9-11 : artists respond.

Chaos! Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics -- with assistance from Oni Press, Top Shelf Productions, and others present a collection of stories and illustrations from an incredibly diverse array of talented writers and artists. The New Yorker's Eric Drooker contributes a cover showing a cityscape that is simultaneously ancient and modern, mournful and hopeful, with an artist at the center, empowered to interpret a tragic landscape. Among Volume 1's contributors are writer/artist William Stout, who shares the true story of a Yugoslavian citizen's love of Americans; Stan Sakai, vividly recalling his last visit to New York City; and Paul Chadwick, who offers his interpretation of the heroism of the passengers on Flight 93, whose sacrifice kept September 11 from being an even more tragic day. Cartoonists Tony Millionaire, Sam Henderson, Mike Diana, Scott Morse, Mark Crilley, Roger Langridge, Chris Eliopoulos, and Mark Martin are among those offering differing takes on a range of subjects spanning from terrorism and heroism to survival and the challenges of parenting. Other stories include an illustrated essay by Dean Motter; a Walt Whitman-penned meditation on death illustrated by Quique Alcatena; Darko Macan's "An Expert Opinion" on breaking the cycle of violence; and "T.V. Exec Visits Ground Zero" by TV Funhouse creator Robert Smigel and his Ex-Presidents collaborator, artist Michael Kupperman. Playboy Magazine's Istvan Banyai plus Carlos Meglia, Renee French, Alex Maleev, Peter Kuper, Tommy Lee Edwards, and others offer haunting, inspiring illustrations that distill the emotions provoked by the tragic events of September 11.

v. 1. "In Flanders fields" / John McCrae ... [et al.] -- Eric Powell -- "Prayer" / Jon Muth -- "He walks on air" / David Chelsea, Bill Dodge, and Anne Richardson -- Story / Anonymous and Kevin Nowlan -- "Mind the gap" / Paul Sloboda -- "Sacrifice" / Paul Chadwick -- "Zero degrees of separation" / Randy Stradley and Dave Gibbons -- "3 second impact" / Scott Morse -- Phil Elliott -- Leland Myrick -- "Please stand by..." / Jeph Loeb ... [et al.] -- Carlos Meglia -- Mart Martin -- "Pop-grief" / Doug TenNapel and Jason Hvam -- Leinil Francis Yu -- "Massacre" / Mike Diana and Dave Stewart -- Pablo Maiztegui and Francisco Solano Lopez -- "An expert opinion" / Darko Macan, Robert Solanovic and Tihomir Tikulin-Tico -- Trina Robbins and Anne Timmons -- "9/12" / Dave Cooper -- "Before the fall, 2001" / Terry Anderson and Dave Stewart -- Excerpt from Flood / Eric Drooker -- "How..." / Jim Valentine -- Jamie S. Rich, Chynna Clugston-Major, and Guy Major -- Dave McKean -- "Clown's day off" / Roger Langridge -- "Uncertain process" / Joe Casey and Sean Phillips -- Bill Pressing, Nijo Philip, and Chris Horn -- Pat Moriarity -- "10-7-01" / Dylan Horrocks -- "Sunday mourning" / Antony Johnston and Mike Norton -- Layla Lawlor -- Frank Miller -- Peter Pachoumis and Chris Chuckry -- "The patriot" / John Paul Leon -- "What's important" / Steve Darnall and Hilary Barta -- Laurie Ross -- "The sky was so blue that day" / Enrico Casarosa -- Istvan Banyai -- "Shoes!" / William Stout -- "Arab Americans" / Jim Mahfood -- "A view from D.C." / John K. Snyder III -- David Alvarez -- Marti Noxon ... [et al.] -- "New York report" / R. Sikoryak -- "Which one is real?" / Bob Harris and Gregory Ruth -- "Bonjour" / Liniers -- Bryan Talbot -- Brian McDonald, Brian O'Connell, and Jason Hvam -- Lark Pien -- Excerpt from The building / Will Eisner -- Peter Kuper -- "Whitman's dream" / Walt Whitman and Alcatena -- Marie Croall ... [et al.] -- Mitch O'Connell -- Tommy Lee Edwards and Melissa Edwards -- "Jeremiah 17, 6-9" / Mira Friedmann -- "Just answer the phone" / Aaron Renier -- Humberto Ramos, Studio F, and Jason Hvam -- "Los Angeles" / Sam Henderson -- "Scenes from an airport" / Jason Hall, Todd Herman, and Todd Broeder -- Dawn Brown -- "Tribute to Balbir Singh Sodi" / Brian Pulido ... [et al.] -- "Simple physics" / Fabian Nicieza ... [et al.] -- "Close to home" / Chris Eliopoulos -- Rich Hedden -- "Maybe next year" / Davidé Fabbri, Edgar Delgado, and Jason Hvam -- Tsuneo Sanda -- "Casting call" / Batton Lash -- "NYC" / Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart -- Brian Biggs -- "TV exec visits ground zero" / Robert Smigel and Michael Kupperman -- "Nothing but you on my mind" / Art Brooks ... [et al.] -- Kellie Strom -- Alex Maleev -- "Before the fall" / Dean Motter -- "The shift" -- Tom Defalco ... [et al.] -- Becky Cloonan -- John Ostrander and Mary Mitchell -- Mike Getsiv -- Steve Niles and Paul Lee -- "Ordinary heroes" / Roger Stern and Joe Orsak -- Ben Stenbeck -- Stephen Banes and Guy Burwell -- Tatiana Gill -- Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore -- "In the house of light" / Mike Carey, Mike Collins, and Lee Townsend -- "Ayekah" / Ron Boyd -- "Close" / J. Torres, Steve Rolston, and S. Struble -- Eric Kilkenny and Jim Hill -- "If" / Marc Rosenthal -- Jose Luis Agreda -- "News" / Tony Millionaire -- "This is not a bomb" / Steve Guaraccia -- "The last time I was in New York City..." / Stan Sakai -- "That day" / Mark Crilley -- "Ground Zero" / Al Davison -- "This is information" / Alan Moore ... [et al.] -- Renée French. --

v. 2. Nightmares -- / art by Kieron Dwyer -- "Unreal" / Steven T. Seagle, art by Duncan Rouleau, Aaron Sowd -- "The Real Thing" / story and art by Will Eisner -- "Wake Up" / Joe Kelly, art by Scott Kolins, Dan Panosian -- / art by Danijel Zezelj -- "The Walk" / James Denning, art by Guy Davis -- Static Shock: "Wednesday Afternoon" / Dwayne McDuffie, art by Denys Cowan, Prentis Rollins -- / art by Richard Corben -- "Gemini Falling" / Jo Duffy, art by Todd Nauck, Jaime Mendoza -- / art by Dave Gibbons -- "Have You Seen..?" / Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, art by David Lloyd -- "Tradition" / Paul Levitz, art by Joe Staton, Bob Smith -- / art by Klaus Janson -- Untitled / story and art by Tom Mandrake -- / art by Brian Stelfreeze -- Heroes -- / art by Alex Horley -- Astro City: "Since The Fire" / Kurt Busiek, art by Brent Anderson -- Untitled / story and art by Gary Fields -- I, Paparazzi / Pat McGreal, art by Stephen John Phillips, Steven Parke -- "The Job" / Josh Krach, art by Scott McDaniel, James Pascoe -- / art by Steve Scott, Eman Torre -- "Human Values" / story and art by Darwyn Cooke -- / art by Tim Sale from an idea by Chuck Kim -- "A Hard Day's Night" / Jeph Loeb, art by Carlos Pacheco, Jesus Merino -- "The Firsts Division" / Hilary Bader, art by Sergio Cariello -- "I Never Thought of Myself as a Hero" / Rick Veitch, art by Sergio Aragones -- Hellblazer: "Exposed" / Mike Carey, art by Marcelo Frusin -- / art by Cliff Wu Chiang -- "Soldiers" / Beau Smith, art by Val Semeiks, Romeo Tanghal -- / art by Enrique Breccia -- Recollections -- "Priorities" / Ashley-Jayne Nicolaus, art by Rick Burchett -- "Walking the Williamsburg Bridge to Work" / story and art by Mo Willems -- Untitled / Don McGregor, art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez -- Scene of the Crime: "Still Life" / Ed Brubaker, art by Michael Lark -- "Dust" / Keith Giffen, art by William Wray -- / art by Phil Jimenez -- Unity -- / art by John Lucas -- "9:00 E.S.T." / Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, art by Yanick Paquette, Jim Royal -- "For Art's Sake" / Brian K. Vaughan, art by Pete Woods, Keith Champagne -- "No Sale?" / Jennifer Moore, art by Jill Thompson -- "The Call" / Eddie Berganza, art by Kyle Baker -- "A Tale of 2 Americans" / Ben Raab, art by Roger Robinson, Dennis Janke -- "America's Pastime" / Brian Azzarello, art by Eduardo Risso -- "Silver Linings in a Big Dust Cloud" / story and art by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti -- "What We Learned Today" / Eddie Berganza, art by Kyle Baker -- "This, Too, Shall Pass" / Marv Wolfman, art by Barry Kitson, Rich Faber -- / art by Paul Pope -- Untitled / Peter Gross, art by Darick Robertson -- Dreams -- / art by Ariel Olivetti -- "If Only" / Dan Jurgens, art by Alan Davis, Robin Riggs, Mike Collins, Mark Farmer -- "Ascending" / J.M. DeMatteis, art by Michael Zulli -- "The American Dream" / Paul Levitz, art by Jim Lee -- "Spirit" / Alex Simmons, art by Angelo Torres -- "Tall Buildings" / Chris Sequeira, art by Tom Grummett, Tom Palmer -- / art by Steve Leialoha -- / art by Phil Noto -- Reflections -- "First Things First" / art by Neal Adams -- "The Sleeping Giant" / Stan Lee, art by Marie Severin -- "The Wheel" / Neil Gaiman, art by Chris Bachalo -- "Child's Play" / Jamie Delano, art by Goran Sudzuka -- "A Burning Hate" / David S. Goyer, Geoff Johns, art by Humberto Ramos, Sandra Hope -- "Blitz Kid" / Michael Moorcock, art by Walter Simonson, Bob Wiacek -- "Careful" / Andy Helfer, art by John Cebellero -- "Warnings" / Denny O'Neil, art by Phil Hester, Ande Parks -- "There Were Tears in Her Eyes" / story and art by Sam Glanzman -- / art by Lee Bermejo -- "What of Tomorrow" / story and art by Joe Kubert -- Causes.