Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities. (Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens) - Hardcover

Shiga, Jason

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810984237 ISBN 13: 9780810984233

Verlag: Abrams & Chronicle Books, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Follow the tabs to create your own story in this groundbreaking, bestselling graphic novel!
 
Celebrate 10 years of this completely original graphic novel take on a ¿choose your own adventure.¿ A boy stumbles upon the lab of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine. Using an ingenious system of tubes and tabs, readers can decide what to explore in this completely engrossing experiment in storytelling. Sometimes the page reads right to left, sometimes up and down, and sometimes jumps from beginning to end. It¿s sure to appeal to kids¿and comics collectors¿eager for an interactive, funny read.

Awards and praise for Jason Shiga
 
2004 Eisner Award
2003 Ignatz Award
2007 Stumpton Trophy Award
1999 Xeric Grant Recipient
 
¿Crazy + Genius = Shigä ¿Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics
 
¿If humankind ever finds itself at the brink of its own destruction and I am given the task to fill a small, space-bound time capsule with a collection of ten graphic novels that would present to alien eyes the best that the cartoonists of Earth had to offer the universe, Jason Shiga's Meanwhile would surely be among my picks.¿ ¿Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese
 
¿A creator of comix that can be at once funny, disturbing, thoughtful, deconstructed, and cleverly put together.¿ ¿Time online
 
¿Meanwhile is a wallop of a book/graphic novel! It delivers action, choices, problem solving, and engagement. And it reminds me of my own efforts in writing Choose Your Own Adventure, which I take as a great compliment coming from Jason Shiga. I wish I had written this book! Run, don¿t walk, to your favorite bookseller and pick up a copy!¿ ¿R. A. Montgomery, Choose Your Own Adventure author
 
¿Ingenious¿ ¿Edward Packard, Choose Your Own Adventure author

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jason Shiga is a cartoonist from Oakland, California. His comics have a geeky side, and often feature exciting uses of math, mazes, puzzles, and unconventional narrative techniques. In his 25-year career, Shiga has created eight graphic novels, 20 comic books, over a dozen magazine and newspaper strips, and the world’s second-largest interactive comic. He has won two Eisner awards, two Ignatz awards, and his work has been featured as an official selection for the Comics Festival in Angouleme.

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In this completely original graphic novel take on a 'choose-your-own-adventure,' a boy stumbles upon the lab of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine. Using an ingenious system of tubes and tabs, readers can decide what to explore in this completely engrossing experiment in storytelling. Sometimes the page reads right to left, sometimes up and down, and sometimes jumps from beginning to end. It's sure to appeal to kids - and comics collectors - eager for an interactive, funny read.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Abrams & Chronicle Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0810984237
• ISBN 13: 9780810984233
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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