So, what happens when characters with opposite schedules merge together? When day becomes night? When red and yellow become . . . yellow and red? Thats right . . . you get an Over-Re-Action! Its the result of what too many coffees and energy drinks may bring you! Join us for this action-packed adventure of fun and awesomeness! From Eisner Award winners Art and Franco! Great fun for all ages!

From the pages of Aw Yeah Comics! Art Baltazar and Franco’s greatest superheroes, Action Cat and Adventure Bug, star in their very own story! Our heroes run an amazing comics shop, but Evil Cat lurks behind the scenes to do . . . what else? Evil! Beware his new secret weapon, the lizard gun! Collects issues #1–#4. * Action Cat’s first series! * All-ages comedy mayhem!

Action, adventure, and so much fun! Fresh from the creative minds at Aw Yeah Comicsa brand-new series starring the valiant Action Cat and his trusty sidekick, Adventure Bug! As Evil Cat lurks behind the scenes, our heroes endeavor to bring comics to the good people of Beautiful Downtown Skokie. You better believe high jinks will ensue! From Eisner Award winners Art and Franco! Great fun for all ages!

The Action and Adventure begin again! Time for more awesomeness with the superheroes of beautiful downtown Skokie--Aw Yeah Comics' very own Action Cat and Adventure Bug! See our heroes battle dastardly villains! Wonder as a burning asteroid hurdles toward earth! Beware of the lurking Golden Age evil! That's right--Golden Age Action Cat! This all-ages collection has everything and more! Brought to you by the Eisner Award-winning cartoonists Art Baltazar and Franco, and collecting issues #5-#8 of their original Aw Yeah Comics! series! Also featuring stories from the Aw Yeah crew--Scoot McMahon, Alejandro Rosado, Denver Brubaker, and Kurt Wood! True story!

"This volume collects Aw Yeah Comics!: Action Cat & Adventure Bug #1-#4, originally published by Dark Horse Comics."

Paris, 1933 Rocket, Nuri, and Screech return in the second volume of the Rocket Robinson series. This time, they find themselves in the French capital, where a rare and mysterious painting from the middle ages has been stolen from the Louvre Museum--and Nuri's uncle is the prime suspect! The young adventurers are soon hot on the trail of the stolen artwork--a trail which leads to a pair hapless French thieves, a secret cabal of merciless German spies, a shadowy secret temple, and an ancient medieval castle! But this is no ordinary painting... the secret contained within may lead all the way to the most mysterious and sought-after treasure in history.

Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.

Young Gillbert is the prince of the underwater world of Atlanticus. Together with his best friend Sherbert and mysterious new friend Anne Phibian, Gillbert is curious to where all these bottled messages floating throughout the ocean are coming from. Could the fiery Pyrockians from space have something to do with it? Or maybe it is something more mysteriously monstrous? Plus, Gillbert must deal with being a new big brother, when his little sister Matilda is actually much, much bigger than him! The most fun had under the sea since “The Little Merman”! Created by Tiny Titan’s Art Baltazar!

Inviting multiple ways of critically engaging with literature, this text offers a fresh perspective on how to integrate children’s literature into and across the curriculum in effective, purposeful ways. Structured around three "mantras" that build on each other—Enjoy; Dig deeply; Take action—the book is rich with real examples of teachers implementing critical pedagogy. The materials and practical strategies focus on issues that impact children’s lives, building from students’ personal experiences and cultural knowledge to using language to question the everyday world, analyze popular culture and media, understand how power relationships are socially constructed, and consider actions that can be taken to promote social justice. Written for teachers and teacher educators, each chapter opens with three elements that are closely linked: classroom vignettes showcasing the use of literature and inviting conversation; three key principles elaborating the main theme of the chapter and connecting theory with practice; and related research on the topics and their importance for curriculum. Other chapter features include key issues in implementation, suggestions for working with linguistically and culturally diverse students, alternative approaches to assessment, and suggestions for further reading. A companion website to enrich and extend the text includes an annotated bibliography of literature selections, suggested text sets, resources by chapter, and ideas for professional development. Changes in the Second Edition: Voices from the Field vignettes include examples from inspiring educators who use trade books to promote critical thinking and diversity Updated chapters include information on new technology and electronic resources New references in the principles sections and new resources for further study New children’s books added throughout the chapters as well as to the companion website

Collects comic strips from the early 1990s organized around Quimby the mouse.