Overview
""This book deserves a prime place in every graphic novel collection."" --Booklist (starred review) Revisit the iconic, bestselling, eccentic fairy-witch from start to finish in this deluxe compendium that also includes new Scary Godmother stories! Get on the nostalgia bus and journey back to the Frightside to revisit your Scary Godmother and her friends Mr. Pettibone, Bug-A-Boo, Hannah, Orson, Max and Ruby the Vampires, Harry the Werewolf and more! Just in time for Halloween, this compendium includes all of your favorite stories as well as a sneak peek into life and brand new adventures at the Scary Godmother's house!
Full Product Details
Author: Jill Thompson
Publisher: Image Comics
Imprint: Image Comics
Weight: 1.043kg
ISBN: 9781534344464
ISBN 10: 1534344462
Pages: 552
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
""It's not every day you see a work that manages to capture universal themes and imagery in a distinct and wonderfully sophisticated style, and that reinvents the familiar in a wild crackle of creative energy.""-- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""These comics are going to be most appreciated by middle grade kids up through teens who love a good scare and some ghastly and ghoulish monsters with lots of humor and art you can really get your teeth into.""-- ""No Flying No Tights""
"""It's not every day you see a work that manages to capture universal themes and imagery in a distinct and wonderfully sophisticated style, and that reinvents the familiar in a wild crackle of creative energy.""-- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""These comics are going to be most appreciated by middle grade kids up through teens who love a good scare and some ghastly and ghoulish monsters with lots of humor and art you can really get your teeth into.""-- ""No Flying No Tights"""
Author Information
Jill Thompson is a twelve time Eisner Award winning comic book creator who has been making comics for four decades. Jill was one of the first female comics creators to come to prominence in the comic book industry. In addition to Scary Godmother, Jill is best known for her work on Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, The Sandman, The Invisibles, Finals, Beasts of Burden, Magic Trixie, and more. In addition to creating comics, Jill travels around the world appearing at comic conventions, teaching, speaking at schools, libraries and comic art festivals. Outside of comics Jill has designed and created toys, pottery and coming soon cosmetics which are available at www.thescarygodmother.com. She's also illustrated books written by wrestling legend Mick Foley and designed wrestling gear and merchandise for wrestling superstars Daniel Bryan, Adam Copeland, and CM Punk. Jill has competed in Spartan Races, loves to bake, ride her bicycle and host dinner parties. She is a practitioner of longsword in the Chicago Swordplay Guild. You can follow Thompson and her cats on Instagram and TikTok @thejillthompson.
