(April 2009)

First Second, 2009 Series
 
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12.99 USD; 15.99 CAD
Pages
116
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Second
Brand
:01 First Second
ISBN
978-1-59643-369-4 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781596433694 51299
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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Genre
humor
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[Title Page] (Table of Contents: 1)

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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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[Dedication] (Table of Contents: 2)

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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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This Book Belongs to: (Table of Contents: 3)

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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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Once Upon a Time... (Table of Contents: 4)

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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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Genre
humor
Synopsis
A princess wants to make a comic book and an elf offers to help her.

Once Upon a Time... (Take Two...) (Table of Contents: 5)

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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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Genre
humor
Synopsis
A knight goes on a quest to fight a dragon and receives help from a magic elf who helps him to understand how comic books function.

Indexer Notes

Essentially an instructional story on comics as the characters demonstrate how to use panel borders to avoid confusion and space out characters so their speech balloons don't overlap, etc.

The Magical Elf's Cartooning Basics (Table of Contents: 6)

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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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About the Authors (Table of Contents: 7)

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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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humor
Characters
Dr. Inkenstain
Synopsis
Dr. Inkenstain merges three cartoonists into one body so he can have a comic book made about himself but the three-headed cartoonist writes Adventures in Cartooning instead.

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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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James Sturm; Andrew Arnold; Alexis Frederick-Frost
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It's a happy ending for everyone... but me!
Genre
humor

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [Title Page]
  3. 2. [Dedication]
  4. 3. This Book Belongs to:
  5. 4. Once Upon a Time...
  6. 5. Once Upon a Time... (Take Two...)
  7. 6. The Magical Elf's Cartooning Basics
  8. 7. About the Authors
  9. 8. ["These are more great books for young readers..."]
  10. 9. ["It's a happy ending for everyone... but me!"]
  11. 10. ["Can you draw simple things like trees, fish, and candy?"]
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