Books that Blend Comic-Book Panels with Text (page 3)

CHILDREN'S

Released: April 1, 2007

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: A NOVEL IN CARTOONS

by Jeff Kinney, illustrated by Jeff Kinney

First volume of a planned three, this edited version of an ongoing online serial records a middle-school everykid's triumphs and (more often) tribulations through the course of a school year. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: June 1, 2006

ABADAZAD: THE ROAD TO INCONCEIVABLE, BOOK 1

by J.M. DeMatteis, illustrated by Mike Ploog

"A promising start for readers between Jennifer and Matt Holms's Babymouse (2005) and Jeff Smith's Bone (2005). (Fantasy. 8-10)"

Expanded from a well-received comic into a hybrid text-and-graphic-novel format, this first of a planned four episodes introduces sullen-but-sensitive teen diarist Kate Jameson. Read full book review >

Cover art for THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS

CHILDREN'S

Released: Sept. 1, 1997

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS

by Dav Pilkey, illustrated by Dav Pilkey

"There'll be no silence in the library once readers get hold of this somewhat classier alternative to Barf-o-Rama books and their crude ilk. (Fiction. 9-11)"

In the fine old tradition of James Marshall's Cut-Ups, Pilkey (God Bless the Gargoyles, 1996, etc.) introduces George Beard and Harold Hutchins, two usually responsible fourth-graders, as in ``whenever anything bad happened, George and Harold were usually responsible.'' Pranksters of the first order, George and Harold are finally nabbed by Mr. Krupp, the principal, whom they then hypnotize into believing he's Captain Underpants, a superhero of their own creation. Read full book review >

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