{"product_id":"keith-laumers-retief","title":"Keith Laumer's Retief!","description":"\u003cp\u003eJame Retief of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne (CDT) is a master of diplomacy, able not only to work his way through interstellar disagreements with either a velvet glove or a right hook, but also to slice his way through red tape with surgical precision. Born in a series of popular prose short stories and novels by Keith Laumer, Retief proved a natural for the comics page. Straight off of their run on their acclaimed original creation \u003ci\u003eDalgoda\u003c\/i\u003e, Dennis Fujitake and Jan Strnad took six of Laumer's hilarious stories and brought them to visual life. Included in this volume are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolicy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSealed Orders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProtest Note\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaline Solution \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUltimatum \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Forest in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith Laumer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-1993) \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith Laumer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewas a foundational voice in modern science fiction. A former U.S. diplomat, he drew on firsthand experience to transform bureaucracy into sharp interstellar satire in his iconic Retief series. He also created the influential Bolo and Imperium sagas-expansive futures exploring honor, duty, and the moral burdens of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDennis Fujitake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e was reprimanded in kindergarten for using too much drawing paper. Undeterred, he continues to this day to use too much drawing paper-for which people have willingly paid him, much to his bafflement. Ever the optimist, Dennis looks forward to living another 75 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Strnad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer of comic books, cartoons, novels, and short stories. He's worked for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and independent comics (and comix) publishers, and for studios including Disney, Universal, Sony\/Columbia and others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"About Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62064040804722,"sku":"BS-R4W-996913","price":20.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2972\/2226\/files\/9781949996913-HD.jpg?v=1784161443","url":"https:\/\/www.novelpanel.com\/products\/keith-laumers-retief","provider":"Novel Panel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}