This character sends the all-caps message “WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU” after learning of the murder-suicide of two men nicknamed Bouvard and Pecuchet. This character leaves behind a doodle that depicts a man in a dinner jacket having a cup of tea while skydiving. Poor performance at the game of Lupe Velez causes this character to often sleep in a tunnel filled with dogs, including the one-eyed Oyster. This character travels in a patched Condor plane with (*) Shannenhouse in order to kill a German geologist. After the death of his brother, this character joins the navy and becomes a radioman at Kelvinator Station. This former magician escapes Prague in a coffin and falls in love with Rosa Saks in New York. For 10 points, the Escapist is drawn by what illustrator who, in a Michael Chabon novel, works at Empire Comics with his cousin Clay? ■END■
ANSWER: Joe Kavalier [or Joe Kavalier or Josef Kavalier] (from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay)
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