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Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody


Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody is a parody of the famous children’s classic Goodnight Moon. A presidency comes to an end and this book is the perfect send off for eight years of turmoil and uncertainty. This book is true to the art and concept of the original book and will deliver many chuckles.

Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody is a hilarious and poignant visual requiem for the Bush administration. In it we see a childlike George W. Bush tucked safely away in the confines of his own room with all of the toys he’s willfully destroyed, abused, or defaced. Complete with a quiet Dick Cheney whispering "hush," this bedtime story lets us finally say goodnight to the disaster that was the last eight years.

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Wacky Packages


Topps was always known as the baseball card company and also Bazooka bubblegum. Wacky Packages is a collection of vintage wacky stickers collected through the years of wry humor of brand mocking. Way before Photoshop, they did this the hard way, they painted them. They had to draw it from scratch. Kids collected "wacky packs" and they found new homes on practically anything where stickers could stick. A favorite destination were lockers in school. Wacky Packages is introduced by artist extraordinaire Art Spiegelman. Cult comic artists who graced these sticky pieces of paper are the likes of Kim Deitch, , Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, and Norm Saunders. Celebrate over 40 years of nonsense and nostalgia. See Wacky Packs online>>

The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, Tom and Jerry Insight Mini-Classic Books

Insight Mini-Classic

Jerry Beck is the foremost quintessential chronicler of animation history. He delves into the foundation of every subject,tackles and sheds some interesting light into his subjects. Animation is more than cels and paint,there is the whole human aspect of the process. He dissects the politics of animation studios to give us the human side of the funny business for children. Jerry is at again with a three new little books from Insight Editions about the history of Hanna Barbera and their most popular creations. Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo shine for all to see. These tiny books that measure 4” x 4 ¾" and carry a full wallop of tidbit history in 48 pages. Jerry projects are always innovative when presentation is concerned and once again he does not fail to deliver. Read more>>

 

Bat-Manga

Bat-manga,tony medeiro, sandbox world, Chip Kidd
Batman can transcend into any culture and Japan is no different. Besides baseball, comics was the best thing that United States offered Japan and they spun a pop culture that churns billions each year around the world. Batman was a manga character in the 60’s at the height of the bat-craze and what came out of that elusive run of manga books is now for all to see. Chip Kidd the well known book designer and an author in his own right has collected together an impressive collection of some of Batman’s strangest adventures that only the Japanese can tell.
 
The two hottest genres in comics gleefully collide head-on, as the most beloved American superhero gets the coolest Japanese manga makeover ever.

In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, in this gorgeously produced book, hundreds of pages of Batman-manga comics more than four decades old are translated for the first time, appearing alongside stunning photographs of the world’s most comprehensive collection of vintage Japanese Batman toys.

This is The Dynamic Duo as you’ve never seen them: with a distinctly Japanese, atomic-age twist as they battle aliens, mutated dinosaurs, and villains who won’t stay dead. And as a bonus: Jiro Kuwata, the manga master who originally wrote and drew this material, has given an exclusive interview for our book.

The deluxe, expanded, and limited hardcover edition has a distinctly different cover, full-color printed endpapers, and an amazing extra adventure written by Jiro Kuwata (not included in the paperback), about a band of rogue alien robot art thieves at large in Gotham City. Guess who gets called in to save the day….

More than just a dazzling novelty,
Bat-Manga! is an invaluable, long-lost chapter in the history of one of the most beloved and timeless figures in comics. 

Forever Young Paul Rogers


Forever Young is Paul Roger’s latest kids’ book about the song Forever Young by Bob Dylan’s 1972 album Planet Waves. It seems as of late Bob Dylan has found new fame and this book will introduce many kids to Bob’s great body of work. Many will cringe at Bob’s voice, however, his lyrical landscape of words have evoked many generations of writers and musicians. This brave step by Paul Rogers into kids’ literature is a fresh approach on how Dylan’s songs easily transcend into graphical interaction with kids. The art is reminiscent of beatnik art and a true send off to Dyaln who fancied himself as a Beatnik. This is one book you cannot afford to not flip through. You will have to buy it after reading it.
 
Now award-winning artist Paul Rogers gives us a new interpretation of the lyrics. With images inspired by classic Dylan songs and pieces of his life, this is a bold and touching tribute to an anthem whose message will always stay forever young.
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The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition

The Elements of Style Sandbox World Tony Medeiros

The Elements of Style is celebrating 50 years this October. Well blogging has shuffled that book to the side. Somebody should read them their Miranda rights for breaking linguistic etiquette. This is the bible for any serious writer out there. With lagging newspaper sales and the melting pot of new languages finding way to the English vernacular. It’s amazing that this book is still the Parthenon and standard for the English language. Many have tried to imitate this simple rule book and the test of time still holds up. The Elements of Style is getting a new celebratory hardcover slick new black edition. The Elements of Style will never go out of fashion.

William Strunk, Jr. was a Professor of English at Cornell University and first published a private edition of his "little book"  in 1919 for his own writing students. The book was published in 1935 by Oliver Strunk.

E. B. White was a student in Professor Strunk’s class at Cornell, and used the small volume himself, during which time he became respectful and appreciative of its pithy and indispensable writing advice.  Commissioned by Macmillan to revise the book, White edited and created new material for the 1959 and 1972 editions of The Elements of Style.

Ghosts in the House! Kazuno Kohara

Ghosts in the House! Sandbox World Tony Medeiros

Ghosts in the House is Kazuno Kohara’s first stab at a book is right on the money. A trained print-maker, she use three colors to parley her tiny terror tale. Orange, black and white is down to basics for rendering her telling of Halloween. Her little heroine is a brave little girl who lives in a haunted house and manages the spookiness with clever rhymes. Ghosts in the House! illustrative charm is harmful crisp-full as an Autumn morning of crackling leaves. Young kids will love the subtle images of the Halloween flavored images that float through the pages in fearful symmetry.

Structura: The Art of Sparth

Structura: The Art of Sparth. Some of the best science fiction imagined worlds are created today. Gone are those days of pulp magazines where some of the best artists graced the covers each month. Now with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Painter it is very easy to conceptually design very elaborate scenes unseen in the world of science fiction. The art of Sparth is an amazing collective of blistering images of fantasy of hope and gloom. Sparth is Nicolas Bouvier, born in France, migrated to Canada and now works in Dallas. He has the coolest site of images you will ever see in any collection. A true visionary if I every did see. See more>>

The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters

The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters
Christoph Niemann’s, The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters, in simple terms is an elaborate little big book that teaches western kids the beauty of Chinese characters. Christoph integrates the characters into nature to get a sense from where words and symbols originated. At one time there were 80 000 characters in the language, but most people can get by at least 3000. Modern Chinese has about 11 000 characters, some of the basic ones are covered in The Pet Dragon. The integration of story and knowledge of Chinese are simple and ease into young minds. Christoph’s uniformed simplicity in rich art is a compliment to the structure of a very ancient language. The archetypal formation of symmetric characters with objects and animals gives us a sense of a language deeply rooted in nature. Our own language is a hybrid of many cultures. The Chinese language is structured in phonics of image and sound. It’s reflects the society of disciplined thought and of government. The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters is a perfect stepping stone for kids to go the next level to discover the Chinese language that took shape since 1122 B.C. and still flourishes in the 21st century. Christoph Niemann is a veteran artist who now dabs in children’s literature and is making a splash for himself with well thought out illustrated books. This is a perfect edition for any parent who wants to teach kids a new language and read a standard modern folklore story to go along with the experience.

Danica Novgorodoff’s Slow Storm

 

Mother Nature’s bag of calamity can deliver some life altering moments for people under the constant eye of approaching doom. Gustav slowly tears through the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, people evacuate from nearby coastal cities as impending hurricane forces threaten to destroy everything that it touches. The aftermath of a phenomena such as hurricanes and tornadoes changes the perspective of an individual for quite some time.  Danica Novgorodoff is a writer, painter, photographer, and comics artist that easily interlopes into the natural world of destruction that scars people for a lifetime. The graphic novel Slow Storm is a well paced visual anticipation of life in a metaphor of illustrated symbols. The mixed media in her panels are a storm juxtaposition of colors that give you a sense of awe.

A firefighter in rural Kentucky, Ursa searches for her place in life, struggling to meet her own expectations.  When a tornado hits her town, the ensuing chaos brings her world into sharp focus, somehow making everything clearer, and Ursa finds that she just can’t stomach the way her life is going.  It is then that she meets Rafi, an illegal immigrant whose life isn’t going the way he’d pictured it either.  Their encounter is the catalyst for Ursa and Rafi, who take different roads to the realization that wanting your life to change isn’t enough to make it happen. 

 

Slow Storm stands apart as a graphic novel with its literary heart and charged, atmospheric watercolor and ink artwork. The storm builds around the characters and inside them, and moments of violence and tenderness suddenly crack like lightning. With Slow Storm, Danica Novgorodoff takes her place as a talent to be reckoned with in the literary world.  Preview book>>

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