1-800-mice
Title | 1-800-mice PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Thurber |
Publisher | Picturebox, Incorporated |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | 9780984589265 |
This long-awaited rich graphic novel is a cross between Thomas Pynchon, Robert Altman and J.R.R. Tolkien and has earned Thurber raves from The Comics Journal, Vice and The Fader. 1-800 MICE is an anthropological study of the imaginary city of Volcano Park (where flying mouse couriers have replaced Federal Express), with a soap-opera fractured narrative and a cast of thousands. Over the course of the story readers meet: Peace Punk, a punker on the verge of bourgeois; Tom Chief: A beat cop with an identity crisis and Groomfiend, a daffy, if driven creature who directs the story.
Infomaniacs
Title | Infomaniacs PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Thurber |
Publisher | Picturebox, Incorporated |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 9781939799081 |
A hilarious detective story that manages to critique and explore digital culture, Infomaniacs is marked by the author's restless questioning and heightened sense of the absurd. With the iconic Amy Shit as his Philip Marlow, Thurber looks in on 'The Scriveners of Tweet Street', Albert Radar, a Joseph Beuys-lookalike psychiatrist, a perfectly preserved brain that has never seen the internet, an organic server farm, the Anthropamorphic Task Force, and so much more. But all of this is in service to a tightly plotted thriller.
Art Comic
Title | Art Comic PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Thurber |
Publisher | Drawn & Quarterly |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2021-07-07 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1770465839 |
Matthew Thurber’s Art Comic is a blunt and hilarious assault on the swirling hot mess that is the art world. From sycophantic fans to duplicitous gallerists, fatuous patrons to self-aggrandizing art stars, he lampoons each and every facet of the eminently ridiculous industry of truth and beauty. Follow Cupcake, the Matthew Barney obsessive; Epiphany née Tiffany Clydesdale, the divinely inspired performance artist; Ivanhoe, a modern knight in search of artistic vengeance, and his squire, Turnbuckle. Each artist is more ridiculous than the last, yet they are tested and transformed by the even more absurd machinations of Thurber’s fantastical art world. Can the Free Little Pigs destroy this blighted system? Will “The Group” continue its indirect assassination of promising young artists? Can artistic integrity exist in this world amid the capitalist co-opting, petty rivalries, otherworldly portals, heavenly interventions, and murders at sea? Art Comic is brimming with references and cameos, outsize personalities and shuddering nonsense—Robert Rauschenberg smashes a beer bottle, Francesca Woodman, a wineglass. In the center of it all, Thurber’s twisted drawings and laugh-out-loud dialogue convey a complicated picture of an industry at the intersection of fantasy and reality. Part scathing condemnation, part irreverent appreciation, Thurber’s comics skewer the art world in a way only an art lover can.
The Good, the Bad, and the Godawful
Title | The Good, the Bad, and the Godawful PDF eBook |
Author | Kurt Loder |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 575 |
Release | 2011-11-08 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 142993865X |
The former Rolling Stone writer and MTV host takes off from classic Roger Ebert and sails boldly into the new millennium. Millions grew up reading the author's record reviews and watching him on MTV's "The Week in Rock." In this collection of more than 200 movie reviews from MTV.com and, more recently, the Reason magazine Website, plus sidebars exclusive to this volume, Loder demonstrates his characteristic wry voice and finely honed observations. The author shines when writing on the best that Hollywood and indie filmmakers have to offer, and his negative reviews are sometimes more fun than his raves. This freewheeling survey of the wild, the wonderful and the altogether otherwise is an indispensable book for any film buff.
The Mice of the Round Table 1: A Tail of Camelot
Title | The Mice of the Round Table 1: A Tail of Camelot PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Leung |
Publisher | Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd. |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2017-05-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1848125232 |
An epic adventure of daring, legend and legacy begins below the floorboards of Camelot. Below the carpets and flagstones of Camelot lies a secret world much like Arthur's royal court. Lord Yvers Christopher leads the castle creatures with a steady paw, upholds a tenuous truce with the animals of the Darkling Woods and guards the world's greatest treasure: the Holy Grail. Unknown to the knights above, the mice of the round table strive to ensure the safety of all who live within the castle walls, human and otherwise. So when Yvers is assassinated, the whole of Camelot is at risk. His grandson Calib Christopher must follow in his pawsteps but does the young mouse have the strength and power to lead his people and unite with the Darklings against the evil that threatens them all? A rich, fun fantastical new series from new talent Julie Leung.
Seven Blind Mice
Title | Seven Blind Mice PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Young |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 2012-03-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 039925742X |
The Caldecott Honor book and modern classic now in boardbook format. Finally! Nearly twenty years ago, Ed Young translated the ancient parable of the seven blind men and the elephant into a modern children's classic, one as simple as it is profound. A lesson in colors, numbers, the days of the week and most important, knowledge, this beautifully illustrated book has stood the test of time and continues to entertain and teach. Now in board book format, even the youngest children can experience the beauty and wisdom.
The Dark Portal
Title | The Dark Portal PDF eBook |
Author | Robin Jarvis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fantasy fiction |
ISBN | 9780340788622 |
In the Dark Portal, Albert Mouse squeezes through the Grill and disappears. Thinking he's been captured by the rats in the sewers, his children embark on a treacherous journey to find him.