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My Incredibly Strange and Amazing Real-Life Adventures in the World of Comic Books
Through an astonishing and almost unbelievable series of Forrest Gump-like coincidences, Notkin befriended and worked with some of the greatest comic book artists of the last hundred years including Neil Gaiman, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Art Spiegelman, and many others.
In this sometimes hilarious, sometimes profound memoir, Notkin recounts a series of tales and anecdotes that will delight anyone who loves the four-color history, mystery, and wonder of comics.
In this sometimes hilarious, sometimes profound memoir, Notkin recounts a series of tales and anecdotes that will delight anyone who loves the four-color history, mystery, and wonder of comics.
120 pages, Paperback
Published October 31, 2015
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About the author
Geoffrey Notkin
4 books47 followersA two-time Emmy Award winner, Geoffrey Notkin hosted the hit television "Meteorite Men" for Science Channel, and "STEM Journals" for Cox Media. He has also appeared in programs for Disney, Discovery, TLC, A&E, National Geographic Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, NASA, PBS, and the BBC. Notkin is a science writer, memoirist, columnist, television and film producer, photographer, world traveler, TEDx speaker, and adventurer.
An award-winning author, Notkin has written four books and hundreds of published articles on science, adventure travel, history, and the arts, with his work appearing in USA Today, Wired, Forbes, Robb Report, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Reader’s Digest, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, The Village Voice, Rock & Gem, Geotimes and many other national and international publications. He is the author of two science columns: "Meteorwritings" for Geology.com and "Throwing Pebbles at the Sky" for the National Space Society.
Notkin has worked with many of the world’s important science institutions including The American Museum of Natural History, New York; The Natural History Museum, London; The Vienna Museum of Natural History, Austria; The Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU, Tempe; the Institute of Meteoritics at UNM Albuquerque; and the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Collection in Fort Worth, Texas. He is a long-time member of the Explorers Club and the Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences. Notkin sits on the Board of Directors of the Astrosociology Research Institute, the Board of Governors of the National Space Society (NSS), and is President Emeritus of the NSS.
Adventuring has taken Notkin to over sixty countries and some of our planet’s most remote areas including Siberia, Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Sahara, and the Australian Outback and he has three times crossed the Arctic Circle. He was born in New York City and raised in London, England, studied literature, writing, design, geology, astronomy, and photography London, Boston and New York and graduated with honors from New York City's prestigious School of Visual Arts.
The asteroid 132904, discovered at Mount Palomar Observatory, was officially named "Notkin" by the Minor Planet Center at Harvard in recognition of his contributions to science, education, and the arts.
An award-winning author, Notkin has written four books and hundreds of published articles on science, adventure travel, history, and the arts, with his work appearing in USA Today, Wired, Forbes, Robb Report, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Reader’s Digest, Astronomy, Sky & Telescope, The Village Voice, Rock & Gem, Geotimes and many other national and international publications. He is the author of two science columns: "Meteorwritings" for Geology.com and "Throwing Pebbles at the Sky" for the National Space Society.
Notkin has worked with many of the world’s important science institutions including The American Museum of Natural History, New York; The Natural History Museum, London; The Vienna Museum of Natural History, Austria; The Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU, Tempe; the Institute of Meteoritics at UNM Albuquerque; and the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Collection in Fort Worth, Texas. He is a long-time member of the Explorers Club and the Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences. Notkin sits on the Board of Directors of the Astrosociology Research Institute, the Board of Governors of the National Space Society (NSS), and is President Emeritus of the NSS.
Adventuring has taken Notkin to over sixty countries and some of our planet’s most remote areas including Siberia, Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Sahara, and the Australian Outback and he has three times crossed the Arctic Circle. He was born in New York City and raised in London, England, studied literature, writing, design, geology, astronomy, and photography London, Boston and New York and graduated with honors from New York City's prestigious School of Visual Arts.
The asteroid 132904, discovered at Mount Palomar Observatory, was officially named "Notkin" by the Minor Planet Center at Harvard in recognition of his contributions to science, education, and the arts.
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