Published to coincide with author's tour to promote his latest
album
Promotion on the author's website, http://www.danbertnobacon.com/
as well as on www.exterminatingangel.com
Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking
engagements, along with his music gigs
DANBERT NOBACON, singer, songwriter, comedian, and freak music
legend” (sepiachord, Nov 2009.), was a founding member of the
anarchist punk rock band CHUMBAWAMBA. The band’s worldwide hit
TUBTHUMPER (1997) gave its members fascinating insights into the
way mainstream media limit a culture’s ideas, from Barbara Walters’
questions about anarchism on prime time, to the way David
Letterman's staff got in a complete flap because the band changed
one of the choruses of their hit song to "Free Mumia Abu
Jamal!"
His career has been long (thirty years), wild, and always
imaginative. Not to mention mischievous and politicalhe famously
dumped a bucket of ice water over John Prescott, the British deputy
prime minister, at an awards ceremony, in London, in 1998, to
protest the Blair government’s treatment of striking
dockworkers.
He released The Library Book of the World, with Chicago band the
Pine Valley Cosmonauts, on Bloodshot Records, in 2007. He has a new
album, Woebegone, with Seattle band The Bad Things, due for release
in April 2010.
He loves children and animals. This is his first book.
ALEX COX, illustrator of 3 DEAD PRINCES, is better known for his
filmmaking skills. Aside from turning out cult film after cult film
(REPO MAN, SID AND NANCY, THREE BUSINESSMEN, REVENGERS TRAGEDY,
REPO CHICK), and spending a lot of his time staring at a computer
screen, he still can be found hunched over a board, drawing.
He loves monsters, so Danbert had to put some in the book.
“This is a beautiful book. The illustrations are wonderful. It
definitely rocks! I ought to know” —IGGY POP
“3 Dead Princes follows the fairy tale narrative with personal
challenges, serious battle preparation, and more brave moments than
the movie Brave. But every time you think you have it all figured
out, Nobacon throws a curve ball, forcing the reader to rethink
what a fairy tale can be . . . while also posing a lot of subtle
questions about society, culture, and evolution. . . . With Alex
Cox’s illustrations along to spice things up even more, it’s a very
enjoyable, and unorthodox, read.” —Bookslut
“Parents looking for a book for a middle-grader would be hard
pressed to find a more sophisticated yet accessible story. Yes,
there is a bit of swearing in it, and yes, there are some fairly
grown-up themes introduced, but as a springboard for sensible and
informed discussion with youngsters about how we live and how we
might live, it is hard to think of a better book. . . . Even as an
adult reader, the story is interesting and intelligent enough for
you to find it worth your while.”— New York Journal of Books
This is a beautiful book. The illustrations are wonderful. It
definitely rocks! I ought to know” IGGY POP
3 Dead Princes follows the fairy tale narrative with personal
challenges, serious battle preparation, and more brave moments than
the movie Brave. But every time you think you have it all figured
out, Nobacon throws a curve ball, forcing the reader to rethink
what a fairy tale can be . . . while also posing a lot of subtle
questions about society, culture, and evolution. . . . With Alex
Cox’s illustrations along to spice things up even more, it’s a very
enjoyable, and unorthodox, read.” Bookslut
Parents looking for a book for a middle-grader would be hard
pressed to find a more sophisticated yet accessible story. Yes,
there is a bit of swearing in it, and yes, there are some fairly
grown-up themes introduced, but as a springboard for sensible and
informed discussion with youngsters about how we live and how we
might live, it is hard to think of a better book. . . . Even as an
adult reader, the story is interesting and intelligent enough for
you to find it worth your while.” New York Journal of Books
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