Yossel - Softcover

Kubert, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1401231802 ISBN 13: 9781401231804

Publisher: Vertigo, 2011

Synopsis

Written by JOE KUBERT Art and cover by JOE KUBERT "Every so often, one of the masters of the comics medium will release a project which reminds the entire industry and beyond of both their vitality as well as the power the medium holds. Joe Kubert's YOSSEL is just that." - NEWSARAMA "Kubert's straightforward, heartfelt portrayal of the Nazi era's horrors ...has its own undeniable power." - BOOKLIST In this harrowing yet inspiring "alternate reality" story, legendary artist Joe Kubert explores what would have happened if he and his family never emigrated from Poland to the US in 1926. Yossel is a fifteen-year-old boy who could have grown up to be a great artist. But in Nazi-occupied Poland, he and his family are deprived of their rights, homes and possessions, and forced to live in the devastating conditions of the Warsaw Ghetto. YOSSEL, April 19th, 1943 is his story, told through Kubert's raw and evocative pencilled art. Yossel's sketches of super heroes ingratiates him to the Nazi guards, but it is through his journal drawn on scraps of paper that he depicts the full horror of his existence. With great emotional power, YOSSEL draws a dark and brutal reality of ghetto life, of the stories he hears of the concentration camp atrocities, and ultimately portrays the final act of defiance and courage that drives the fatal uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto.

About this title

About the Author:

Joe Kubert has produced countless stories for countless characters including Hawkman, Tarzan, Enemy Ace, Batman and The Flash. Kubert also edited, wrote and illustrated SGT. ROCK, which he contributed to for thirty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vertigo
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1401231802
• ISBN 13: 9781401231804
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144