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Becoming Superman : my journey from poverty to Hollywood with stops along the way at murder, madness, mayhem, movie stars, cults, slums, sociopaths, and war crimes / J. Michael Straczynski ; introduction by Neil Gaiman.

Author/creator Straczynski, J. Michael, 1954- author.
Other author/creatorGaiman, Neil writer of introduction.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionxiii, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction by Neil Gaiman -- We were told -- Strange relations -- Faster than a speeding bullet -- Death a s a lifestyle -- Pigeon dinner with a slice of watermelon -- The first one's always free -- The face behind the mask -- The wind took away his name -- Being invisible -- Targets of opportunity -- Patricide by proxy -- Discovering words, worlds, and estrogen -- The god thing -- The weed of evil bears strange fruit -- The god thing, redux -- Blood in the street -- When the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a train (for a change) -- The big con -- God, death, and Harlan Ellison -- An unexpected journey to toon-town -- Who ya gonna call? -- Captain, my captain -- Into the zone -- Blowing up the world -- Things I learned dancing with the fatman -- Paging Jessica Fletcher -- Boarding Babylon -- The Christmas ambush -- Swingin' with Spider-Man -- Lost in the tall grass with Jeremiah -- What was I thinking? -- Being Superman -- The truth unearthed -- Selah.
Abstract "In this dazzling memoir, the acclaimed writer behind Babylon 5, Sense8, Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Marvel's Thor reveals how the power of creativity and imagination enabled him to overcome the horrors of his youth and a dysfunctional family haunted by madness, murder and a terrible secret."--Amazon.
Genre/formAutobiographies.
Genre/formAutobiographies.
Genre/formBiography.
ISBN9780062857842 (hardcover)
ISBN0062857843 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3569 .T6758 Z46 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold