Michael Kupperman
Author
Publisher
Gallery 13, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In this moving graphic memoir, Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Michael Kupperman traces the life of his reclusive father--the once-world-famous Joel Kupperman, Quiz Kid. That his father is slipping into dementia--seems to embrace it, really--means that the past he would never talk about might be erased forever. Joel Kupperman became one of the most famous children in America during World War II as one of the young geniuses on the series Quiz...
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 3
Language
English
Description
Dear Reader, if you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted; but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all. If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane,...
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 5
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home Prufrock Preparatory School : they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school's motto Memento Mori or "Remember you will die." This is not a cheerful greeting and certainly marks an inauspicious beginning to a very bleak story just as we have come to expect from Lemony Snickett's Series of Unfortunate Events, the deliciously morbid set of books...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumber mill, and they find disaster and misfortune lurking...
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume the ninth
Language
English
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 8
Language
English
Description
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
9) The end
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 13
Language
English
Description
Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.
10) The grim grotto
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 11
Language
English
Description
Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.
11) The vile village
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 7
Language
English
Description
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child, " the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 6
Language
English
Description
The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events) volume 10
Language
English
Description
In the perilous Mortmain Mountains, Klaus and Violet Baudelaire meet another well-read person, who helps them try to rescue Sunny from the villainous Count Olaf and his henchmen as they all near "the last safe place."
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 12
Language
English
Description
The Baudelaire orphans disguise themselves as employees of the Hotel Denoument and find themselves pursued by the evil Count Olaf and others. Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his New York Times bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his New York Times bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events.
15) The reptile room
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 2
Language
English
Description
" ... Like the movie, this book tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children, who despite being pleasant lead unpleasant lives. From the very beginning of this volume, when the children are driving down a bad-smelling road toward a house full of mysterious beasts, continuing on to the last page of this distressing story, disaster lurks at their heels. Unlike the movie, however, this book does not contain moving pictures"--Jacket flap.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty are at it again, and this time they brought some friends: George, Jane, Elroy and Judy Jetson! These two families animated prime-time television more than fifty years ago, but their loveable, bumbling antics are as timeless as the ages they live in."--Provided by publisher.
17) Strange tales
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"From the twisted minds--and talented pencils--of more than two dozen of the greatest names in independent, alternative and online comics comes an astonishing anthology of startling stories, featuring the heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe as you've never seen them before!"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Series of unfortunate events volume 1
Language
English
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Description
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. Imagine tales so terrible...
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The tales of Superman's twisted doppelganger, BIZARRO, are collected in this brilliant deluxe edition format! Follow along as Bizarro decides to publish his own comics from BIZARRO COMICS HC #1 and through the strange and wonderful tales told in BIZARRO WORLD!"--