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Jay Hosler, Biologieprofessor am Juniata College, Pennsylvania, spezialisiert auf Evolutionsbiologie.

Graphic Novels
Clan Apis, published by Active Synapse, 2000
The Sandwalk Adventures, published by Active Synapse, 2003
Optical Allusions, published by Active Synapse, 2008
Evolution. (art by Kevin Cannon and Zander Cannon) Hill and Wang, ISBN 978-0-8090-9476-9, 2011

Comics
Cow-Boy #1, Active Synapse, 1997
"The Conundrum of the Killer Coronavirus" in the Emerging Diseases issues of Your World: Biotechnology and You (14.1), 2004
"The Diabolical Dr. Nonono" in AWIS Magazine, 2004
illustrated 6 pages in Suspended in Language by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis, G. T. Labs, ISBN 978-0-9660106-5-7, 2004

Deborah Vankin, Lifestyle-Kolumnistin der Los Angeles Times. Hat für Rick Mays eine Graphic Novel über drei Teenager geschrieben, die die Nächte in Hollywood zur Party machen.

Poseurs
by Deborah Vankin, Rick Mays & Laila Derakshanian
Image [2011]
$16.99

The publisher says:
Los Angeles nightlife. It’s all Hollywood parties and glitterati, right? The graphic novel Poseurs paints a different picture as it plays with the idea of who’s real and who’s rented in the LA party scene. It follows the lives of three distinctly different teenagers as they navigate both the seemingly glamorous and underground party scenes of LA. Traversing all corners of LA, from the graffiti-tagged streets of LA’s eastside to the bloated mansions of Bel Air, Poseurs takes a satirical look at the LA party scene through the eyes of three teens who get in over their heads. Writer Deborah Vankin has the pedigree to back up her tale. She’s covered arts, culture, entertainment, and nightlife in LA for nearly 10 years, writing for publications such as the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and Variety. Rick Mays (Kabuki Vol. 6: Scarab) brings a pen as sharp as Vankin’s wit and experience to the project, perfectly capturing the aesthetic of the LA party scene, whether the pretty dream or the ugly truth. As Vankin explains, “It’s a young adult novel aimed at teens, but I think older audiences will appreciate the satire that permeates the story. There’s a kidnapping, a few shady characters, and some love interest. And it’s shot through with photographic and literary references - so it’s fun, but smart, too.”

Paul Gravett says:
Sassy, stylish and satirical, Vankin & Mays expose the surreal and absurd lurking beneath the veneer of party glamour in the City of Angels. Read an interview with Vankin and see preview pages here.