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OverviewWritten by DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF Art and cover by GORAN SUDZUKA and JOSE MARZAN JR. MATURE READERS The Adolescent Demo Division are the world’s luckiest teen gamers. Raised from birth to test media, appear on reality TV and enjoy the fruits of corporate culture, the squad develop special abilities that make them the envy of the world – and a grave concern to their keepers. One by one, they “graduate” to new levels that are not what they seem. But their heightened abilities can only take them so far as the ultimate search for their birth families leads to an inconceivably harrowing discovery. Written by Douglas Rushkoff, world-renowned media theorist, Frontline TV correspondent and author (Ecstasy Club, Media Virus and Program or Be Programmed, TESTAMENT), with full color art by Goran Sudzuka and Jose Marzan Jr. (Y: THE LAST MAN). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Douglas Rushkoff , José Marzan , Goran SudzukaPublisher: DC Comics Imprint: DC Comics Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9781401223557ISBN 10: 1401223559 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 07 February 2012 Recommended Age: From 16 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews<p> Smart, exciting, and timely, A.D.D. is one part prophecy, one part critique, and one part action story, a heady mix. --Cory Doctorow<p> ADD's laser-guided smart missile zeroes in on the black undercurrents of gaming culture, celebrity and the pharmaceutical industry to target the secret wars being waged behind our monitor screens. In a world defined by ubiquitous media, best-selling wargames, autistic disorders and the commodification and exploitation of youth, Doug Rushkoff and artist Goran Sudzuka vivisect the zeitgeist with a sleek tale of tomorrow's children, that's part social sci-fi and part X-Men for the PlayStation generation. --Grant Morrison """Smart, exciting, and timely, A.D.D. is one part prophecy, one part critique, and one part action story, a heady mix."" --Cory Doctorow ""ADD's laser-guided smart missile zeroes in on the black undercurrents of gaming culture, celebrity and the pharmaceutical industry to target the secret wars being waged behind our monitor screens. In a world defined by ubiquitous media, best-selling wargames, autistic disorders and the commodification and exploitation of youth, Doug Rushkoff and artist Goran Sudzuka vivisect the zeitgeist with a sleek tale of tomorrow's children, that's part social sci-fi and part ""X-Men"" for the PlayStation generation.""--Grant Morrison" Author InformationWinner of the first Neil Postman award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity, Douglas Rushkoff has written a dozen best-selling books on media and society, including Cyberia, Ecstasy Club, Media Virus, Coercion (winner of the Marshall McLuhan Award), Get Back in the Box, and Life Inc. He has written and produced the PBS Frontline documentaries Digital Nation, The Persuaders, and Merchants of Cool. A columnist for The Daily Beast and Arthur Magazine, his articles have been regularly published in The New York Times and Discover, among many other publications. His radio commentaries air on NPR and WFMU, his opeds appear in The New York Times, and he is a familiar face on television, from ABC News to The Colbert Report. Rushkoff has taught at New York University and the New School, played keyboards for the industrial band PsychicTV, directed for theater and film, and worked as a stage fight choreographer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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