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Issue: Amerika #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2014
 
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Publisher: FlagConundrum Press
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Indicia Publisher: Conundrum Press
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Pages: 188
ISBN: 9781894994811
UPC/EAN: 9781894994811
Price: $20.00 CAD
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Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Andy Brown
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover, black & white interior
Dimensions: 7.5" x 10"
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publishing Format: Graphic Novel
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Colorist(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann
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Pages: 1
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Chapter 1: The Stoker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; the stoker; Senator Edward Jacob
Synopsis: Karl arrives in the USA from Prague but misplaces his umbrella, which leads to his meeting a stoker aboard the ship and attempting to help him. Karl chances to encounter his uncle Edward, a powerful man in New York, who takes Karl home with him.
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Reprint Notes: from L'Amérique ou le disparu (La Pastèque, 2013 series)
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Pages: 13
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Chapter 2: The Uncle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; Senator Edward Jacob; Pollunder
Synopsis: Karl begins taking English lessons and sees some of what his uncle's business is. He accepts an invitation to the home of his uncle's friend Pollunder, although his uncle seems to be against the idea.
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Pages: 12
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Chapter 3: An Estate Outside New York

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; Pollunder; Clara; Mr. Green
Synopsis: Karl becomes uncomfortable with the environment in Pollunder's home and decides to leave, only to receive a note from his uncle which disowns him. Not knowing his way around, Karl sets off on foot in the opposite direction of New York.
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Pages: 17
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Chapter 4: The Road to Ramses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; Delamarche; Robinson; Grete
Synopsis: Karl spends a night in a cheap inn and his roommates Delamarche & Robinson attach themselves to him to leech off his generosity and naivete. Karl finally meets Grete, a kindly cook at the Occidental Hotel who offers him a job. Karl breaks company with Delamarche and Robinson when they steal a photograph of his parents.
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Pages: 17
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Chapter 5: At the Occidental Hotel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; Grete; Therese; Giacomo; Rennel
Synopsis: Karl becomes an elevator operator at the Occidental Hotel. He becomes friends with Therese and begins studying for a business correspondence course.
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Reprint Notes: from L'Amérique ou le disparu (La Pastèque, 2013 series)
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Pages: 15
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Chapter 6: The Robinson Affair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; Robinson; Grete; Therese; Best
Synopsis: Robinson reappears, drunken and sick. Rossmann tries to help him by placing him in a bed in the elevator boys' dormitory but for being away from his elevator during a rush period he comes under fire from the manager, loses his position and has to flee the hotel to avoid a beating from the head porter.
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Pages: 22
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Chapter 7: Safe Haven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; Robinson; Delamarche; Brunelda
Synopsis: Karl brings Robinson back to Delamarche and finds they're now in the employ of an opera singer. They intend to make Karl work for them and lock him in the apartment and beat him to force his compliance. When Karl tries to relate his troubles to a neighbor the person opines Karl should be grateful he has a job at all.
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Pages: 36
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Chapter 8: Brunelda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; Brunelda; Delamarche; Robinson
Synopsis: Delamarche and Robinson steal from Brunelda and leave. Karl continues to care for the increasingly-immobile Brunelda until she is finally out of money. After bringing Brunelda to a place which promises to care for her, Karl leaves on his own again.
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Pages: 18
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Chapter 9: The Grand Nature Theater of Oklahoma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Feature(s): Amerika
Character(s): Karl Rossmann; Fanny; Giacomo
Synopsis: After some years of travelling across the USA working odd jobs as 'Negro,' Karl finally obtains a position in road show 'Nature Theater of Oklahoma.'
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Pages: 17
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Supplement: The New Lawyer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Franz Kafka (original novel); Réal Godbout (adaptation); Helge Dascher (translation)
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): Tracy Gurren
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Bucephalus; Alexander the Great
Synopsis: Bucephalus the horse has become a lawyer.
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Pages: 4
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Réal Godbout
Inker(s): Réal Godbout
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amerika
First Line: In his adaptation of Franz Kafka's Amerika...
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Pages: 1
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