X-Men by Greg Pak

X-Men by Greg Pak

The Declaration of Independence claims that individuals need liberty to pursue happiness, but provides little guidance on the what of happiness. Happiness studies and liberal theory are incomplete guides. Happiness studies offer insights into what makes people happy but happiness policy risks becoming doctrinaire. Liberal theory is better on personal liberty, but weak on the what of happiness. My argument is that American novelists are surer guides on the pursuit of happiness. Treated as political thinkers, my book offers a close reading of four American novelists, Tom Wolfe, Walker Percy, Edith Wharton, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and their critique of the pursuit of happiness. With a critical and friendly eye, they present the shortcomings of pursuing happiness in a liberal nation but also present alternatives and correctives possible in America. Our novelists point us toward each other in friendship as our greatest resource to guide us towards happiness.

Greg Pak is a filmmaker and comic book writer best known for directing the award-winning feature film Robot Stories and writing the epic Planet Hulk and World War Hulk storylines for Marvel Comics. He was named one of 25 Filmmakers to Watch by Filmmaker Magazine, described as a talent with a future by the New York Times, and named Breakout Talent of the year by Wizard Magazine. Pak's run on Marvel's Incredible Hulk comic book included the much lauded Planet Hulk and World War Hulk epics and was named the Best Ongoing Series of 2007 by Wizard Magazine. Pak created the character of Amadeus Cho, who won a 2005 Marvel.com fan favorite poll, and has written numerous Marvel miniseries, including the top-selling X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong and the critically acclaimed Magneto Testament. Pak also wrote the Battlestar Galactica series for Dynamite and co-writes the fan favorite Incredible Hercules series with Fred Van Lente.

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ISBN 13	9780785116417
ISBN 10	0785116419
Title	X-Men
Author	Greg Pak
Series	X Men Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Year published	2005-07-01
Number of pages	128
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