Praise for Comic Book Cartography

One week. 45,000 site views. Who would have guessed?

Mysterious and gorgeous new web compilation underway.  – Jonathan Lethem

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The kind of thing I could stare at all day.  – Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

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If this Comic Book Cartography blog hasn’t changed your life yet, just give it time.  – Comics Beat.

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We admit – we are huge nerds for maps… which is why when we heard about Comic Book Cartography... we clicked on the hyperlink as hard as one can.     – Comics Alliance

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When we saw a blog filled with vintage comic book maps and diagrams, our heads just about exploded. Warning: visit this site and your productivity for the next hour will absolutely tank.  – io9

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Comic Book Cartography raises as many new questions as it answers.  – The L Magazine   

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"Adventures Inside the Atom" - General Electric Public Relations Dept. - 1948

"Adventures Inside the Atom: The Story of Nuclear Power" was published in 1948 by the General Electric Company, Public Relations, Dept. 2-119.
 
Comic Book Cartography's dad would have been 12 when he acquired the copy we scanned, possibly at school. The comic wrestles atom splitting away from the bomb and slots it into the post-war parade of progress and prosperity. A black and white scan of the entire 16-page comic is available on the U.S. Department of Energy Website: http://tiny.cc/wht1k
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