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"Never before have I seen a nonfiction book as beautifully and compellingly written and illustrated as The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation.I cannot recommend it too highly.It will surely set the standard for all future works of contemporary history, graphic or otherwise, and should be required reading in every home, school and library." --Stan Lee

A Statement on The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón
The cave paintings in Altamira, Spain, tell stories. Mostly they tell tales of the hunt. Drawn during the Paleolithic Stone Age, they still amaze us with their lucidity and directness. As an artist, and as an editor and writer in the graphic medium, we each pay homage to those delineators and interpreters of experience. They offered accounts of what happened and provided a way of remembering, honoring, and learning. When retold by the fire's flickering light, these stories must have lent the drawings a compelling, virtual movement. There is something eerie, but deeply gratifying, in knowing that a direct line runs from our contemporary comic art to these earliest efforts to record and convey what happened. Storyteller, audience, drawings depicting continuity of event: it all sounds familiar. In a culture that has become the most visually oriented in the history of humankind, comics retain the original concept of storytelling and remain a potent force of information. Read more

Excerpts from The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation

Timeline of Terror
American Airline Flight 11 (AA 11)
Boston to Los Angeles
• 7:59: Takeoff
• 8:14: Last routine radio communication; likely takeover
• 8:19: Flight attendant notifies AA of hijacking
• 8:21: Transponder is turned off
• 8:23: AA attempts to contact the cockpit
• 8:25: Boston Center aware of hijacking
• 8:38: Boston Center notifies NEADS of hikacking
• 8:46: NEADS scrambles Otis fighter jets in search of AA 11
• 8:46:40: AA 11 crashes into 1 WTC (North Tower)
• 8:53: Otis fighter jets airborne
• 9:16: AA headquarters aware that Flight 11 has crashed into WTC
• 9:21: Boston Center advises NEADS that AA 11 is airborne heading for Washington
• 9:24: NEADS scrambles Langley fighter jets in search of AA 11
United Airline Flight 175 (UA 11)
Boston to Los Angeles
• 8:14: Takeoff
• 8:42: Last routine radio communication
• 8:42-8:46: Likely takeover
• 8:47: Transponder code changes
• 8:52: Flight attendant notifies UA of hijacking
• 8:54: UA attempts to contact the cockpit
• 8:55: New York Center suspects hijacking
• 9:03:11: Flight 175 crashes into 2 WTC (South Tower)
• 9:15: New York Center advises NEADS that UA 175 was the second aircraft crashed into WTC
• 9:20: UA Headquarters aware that Flight 175 had crashed into WTC

American Airline Flight 7 (AA 77)
Washington, DC to Los Angeles
• 8:20: Takeoff
• 8:51: Last routine radio communication
• 8:51-8:54: Likely takeover
• 8:54: Flight 77 makes unauthorized turn to south
• 8:56: Transponder is turned off
• 9:05: AA headquarters aware that Flight 77 is hijacked
• 9:25: Herndon Command Center orders nationwide ground stop
• 9:32: Dulles tower observes radar of fast-moving aircraft (later identified as AA 77)
• 9:34: FAA advises NEADS that AA 77 is missing
• 9:37:46: AA 77 crashes into the Pentagon
• 10:30: AA headquarters confirms Flight AA crash into Pentagon
United Airline Flight 93 (UA 93)
Newark to San Francisco
• 8:42: Takeoff
• 9:24: Flight 93 receives warning from UA about possible cockpit intrusion
• 9:27: Last routine radio communication
• 9:28: Likely takeover
• 9:34: Herndon Command Center advises FAA headquarters that UA 93 is hijacked
• 9:36: Flight attendant notifies UA of hijacking; UA attempts to contact the cockpit
• 9:41: Transponder is turned off
• 9:57: Passenger revolt begins
• 10:03:11: Flight 93 crashes in field in Shanksville, PA
• 10:07: Cleveland Center advises NEADS of UA 93 hijacking
• 10:15: UA headquarters aware that Flight 93 has crashed in PA; Washington Center advises NEADS that Flight 93 has crashed in PA

Customer Reviews (64)

Great adaption
This is a great book for understanding communication issues in organizations, and how they can lead to disastrous results. A great read for any business student, made much more interesting through the graphic novel format. This has inspired a number of business relevant graphic novel works such as Atlas Black: Managing to Succeed

In the houses of shadow.
AS ALL of the books in all of the histories of the world weigh in the minds of human, this awful 'graphic novel' will hold as example of the indoctrinative process in operation.Perception management at comic level .
That the 911 commission report has been found fabricated and inept is now understood by academic studies of the 911 event. It has been found so, and called so by members of the commission itself.
A comic book made to shadow the ridiculous commission report is itself, by definition, ridiculous.No matter who finances it, writes it, draws it or sanctions it.
As a graphic work, it is moribund. traced in memory only by a thread of outrage toward its insidious political design. A true collectors piece.

Interesting and Creative Take on Famous Material
This is an interesting take in an already published and very famous material. The 9/11 report sumarizes the findings of the Presidential Comission on the awful events of September 11th and in this book, those findings are shown in a comic-form. Ernie Colon is at his best illustrating the book, which is both informative and entertaining. In the downside, no at all data is suitable for this exercise, specially the epilogue and the comission's conclusions.
I'm no 9/11 specialist so I don't know if any of all the conspiracy theories that had been posted here are true or not, but if anything, the report clearly shows a lack of integrated communication in the responte to 9/11 events.
Overall, and interesting read and an original way to present it.

I Read This Every Sept. 11
It's hard to describe how I feel about this graphic novel except it's very special to me. It's on a shelf in my office at work and I re-read it every Sept. 11. While there's a lot of after-the-fact analysis covered by the report, the graphic novel also does a superior job of capturing the emotion that 9/11 evoked in much of the nation the day of the attack.

I would recommend The 9/11 Report for anyone who wants a concise, easy-to-understand way to remember what happened on Sept. 11 and how to best prevent such a massive failure in federal response. The 9/11 Report is a very serious book done in a contemporary style - but the art in no way diminishes the message contained here.

Revolting
Colon is a fine comics artist, has been for years. But you open the book and, sure enough, the name of the game is Blame it on the Arabs/Muslims. The writer of this adaptation is of the very community who should not be involved in the 9/11 investigation. Sorry, they don't get "to document the event" any longer, as their dancing van boys did. I'm not endorsing Charlie Sheen but most of his questions for Obama are appropriate. The families of the victims DO want the investigation to be reopened, and did you also know that 6 of the 10 original commission members now express huge doubts about the whole endeavor? ... Read more

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18. Sid Vicious: No One is Innocent by Alan Parker
	Paperback: 288 Pages (2008-11-04) list price: US$14.95 -- used & new: US$6.50 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0752893661 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description Never mind the other biographies: Sid Vicious is the definitive guide to the life and times of the Sex Pistols front man. As a veteran punk-rocker who lived briefly with Sid’s mother, author Alan Parker is intimately acquainted with the musical and cultural scene that Sid Vicious dominated during his short life. This account fills in the gaps of John Simon Ritchie’s life, from his art-school days to the death of girlfriend Nancy Spungeon to his drug overdose at 21. New and previously-unheard voices—including the headmistress of his parish school and his mother—help paint a fuller picture of this punk luminary. Those interviews, along with in-depth research in the New York City Police Department’s archives, lead to dramatic conclusions about who killed Nancy Spungeon and how Sid himself died. ... Read more

20. The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson, Ernie ColÃ³n
	Paperback: 144 Pages (2006-08-22) list price: US$16.95 -- used & new: US$3.50 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0809057395 Average Customer Review: Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Product Description The 9/11 Report for Every American On December 5, 2005, the 9/11 Commission issued its final report card on the government's fulfillment of the recommendations issued in July 2004: one A, twelve Bs, nine Cs, twelve Ds, three Fs, and four incompletes. Here is stunning evidence that Sid Jacobson and Ernie ColÃ³n, with more than sixty years of experience in the comic-book industry between them, were right: far, far too few Americans have read, grasped, and demanded action on the Commission's investigation into the events of that tragic day and the lessons America must learn. Using every skill and storytelling method Jacobson and ColÃ³n have learned over the decades, they have produced the most accessible version of the 9/11 Report. Jacobson's text frequently follows word for word the original report, faithfully captures its investigative thoroughness, and covers its entire scope, even including the Commission's final report card. ColÃ³n's stunning artwork powerfully conveys the facts, insights, and urgency of the original. Published on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, an event that has left no aspect of American foreign or domestic policy untouched, The 9/11 Report puts at every American's fingertips the most defining event of the century. Amazon.com Review Book Description The 9/11 Report for Every American On December 5, 2005, the 9/11 Commission issued its final report card on the government’s fulfillment of the recommendations issued in July 2004: one A, twelve Bs, nine Cs, twelve Ds, three Fs, and four incompletes. Here is stunning evidence that Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón, with more than sixty years of experience in the comic-book industry between them, were right: far, far too few Americans have read, grasped, and demanded action on the Commission's investigation into the events of that tragic day and the lessons America must learn. Using every skill and storytelling method Jacobson and Colón have learned over the decades, they have produced the most accessible version of the 9/11 Report. Jacobson’s text frequently follows word for word the original report, faithfully captures its investigative thoroughness, and covers its entire scope, even including the Commission's final report card. Colón's stunning artwork powerfully conveys the facts, insights, and urgency of the original. Published on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, an event that has left no aspect of American foreign or domestic policy untouched, The 9/11 Report puts at every American's fingertips the most defining event of the century. "Never before have I seen a nonfiction book as beautifully and compellingly written and illustrated as The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation.I cannot recommend it too highly.It will surely set the standard for all future works of contemporary history, graphic or otherwise, and should be required reading in every home, school and library." --Stan Lee A Statement on The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón The cave paintings in Altamira, Spain, tell stories. Mostly they tell tales of the hunt. Drawn during the Paleolithic Stone Age, they still amaze us with their lucidity and directness. As an artist, and as an editor and writer in the graphic medium, we each pay homage to those delineators and interpreters of experience. They offered accounts of what happened and provided a way of remembering, honoring, and learning. When retold by the fire's flickering light, these stories must have lent the drawings a compelling, virtual movement. There is something eerie, but deeply gratifying, in knowing that a direct line runs from our contemporary comic art to these earliest efforts to record and convey what happened. Storyteller, audience, drawings depicting continuity of event: it all sounds familiar. In a culture that has become the most visually oriented in the history of humankind, comics retain the original concept of storytelling and remain a potent force of information. Read more Excerpts from The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation Timeline of Terror American Airline Flight 11 (AA 11) Boston to Los Angeles • 7:59: Takeoff • 8:14: Last routine radio communication; likely takeover • 8:19: Flight attendant notifies AA of hijacking • 8:21: Transponder is turned off • 8:23: AA attempts to contact the cockpit • 8:25: Boston Center aware of hijacking • 8:38: Boston Center notifies NEADS of hikacking • 8:46: NEADS scrambles Otis fighter jets in search of AA 11 • 8:46:40: AA 11 crashes into 1 WTC (North Tower) • 8:53: Otis fighter jets airborne • 9:16: AA headquarters aware that Flight 11 has crashed into WTC • 9:21: Boston Center advises NEADS that AA 11 is airborne heading for Washington • 9:24: NEADS scrambles Langley fighter jets in search of AA 11 United Airline Flight 175 (UA 11) Boston to Los Angeles • 8:14: Takeoff • 8:42: Last routine radio communication • 8:42-8:46: Likely takeover • 8:47: Transponder code changes • 8:52: Flight attendant notifies UA of hijacking • 8:54: UA attempts to contact the cockpit • 8:55: New York Center suspects hijacking • 9:03:11: Flight 175 crashes into 2 WTC (South Tower) • 9:15: New York Center advises NEADS that UA 175 was the second aircraft crashed into WTC • 9:20: UA Headquarters aware that Flight 175 had crashed into WTC American Airline Flight 7 (AA 77) Washington, DC to Los Angeles • 8:20: Takeoff • 8:51: Last routine radio communication • 8:51-8:54: Likely takeover • 8:54: Flight 77 makes unauthorized turn to south • 8:56: Transponder is turned off • 9:05: AA headquarters aware that Flight 77 is hijacked • 9:25: Herndon Command Center orders nationwide ground stop • 9:32: Dulles tower observes radar of fast-moving aircraft (later identified as AA 77) • 9:34: FAA advises NEADS that AA 77 is missing • 9:37:46: AA 77 crashes into the Pentagon • 10:30: AA headquarters confirms Flight AA crash into Pentagon United Airline Flight 93 (UA 93) Newark to San Francisco • 8:42: Takeoff • 9:24: Flight 93 receives warning from UA about possible cockpit intrusion • 9:27: Last routine radio communication • 9:28: Likely takeover • 9:34: Herndon Command Center advises FAA headquarters that UA 93 is hijacked • 9:36: Flight attendant notifies UA of hijacking; UA attempts to contact the cockpit • 9:41: Transponder is turned off • 9:57: Passenger revolt begins • 10:03:11: Flight 93 crashes in field in Shanksville, PA • 10:07: Cleveland Center advises NEADS of UA 93 hijacking • 10:15: UA headquarters aware that Flight 93 has crashed in PA; Washington Center advises NEADS that Flight 93 has crashed in PA ... Read more Customer Reviews (64) Great adaption This is a great book for understanding communication issues in organizations, and how they can lead to disastrous results. A great read for any business student, made much more interesting through the graphic novel format. This has inspired a number of business relevant graphic novel works such as Atlas Black: Managing to Succeed In the houses of shadow. AS ALL of the books in all of the histories of the world weigh in the minds of human, this awful 'graphic novel' will hold as example of the indoctrinative process in operation.Perception management at comic level . That the 911 commission report has been found fabricated and inept is now understood by academic studies of the 911 event. It has been found so, and called so by members of the commission itself. A comic book made to shadow the ridiculous commission report is itself, by definition, ridiculous.No matter who finances it, writes it, draws it or sanctions it. As a graphic work, it is moribund. traced in memory only by a thread of outrage toward its insidious political design. A true collectors piece. Interesting and Creative Take on Famous Material This is an interesting take in an already published and very famous material. The 9/11 report sumarizes the findings of the Presidential Comission on the awful events of September 11th and in this book, those findings are shown in a comic-form. Ernie Colon is at his best illustrating the book, which is both informative and entertaining. In the downside, no at all data is suitable for this exercise, specially the epilogue and the comission's conclusions. I'm no 9/11 specialist so I don't know if any of all the conspiracy theories that had been posted here are true or not, but if anything, the report clearly shows a lack of integrated communication in the responte to 9/11 events. Overall, and interesting read and an original way to present it. I Read This Every Sept. 11 It's hard to describe how I feel about this graphic novel except it's very special to me. It's on a shelf in my office at work and I re-read it every Sept. 11. While there's a lot of after-the-fact analysis covered by the report, the graphic novel also does a superior job of capturing the emotion that 9/11 evoked in much of the nation the day of the attack. I would recommend The 9/11 Report for anyone who wants a concise, easy-to-understand way to remember what happened on Sept. 11 and how to best prevent such a massive failure in federal response. The 9/11 Report is a very serious book done in a contemporary style - but the art in no way diminishes the message contained here. Revolting Colon is a fine comics artist, has been for years. But you open the book and, sure enough, the name of the game is Blame it on the Arabs/Muslims. The writer of this adaptation is of the very community who should not be involved in the 9/11 investigation. Sorry, they don't get "to document the event" any longer, as their dancing van boys did. I'm not endorsing Charlie Sheen but most of his questions for Obama are appropriate. The families of the victims DO want the investigation to be reopened, and did you also know that 6 of the 10 original commission members now express huge doubts about the whole endeavor? ... Read more

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