cartoonists

"A mixed-panel format picture book biography of Charles 'Sparky' Schulz, creator of the . . . comic strip Peanuts"--Provided by publisher.

A biography about comic book creator Stan Lee.

"Includes humorous stories from Allie Brosh's childhood; the adventures of her very bad animals; merciless dissection of her own character flaws; incisive essays on grief, loneliness, and powerlessness; as well as reflections on the absurdity of modern life"--OCLC.

Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, offers a memoir of his many failures and what they eventually taught him about success.

Daredevil Nate's quest to achieve greatness lands him in the hospital with a broken bone, and while his family and friends are eager to help him cope, they soon tire of his increasingly ridiculous demands.

"[A] memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a poor Black child in a chaotic southern landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods during the crack cocaine boom of the 1980s. Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to solve his problems by everyone and everything around him. But fighting doesn't always yield the best results for a confused and sensitive kid who yearns for a better, more fulfilling life than the one he was born into"--Back cover.

Children's author William Steig describes and illustrates what life was like in his neighborhood when he was a boy nearly one hundred years ago.

Contains articles that profile twenty-six authors, writing teams, and illustrators of graphic novels, arranged alphabetically from Joe Sacco to Marv Wolfman, and includes sidebars, photographs, and illustrations.

Contains articles that profile twenty-four authors, writing teams, and illustrators of graphic novels, arranged alphabetically from Masashi Kishimoto to Alex Ross; and includes sidebars, photographs, and illustrations.

Contains articles that profile twenty-five authors, writing teams, and illustrators of graphic novels, arranged alphabetically from Ho Che Anderson to Jay Hosler; and features an introduction to the genre, discussion of manga, brief accounts of graphic novel publishers, a glossary, and photographs.