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“In Gonick’s work, clever design and illustration make complicated ideas or insights strikingly clear.”—New York Times Book Review Larry Gonick, master cartoonist, former Harvard instructor, and creator of the New York Times bestselling, Harvey Award-winning Cartoon Guide series now does for calculus what he previously did for science and history: making a complex subject comprehensible,…
“From the Bastille to Baghdad,” The Cartoon History of the World Part 2 is the conclusion (for the moment) of Larry Gonick’s award-winning and bestselling annals of humankind presented in graphic novel form. Picking up after the American Revolution, where Part 1 left off, Part 2 opens with the Enlightenment and rolls across Napoleon, the…
If you have ever suspected that “heavy water” is the title of a bootleg Pink Floyd album, believed that surface tension is an anxiety disorder, or imagined that a noble gas is the result of a heavy meal at Buckingham Palace, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry to set you on the road…
The Gettysburg Address: A Graphic Adaptation is a full-color illustrated look at Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech, the bloody battle of the Civil War that prompted it, and how they led to a defining point in the history of America. Most of us can recall “Four score and seven years ago,” but much of what…
From New York Times bestselling author Larry Gonick and Davidson College biology professor David Wessner comes this comprehensive and humorous cartoon guide to topics in biology Did you faint when your middle school science teacher asked you to dissect a frog? Do you think DNA stands for “Don’t Know the Answer”? Do you still cling…
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinncomes this irresistible treat, a charming and jaunty graphic novel, based onstory snippets peppered throughout a number of her books. Originally mentionedin It’s in His Kiss–one of the Bridgerton novels which inspired the smashNetflix series Bridgerton—Miss Butterworth and theMad Baron is finally told here in its entirety…
“This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell.” — Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author The Boys meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this smart, imaginative, and evocative urban fantasy novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the…
A comprehensive new illustrated guide to geometry–from New York Times bestselling cartoonist Larry Gonick What’s the point of points? Where do we draw the line? If there are two sides to everything, then what’s up with triangles, squares, and polygons? Once again, mathematician-turned-cartoonist Larry Gonick uses his unique gift for witty, lively, and clear exposition…
Experience Agatha Christie’s masterpiece as you’ve never seen it before with this brand-new graphic novel adaptation–featuring gorgeous full-color illustrations by Bob Al-Greene. “The murderer is with us–on the train now . . .” Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett…
A moving and provocative graphic memoir exploring inherited trauma, family history, and the ever-shifting understanding of our own identities, for readers of Gender Queer and I Was Their American Dream. Solomon Brager grew up with accounts of their great-grandparents’ escape from Nazi Germany, told over and over until their understanding of self was bound up…
NATIONAL BESTSELLER! From the author and illustrator of the international bestseller Big Panda and Tiny Dragon comes a beautifully illustrated animal fable exploring the journeys we take for self-discovery and the connections we make along the way. In a distant city, an old cat considers himself as wise as can be, until he hears of…
Sauron has returned. . . watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 on Prime Video. Discover J.R.R. Tolkien’s enchanting prequel to The Lord of the Rings in this complete fantasy graphic novel. When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon an epic quest to reclaim the hoard of…
Experience the magic of Oz as you’ve never seen it before with this brand-new graphic novel adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s masterpiece Wicked, the book that started it all and the inspiration for the Broadway show and the smash hit movie series—the first in a two-part series featuring gorgeous full-color illustrations by Scott Hampton. Like Dorothy…
NATIONAL BESTSELLER! “‘Inspirational’ is a word that’s become cheapened, but it’s a fitting word for The Dog Who Followed the Moon–an inspirational and gorgeous book about not giving up.”–Maureen Corrigan, NPR From the international bestselling author and illustrator of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon and The Cat Who Taught Zen comes a beautifully illustrated adult…
