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Author
Series
Big Nate volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Big Nate Wright is president of P.S. 38, the after school cartooning club. When he doodles his observations in his cartoon notebook: "Mighty Jefferson Middle School always wins," Nate decides it's time to go from zeroes to heroes! Will Nate crack under the pressure of the "Ultimate Snowdown"? Or lead P.S. 38 to its biggest victory ever?
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
370 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography of the greatest cartoonist of the Greatest Generation. [He] defied army censors, German artillery, and Patton's pledge to "throw his ass in jail" to deliver his wildly popular cartoon, "Up Front," to the pages of Stars and Stripes.--From publisher description.
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
421 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The marvelously compelling biography of Robert Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned globetrotting millionaire who won international fame by celebrating the world's strangest oddities.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
518 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The creator of "Hyperbole and a Half" presents a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and deceptively illustrated essays on topics ranging from childhood and very bad pets to grief, loneliness, and powerlessness in modern life.
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee, comic book legend and co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes, shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came into existence.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Few people realize that the legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his blue ox are the product of marketing by a highly industrialized commercial lumber enterprise. In a story set in Minnesota in 1914, cartoonist Noah Van Sciver shows us the creation of a myth as W. B. Laughead, marketing man extraordinaire, spins ever more wondrous tall tales. Sciver's story is bracketed by rich contributions from Native artists and storytellers with a very different...
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many more-bringing readers directly into...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
483 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A portrait of Theodor Geisel, best known as American icon Dr. Seuss, shares insights into his successful early career as a radical political cartoonist and the complicated genius that informed his beliefs on such subjects as empathy and environmentalism.