Geeks & Greeks

== STORY ==Geeks & Greeks is Good Will Hunting meets Animal House in graphic novel format. In this high-tech battle royale two of MITs smartest students square off in an escalating war of pranks and egos. Jim Walden is an underachieving freshman with a knack for mischief and a secret that could end his career before it begins. Luke Bardolf is a gruff alpha-nerd senior on a mission to pull the ultimate prank and maintain dominance over his fraternity. When their rivalry comes to a head it will take all of Jims creativity and resourcefulness to save his scholarship his friendships his girlfriend and his dream of becoming an astronaut.== INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS ==Geeks & Greeks was written by humorist Steve Altes and is based on MITs world-famous hacking culture and real-life hazing incidents Altes witnessed as an MIT student. At MIT a hack is a clever humorous technically sophisticated prank such as building a life-size campus police car replica atop the Institutes 150-foot-high Great Dome under the cover of night.This extensively researched 184-page coming-of-age story includes over 100 endnotes providing colorful background details on true aspects of the story as well as revealing numerous Easter eggs which will delight readers of all stripes. These endnotes divulge the many scientific literary and pop cultural allusions the creators have embedded in the graphic novel.== SMART HUMOR ==How many graphic novels can make jokes out of Schuberts last symphony Archimedes Principle supernovas cryogenics kinematic viscosity Shakespearean characters and Einsteins theory of relativity and still keep things fully accessible to the general public? According to Steve Altes You dont need to be a genius to understand Geeks & Greeks but youll feel like a genius after you read it.== THEMES ==Geeks & Greeks explores many themes that are relevant to techies college students and fans of young adult literature: geek as hero hazing college pranks as a form of civil disobedience or performance art Emersonian notions of self-reliance and non-conformism (imitation is suicide) role of mischief-making in male bonding and credentialism (raw talent vs. institutional pedigree).== REVIEWS ==Reviewers are hailing Geeks & Greeks. Jon B. Cooke editor of Comic Book Artist magazine says Geeks & Greeks is a gonzo-brilliant visual feast that reads like a blizzard of engrossing frenetic activity offering an ethnographic deep-dive into MIT hacking and hazing subcultures. Geeks & Greeks combines the high-brow intelligence of Good Will Hunting with the rowdy frat antics of Animal House and the heart of Dead Poets Society. There is barely a moment to breathe as this roller coaster careens through the worlds of high-tech hazing devilishly original pranks and swaggering intellectual one-upmanship. Fishs masterful illustrations leap off the page with their inspired perspectives and vibrant colors.MIT insiders praise the storys realism and authenticity. Karl Iagnemma MIT research scientist and author of On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction says As someone whos been walking MITs hallways for the past 20 years I can attest that Steve Altes has tuned into the Institutes quirky frequency the raucous and rigorous spirit of the place. Read Geeks & Greeks for its hot fusion of wit narrative and imagery.