Whether kids want to write or draw a comic that's funny or scary, long or short, made-up or true-to-life, cartoonist and author Brian McLachlan maintains there are just ten crucial things they need to know to get started. Using...
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Author:McLachlan, BrianSummary: - Author:Say, AllenSummary:
Part memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, Caldecott Medalist Allen Say chronicles his journey as an artist during WWII when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist.
- Author:John-Kehewin, WandaSummary:
Damon just wants to get through senior year. After he is seized by a waking dream in the middle of a busy street, he is forced to look within himself, mend the bond with his mother, and rely on new friends to find the answers he so...
- Author:Simmers, KyleSummary:
Pass Me By is a queer rural tragedy about what happens to the stories you never tell. A queer love story set in the memories of Ed as a young man touring with the outrageous glam rock band, Electric Vice, as they tour across Canada in...
- Author:Ollmann, JoeSummary:
Caleb is a middle-aged painter with a non-starter career. He also happens to be the only child of one of the world's most famous cartoonists, Jimmi Wyatt. Known for the internationally beloved father and son comic Sonny Side Up, Jimmi...
- Author:Storm, JenSummary:
Looking for a little mischief after discovering an old flare gun, Ron and Ben find themselves in trouble when the local gas bar on Agamiing Reserve goes up in flames, and they are wrongly accused of arson by the sheriff's son. As the...
- Author:Kent, GarySummary:
Gubby is a salmon fisherman who lives with his wife Millie and cat Puss in a small seaside village on the west coast of British Columbia. He keeps his boat, the Flounder -- a 36-foot west coast salmon troller--at a local wharf with many...
- Author:Lysenko, AdrianSummary:
In 1932, as famine rages across Ukraine, the Soviet government calls for the harshest punishment for those who keep for themselves even five stalks of grain. When their mother is accused of hoarding and summarily killed, Nadia and Taras...
- Author:Strong, AmandaSummary:
On a journey to uncover her family's story, Spotted Fawn travels through time and space to reclaim connection to ancestors, language, and the land--creating a path forward in this essential graphic novel. In the dreamworld she bears...
- Author:Marrin, Patrick J.Summary:
Who could have imagined that at a time of deep global uncertainty and institutional failure, a soft-spoken figure dressed in white would step onto the world stage with a message of hope? The election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope...
- Author:Scieszka, Jon.Summary:
In the fifth book of the New York Times bestselling Frank Einstein series, Frank Einstein (kid genius, scientist, and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, pair up with Klink (a self-assembled artificial-intelligence entity) and Klank...
- Author:Mallett, JefSummary:
What happens when an eight-year-old mischievous boy genius becomes best friends with the brilliant-though-humble elementary school janitor? Pages upon pages of hilarious comic strips, of course! Caulfield gets a kick out of frustrating...
- Author:Davis, Jim, Kraft, Jim, Acey, Mark, Nickel, Scott, Gordon, ElizabethSummary:
What will the new millennium hold? Will Mondays be eliminated? Will hairball hacking become an Olympic event? Find out as Garfield cranks up his crystal ball to make some preposterous predictions for a brave new millennium.
- Author:Reynolds, Daniel, Ho, OliverSummary:
Genghis Con is the story of guilt-ridden grifter, Alexis, who seeks redemption for herself and justice for her sister, Abigail, by taking part in a win or die rally race from England into the mountains of Mongolia. Along the way, she...
- Author:Barinova, Veronika, Mitchell, BrandonSummary:
When Mali meets Puug, she's surprised to discover he's wearing her stolen hair clip. If she helps him find what he needs, she has a chance of getting it back. Join Mali and Puug as they race to keep one step ahead of an...
- Author:Trasler, JaneeSummary:
Frog, Dog, and Goat find ways to stay dry in the rain, in this rhyming laugh-out-loud series for beginning readers! National Cartoonists Society Winner for Best Book Illustration Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of...
- Author:Robertson, David A.Summary:
Cole and Eva are reunited once more. A new terror looms as Mihko Laboratories's latest human experiments are about to be unleashed. With Brady potentially out of commission, Cole and Eva may be outnumbered. Things look grim until a...
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- Author:Simmers, KyleSummary:
Pass Me By is a five-book series of queer, rural, Canadian, romantic tragedy. The series follows Ed, a reserved man recently diagnosed with dementia, living in a small northern Canadian town. As Ed's memory declines he loses touch with...
- Author:Watts, Irene N.Summary:
The play opens on 15 November 1938, six days after the launching of the government planned and sponsored anti-Semitic program called Kristallnacht'the Night of Broken Glass. It is the day that German State schools closed their doors...
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What haunts our hearts today may haunt us in the hereafter . . . In future-Edo Japan, two lovers cross paths after fifty years apart. A drone-stream influencer is stalked by a spectre her online audience can't see. Trans vampires' lives...
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