It's the long-awaited return of James Kochalka's massively influential and deceptively ambitious autobiography, American Elf. Every day of his life is captured in a single comic strip, sometimes profound and sometimes silly, but always full of the earnest Kochalka passion. In this collection, spanning the years 2008-2011, James becomes Cartoonist Laureate, celebrates American Elf's 10th year, pitches a TV show to Hollywood, considers quitting the strip, plays everything from LEGO Star Wars to Skyrim, and kind of causes himself to have a nervous breakdown. Meanwhile Eli starts elementary school and starts a band, Oliver learns to walk and talk (and sing), James and Amy celebrate 15 years of marriage, and the family adopts a new cat, Nooko! [(W/A/CA) James Kochalka]
Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka returns with another uproariously funny caper for Banana Fox to sniff out! Banana Fox has a real mess on his hands this time! When the jail is left in ruins and Sour Grapes is on the run, Banana Fox has very few clues to work with to find him. He's coming across a number of red herrings, so it's clear that something fishy is going on... With the help of Sharyanna, William, and Sour Grapes Jr. (?!), can Banana Fox get to the bottom of this caper, or will the baddies run wild forever?
(W/A) James Kochalka From the fertile mind of James Kochalka (Johnny Boo) comes an all-new fantasy adventure for all ages! We know the Dragon Puncher is an heroic warrior kitty in a robot battle-suit. But who is this new fierce fighting feline? And what outrageous adventures await on Dragon Puncher Island? Twice the punching and twice the laughs, that's for sure! Boldly combining Kochalka's signature cartooning with hilarious photography, Dragon Puncher is also a unique visual treat.
Guess who's back for even more wacky outer-space adventures? The Glorkian Warrior and his crew! It's a sticky, soapy, messy delight from the award-winning creator of Johnny Boo and Banana Fox! What a mess! It all started when Glorkian SuperGrandma told the Glork Patrol they could eat candy for breakfast now their Dada, the Glorkian Warrior, has a lot of cleaning up to do. Super Backpack gets a robot super-suit made of candy wrappers and takes Baby Gonk on the adventure of a lifetime, while Glorkian Warrior stays behind and tries to help the uncontrollable Baby Quackaboodle take a bath. Families come in all kinds even in outer space. This kooky, colorful adventure will feel hilariously relatable and have kids giggling through story time and bath time alike!
Johnny Boo creates an incredible Ice Cream Computer that can turn anything into delicious ice cream. Old toys that you don't want to play with anymore? Ice cream! Clods of dirt and grass? Ice cream! It works great until Squiggle decides to turn himself into ice cream! Then, Johnny Boo time travels to the future, where the Mean Little Boy tries to add him to his butterfly collection. Can Squiggle save the day, or will everyone get turned into ice cream??
Are you scared of the dark? Did you know that when the clock strikes 12, that's when the midnight monsters come out? Johnny Boo knows, but that won't stop him from skateboarding on the back of a wild Tiger or plucking pumpkin ice cream from the gaping maw of a Spooky Tree. He does it all to impress Susie Boom, the cute little girl ghost who lives on the moon. Hopefully she's watching everything with her telescope! The best little ghost in the world-and his pet ghost Squiggle-continue their award-winning adventures with a spooky story that can turn any night into Halloween!
James Kochalka's beloved Eisner-award-winning series takes a wintry turn as Johnny Boo and Squiggle discover the delights of eating snow-and the importance of staying warm! Kids love to eat snow! It looks a lot like ice cream hey, maybe it really IS ice cream! Johnny Boo and Squiggle are excited to find out, unless the Ice Cream Monster eats it all first. Armed with his gigantic and mighty Ice Cream Fork, he seems unstoppable until all that cold snow in his tummy knocks him down for the count. Can Johnny Boo and Squiggle warm up their frozen frenemy with mittens from their secret mitten box? Or will they get lost in the silly blizzard forever? Don't worry, this snow day is guaranteed a very happy ending!
The silly all-ages hit series continues as Johnny Boo does all kinds of things! This book includes brand-new adventures with our favorite goofy ghost, plus new color versions of all the Johnny Boo short stories. [(W/A/CA) James Kochalka]
Johnny Boo and Squiggle come across a giant pencil! Is it magical? Whatever it is, when Johnny Boo draws with it, his drawings come to life. Before you know it, they're off on another adventure, filled with tigers, ice cream monsters, and truly unbelievable hairstyles. Celebrate the power of creativity - the Johnny Boo way!
Johnny Boo doesn't know what school is, but if Squiggle is going, he wants to go too! School is where you have to wear an apple on your head so the teacher doesn't mistake you for ice cream and eat you accidentally, right? Well, maybe if your teacher is the Ice Cream Monster. This book is the perfect gift for someone about to enter school, someone who recently finished school, or anyone could use a sweet and silly story about being brave in new situations.
James Kochalka, the first Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont, has been hailed by School Library Journal for creating Just the right blend of sarcasm, silliness, and action to appeal to both child readers and to adults reading with their kids. Now, his two uproarious series collide, as the best little ghost in the world teams up with everyone's favorite robot-kitty-warrior to take on a terrifying Ice Dragon! When JOHNNY BOO meets DRAGON PUNCHER, the result is an explosion of adventure and fun.
(W/A) James Kochalka Johnny Boo has been eating a little too much ice cream, and now his muscles have gotten all floppy and droopy. Meanwhile, the Ice Cream Monster has changed his ways and now has big strong muscles, thanks to his new favorite food: apples! Terribly embarrassed by his own puny muscles, Johnny Boo sets out on a quest to find some happy apples that can give him strong happy muscles. But it won't be easy - especially if the Ice Cream Monster mistakes him for a delicious ice cream cone!
Johnny Boo is the best little ghost in the whole world, because he has Boo Power. This means that he can go BOO really loudly! His pet ghost named Squiggle has Squiggle Power, which means that he can fly and do really fast loop-the-loops. Together they have the world's greatest ghost adventures! And now, for the first time, the first five books of the full-color, all-ages hit series is collected into one handsome slipcase edition, Johnny Boo's Big Boo Box!
Two lovable dirtbag teens, tired of being bullied, build a robot battle suit to take revenge on their entire high school. But they never expected to become... kind of popular? Experience the thrill of keg parties, gym classes, bear attacks, first kisses, cafeteria trays, and car crashes... but with mechanical enhancement! It's an action-packed dark-comedy teen-romance for the ages, from Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka (American Elf, Superfckers).·Kochalka's first book for older readers in some time-like a love-child of Superbad, Carrie, Mean Girls, and Transformers!· Genuine high-school sweetness mixed in with robot action and insanity!
Creator James Kochalka and Top Shelf Productions celebrate the 20th anniversary of this timeless epic with a jaw-dropping deluxe collection! Both of the original black & white graphic novels, Monkey Vs. Robot and Monkey Vs. Robot and the Crystal of Power, have been fully colored by James Kochalka for this edition! Kochalka completes the trilogy with a brand-new graphic novel appearing here for the first time, Monkey Vs. Robot in Love. That's right, this book has it all brutal combat and tender moments alike.It's a modern-day fable for adults and kids, based on the age-old struggle between nature and technology.
Jack Krak is back! After kind of destroying the world (whoops!), the wonderfully profane and destructive Superfckers are brought back to life to hang out, make out, punch each other out, and generally cause a ruckus. But when their leader, SuperDan, insists on their help in rescuing an old friend stil trapped in Dimension Zero, will it lead to the SuperFckers return to glory, or will they remain selfish jerks? Collecting all five issues of SuperFckers Forever, the first-ever Superfckers comic series by creator James Kochalka, and featuring back-up stories by acclaimed indie creators.
(W/A) James Kochalka SuperFs collects all four fan-favorite issues of Kochalka's beloved series, plus the all-new Jack Krak one-shot! Foul-mouthed, filthy-minded, and completely oblivious, these young "heroes" do everything but fight crime - they're too busy getting high, hazing the new kids, playing video games, scheming to be team leader, and designing new costumes. A hilariously rude look at what super-powered teens would really be like, SuperFs is an over-the-top book with its mind in the gutter and its heart on its sleeve.
