INTRODUCTION 
FIVE DAYS IN JULY
“You’re a futurist, and you love comics—why don’t you write a book about the future of comics?”
Over the years, a lot of people have asked me that question, but this time it carried special weight, since it came from Denis Kitchen, the respected former comics publisher turned literary agent and a longtime personal friend.
It seemed like a casual suggestion, but the more I thought about it, the more it seemed like a serious, even essential, project. Not only are comics a personal interest, but the industry and its current problems illustrate a theme that has been at the center of my work: how advances in digital technology, ...
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