NEW YORKER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CARTOONS HC
(W) MARK TATULLI (A) MARK TATULLI (CA) MARK TATULLI
The most ingenious collection of New Yorker cartoons published in book form, The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons is a prodigious, slip-cased, two-volume, nearly 1,600-page A-to-Z curation of cartoons from the magazine from 1924 to the present. Mankoff, former cartoon editor of the New Yorker, organizes nearly 3,000 cartoons into more than 250 categories of recurring themes and visual tropes, including cartoons on banana peels, meeting St. Peter, being stranded on a desert island, snowmen, lion tamers, Adam and Eve, the Grim Reaper, and dogs, of course. The collection also includes a foreword by New Yorker editor David Remnick.
SHORT & SKINNY GN
(W) MARK TATULLI (A) MARK TATULLI (CA) MARK TATULLI
As a middle schooler, Mark finds himself on the smaller side of the physical spectrum; being short and skinny has really wreaked havoc on his confidence. So to end his bullying woes and get the girl - or at least the confidence to talk to the girl - he starts to explore bulking up by way of the miracle cures in the backs of his comics. But his obsession with beefing up is soon derailed by a new obsession: Star Wars, the hottest thing to hit the summer of 1977. As he explores his creative outlets as well as cures to his body image woes, Mark sets out to make his own stamp on the film that he loves. MARK TATULLI's graphic novel debut is a humorous and heartfelt take on body image, finding a creative outlet, and spending a summer in the '70s. Available in softcover and hardcover editions.
SHORT & SKINNY HC GN
(W) MARK TATULLI (A) MARK TATULLI (CA) MARK TATULLI
New from syndicated comic strip artist MARK TATULLI comes a full-color middle grade graphic novel that centers on Mark's own experience in the summer after seventh grade. As a middle schooler, Mark finds himself on the smaller side of the physical spectrum--being short AND skinny has really wreaked havoc on his confidence. So to end his bullying woes and get the girl--or at least the confidence to talk to the girl--he starts to explore bulking up by way of the miracle cures in the backs of his comics. But his obsession with beefing up is soon derailed by a new obsession: Star Wars, the hottest thing to hit the summer of 1977. As he explores his creative outlets as well as cures to his body image woes, Mark sets out to make his own stamp on the film that he loves.MARK TATULLI's graphic novel debut is a humorous and heartfelt take on body image, finding a creative outlet, and spending a summer in the '70s. This title will be simultaneously available in paperback.