cartoonists

Profiles seventy-five authors, writing teams, and illustrators of graphic novels, and features an introduction to the genre, discussion of manga, brief accounts of graphic novel publishers, a glossary, and photographs.

Traces the career of writer and editor Stan Lee, discussing how he helped promote comic books to popularity in the United States.

A 14-year-old boy lives on his own in Tokyo and becomes apprenticed to a famous Japanese cartoonist.

A humorous memoir talking mostly about small matters and the incredible things people do when they think they're acting sensible.

Interviews comic artists and visits their studios to examine their careers, work, and methods. Includes illustrations.

Biographies of sixteen cartoonists whose careers have spanned the past hundred years.

A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-two beginning readers, providing information about Charles Schulz, the cartoonist responsible for creating Charlie Brown and the other "Peanuts" characters. Includes an index and a list of books and Web sites for further study.

A graphic novel in which Alex Kalienka wakes up one morning and realizes he has forgotten to fulfill his lifelong dreams and sets out to change his life for the better.

Although not very good at sports or in his schoolwork, Jimmy can draw and dreams of being a great cartoonist; that dream seems within reach when star athlete Charley Beemer suggests they create comics together.

Describes the life of the young German immigrant who became a noted illustrator of magazines and a political cartoonist.