The Dumbest Idea Ever!

(March 2014)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jimmy Gownley

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Jimmy Gownley

Inks

Jimmy Gownley

Letters

Jimmy Gownley ?

Characters

Jimmy Gownley

Synopsis

Jimmy works on a story at his drawing board, with plenty of frustrations.

Keywords

Artist; cartoonist; pantomime; wordless

Indexer Notes

Endsheets

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

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credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jimmy Gownley (dedication); Charles M. Schulz (quote)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The Dumbest Idea Ever!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 236 pages (report information)

Script

Jimmy Gownley

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Jimmy Gownley

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Jimmy Gownley

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Letters

Jimmy Gownley ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Skritch skritch skritch

Genre

non-fiction; biography; teen

Characters

Jimmy Gownley; Tony Graziano; Ellen Toole; Mr. Gownley; Mrs. Gownley; Sister Rebekah; Frankie; Mike; comic book store owner; Mark Olson; Tracy Olson; Sister Regina Alma; Chris McConnell; Marnie Marquadt (in flashback); Death (in imagination)

Synopsis

Jimmy has a good friends and a loving, supportive family, but he's increasingly frustrated by small-town life in Girardville, Pennsylvania, and worried about his transition into high school. He makes a comic book, but his friend Tony says that it isn't very good, and suggests that Jimmy write about their own lives -- the dumbest idea ever, but the community loves the new book. In high school Jimmy wins and loses a girl friend, and is increasingly dissatisfied with his own work. He recognizes the value of his small town, but begins to work on the artistic development that will take him away.

Keywords

Artist; basketball; cartoonist; Catholic school; coal miner; coal mining; comic book store; family; high school; nun; Pennsylvania

Author's Note (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1.66 pages (report information)

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Jimmy Gownley

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About the Author (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.34 page (report information)

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Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jimmy Gownley

Pencils

Jimmy Gownley

Inks

Jimmy Gownley

Letters

Jimmy Gownley ?

Characters

Jimmy Gownley

Synopsis

Jimmy works on a story at his drawing board, with plenty of frustrations.

Keywords

Artist; cartoonist; pantomime; wordless

Indexer Notes

Endsheets

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Jimmy Gownley

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Jimmy Gownley

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Jimmy Gownley

Indexer Notes

hardbound back cover

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insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Script

Jeff Kinney (blurb); Raina Telgemeier (blurb); Gene Luen Yang (blurb)

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Jimmy Gownley

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Jimmy Gownley

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Jimmy Gownley

Indexer Notes

Back of dust jacket