival of Contagion, Hall employs the visual storytelling skills he's brought to characters like The Avengers and Batman on a powerful tale that is both entertaining and informative. -Danny Fingeroth, longtime Marvel writer and editor and author of Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society
Author Information
Bob Hall is a professional artist who has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics and drawn some of the most famous comic heroes of all time, including Batman, Spiderman, Thor, Captain America, and the Avengers. John West is a research associate professor in the Nebraska Center for Virology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He manages a virology research program dedicated to understanding molecular aspects of viral gene expression as well as molecular epidemiology and antiviral immune responses. Judy Diamond is a professor and curator of informal science education at the University of Nebraska State Museum and the coauthor of World of Viruses (Nebraska, 2012). Carl Zimmer is an award-winning science journalist and columnist at the New York Times. He is the author of twelve books about science, including A Planet of Viruses.
