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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination. Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes readers through comics' progress in the twentieth century and beyond: from the golden age of newspaper comic strips (Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy) to the midcentury superhero boom...
10) InvestiGATORS
Author
Series
InvestiGators ; 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"With their very exciting spy technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks--or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?" --
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Head honcho Garfield takes charge in this latest collection of comics. The fat cat is up to his usual funny business--pestering Jon, punting Odie, and pounding down pasta--and it's a true labor of love"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Compulsive Comics collects the very best of Eric Haven's inverted-comic book-consciousness and genre-bending short stories. Includes the controversial story "I Killed Dan Clowes," where the main character fatally hits acclaimed graphic novelist Daniel Clowes and then immediately goes on to accidentally kill another fan favorite, Adrian Tomine. Haven's surrealist, self-reflexive, and superbly rendered comics surprise at every turn and showcase an inherent...