Review the Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage
Quantum Mechanics
Written and illustrated past Jeff Weigel • Published past Lion Forge
On a nowhere asteroid at a far rim of the galaxy, two young alien girls—Rox and Zam—spend their days vehement apart and repairing clunkers in a spaceship junkyard. These aspiring gearheads yearn for the adventure to examination their skills on something as well rusted old rockets and jerry-built planet-hoppers. Their big chance finally comes when the captain of a mysterious ship, the Quasar Torrent, enlists the kids for some repair piece of work. But what looks like a gilded opportunity quickly becomes a nightmare when the young friends notice they've been kidnapped by a band of space pirates!
Rox and Zam find themselves swept up in the astro-bucaneers' vendetta against a huge, intergalactic corporation. At present the girls must choose: practise they want the comforts of domicile and family, or the dangerous adventure of a lifetime? Their lives, friendship...and maybe even the fate of the milky way...hang in the balalnce!
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Blast!
Written by Sara Latta and illustrated by Jeff Weigel • Published by Lerner Publishing Group
What is the universe made of? What holds it all together? At CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, scientists accept searched for answers to these big questions. And for a job that large, they've used the largest machine in the world: the Large Hadron Collider. It speeds up tiny particles, then smashes them together—and the collisions give researchers a expect at the building blocks of the universe.
Nick and Sophie, two cousins, are well-nigh to visit CERN for a quick tour of the mysteries of the cosmos. Sophie's a physics wiz. Nick...non so much. But past the time they're through, Nick and Sophie will both experience the power of hidden particles, cardinal forces, night thing, and more. It's all a blast in this mind-blowing grahic novel.
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Dragon Girl: The Cloak-and-dagger Valley
Written and illustrated past Jeff Weigel • Published by Andrews McMeel
Xi-twelvemonth-quondam Alanna and her brother, Hamel, are orphans doing their all-time to make their way in a grim globe until Alanna stumbles upon a cave full of dragon eggs. When the eggs hatch and a mother comes to claim the babies, Alanna is swept along on an take chances beyond her wildest imaginings equally they journey to Dragon Rock, whose mysterious forcefulness draws dragons of all shapes and sizes to a magical, untouched valley. Merely when the valley is threatened past outsiders, Alanna must join forces with a mysterious explorer to save the dragons' homeland. Kids will dear this graphic novel adventure, filled with action, risk, suspense and humour.
"Weigel has created a compulsively likable heroine who seamlessly blends her forcefulness and compassion, reminiscent of Ben Hatke'south Zita the Spacegirl. With lovable dragons, flying ships and danger around every corner, this delightful fantasy doesn't disappoint. Go this charmer into the easily of fans of Jeff Smith's Bone serial and its spinoffs." -Kirkus Reviews
"Weigel, who has tackled superheroes (Atomic Ace [He's Merely My Dad]), the high seas (Thunder from the Sea), and monsters (The Monster Alphabet) in previous books, sets his sights on dragons for this genre run a risk, employing detailed b&due west inkwork and throwback storytelling to create a lively yarn whose simply mistake is that it's over too soon. Alanna'southward ingenuity, daring, warmth, and humour make the prospect of time to come adventures a welcome 1. " -Publishers' Weekly
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The Sphinx
Written and illustrated past Jeff Weigel • Published by Pulp 2.0
Who is The Sphinx? Adventurer? Entrepreneur? Mankind'south saviour? That's been the question on everyone'due south mind since Peter Chefren appeared out of nowhere and saved endless lives with his daring spirit and nigh magical applied science. Merely who exactly is The Mysterious Sphinx? Find out as PULP 2.0 collects all of his adventures together with sectional bonus cloth on this multi-dimensional mystery man. Straight from the BIG Blindside COMICS COLLECTION comes the Graphic Novel Beyond Imagination!
"Whether yous're new to Jeff Weigel'due south "The Sphinx" or like me you read the Big Blindside Comics issues featuring this great character, y'all're in for a treat all the same. Jeff Weigel's artwork combines the archetype naturalism of Brusk Swan and Irish potato Anderson and is always in service to the story. And what an excellent story it is. In my opinion Jeff Weigel should be a household name in households where comic books are loved and appreciated for the joys just they can deliver. If you're an old fanboy similar me or a relatively new reader of comics I tin can't recommend "The Sphinx" enough." -Anthony Figueroa
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The Monster Alphabet
By Michael P. Spradlin • Illustrations by Jeff Weigel • Published by Toll Stern Sloan
With this collaboration betwixt Jeff and writer Mike Spradlin, a whole new generation of picayune kids is sure to get excited about learning their ABCs in one case they observe that A stands for beastly snowman, F stands for Frankenstein's monster, and Due south is for sasquatch. The Monster Alphabet is published by Toll Stern Sloan.
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Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime:
A Volume Of Zombie Nursery Rhymes
By Michael P. Spradlin • Illustrations by Jeff Weigel • Published by HarperCollins
Author Mike Spradlin and Jeff have hatched some other volume of zombie rhymes for a panting public. This time out, they're desecrating classic plant nursery rhymes! This volume contains over 50 twisted illustrations, all guaranteed to give a you new perspective on some of the characters originally brought to your associate past your loving mom or a kindly instructor. That probably won't be happening so much with these...but and so, who are we to criticize anyone's child rearing choices. If you desire to buy this book for your kids, knock yourselves out. Yous might need to buy them a night lite to get with it, though.
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Every Zombie Eats Somebody Quondam:
A Volume Of Zombie Love Songs
By Michael P. Spradlin • Illustrations past Jeff Weigel • Published by HarperCollins
Here's the perfect volume for readers with a love so strong it refuses to die—it's the latest collaboration between Jeff and author Michael P. Spradlin, Every Zombie Eats Someboby Sometime: A Book of Zombie Love Songs. This follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies: A Book of Zombie Christmas Carols, is another combination of Mike Spradlin'southward loving lyrics and Jeff's deathless drawings. Classic tunes like "You've Lost That Livin' Feeling", "Y'all're the Ane That I Chomp" and "I Tin can't End Chewin' You" will melt the hardest of hearts (even if the cause is rigor mortis). The books has over l tender depictions of love that's gone unchecked despite the fact that the lovers themselves have checked out. Plus there are portraits of some of popular music's greatest artists, from Sinatra and Dino to John Lennon and Buddy Holly. Sure, they're all dead now, but that doesn't seem to be stopping them!
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Information technology'southward Start To Look A Lot Like Zombies:
A Volume Of Zombie Christmas Carols
By Michael P. Spradlin • Illustrations by Jeff Weigel • Published past HarperCollins
A New York Times bestseller for five weeks in 2009! With a foreword by Christopher Moore and jaw-dropping (literally) sketches accompanying each carol, this volume takes over two dozen Christmas carols and shreds them limb from limb, rewriting them from a zombie'south point-of-view. The perfect holiday gift for humour lovers and anyone needing a interruption from Christmas-every bit-usual—selection up your re-create today! If you lot dare to find out more than, get to world wide web.zombiecarols.com.
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Thunder From The Body of water:
Adventure On Board The HMS Defender
Written and illustrated by Jeff Weigel • Published by One thousand.P. Putman's Sons
This heady graphic novel for kids follows the adventures of Jack Hoyton, a twelve-year-one-time orphan who finds himself thrown into world-altering events. When Jack joins the British Navy he is assigned to sail aboard a frigate named The Defender as it struggles against the onslaught of Napoleon's invasion forces.
• A Junior Library Club Spring 2010 selection
• A New York Public Library 100 Children'due south Books selection for 2010.
"This rousing naval take a chance, seen through the eyes of an orphaned ship'southward boy during the Napoleonic Wars, offers a rich mix of fact, fiction, and pulse-pounding action."
—New York Public Library
"This [volume] will lure in young readers with exciting seafaring hazard (and disharmonize) and fascinating factual tidbits. It offers a well-rounded, if cursory, picture of the period. The illustrations, maps, and diagrams are chock-full of details. A rich reading and visual experience."
—Schoolhouse Library Journal
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Atomic Ace And The Robot Rampage
Written and illustrated by Jeff Weigel • Published by Albert Whitman & Company
The sequel to Diminutive Ace (He's Just My Dad). Atomic Ace may be a superhero, just he's still a normal dad. And information technology starts out as an ordinary 24-hour interval for Ace and his family unit until the evil Roboconqueror sends his mechanoid army after Ace's son. Of a sudden, a dull solar day at school is turned into a race confronting robots! With Ace busy in infinite, who on Earth tin salvage the day?
A Children' Choice 2007 Award Winner
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Atomic Ace (He's Just My Dad)
Written and illustrated by Jeff Weigel • Published by Albert Whitman & Company
So what's it like living with Atomic Ace, a dad who is likewise a world-famous superhero? It's not as weird equally you might recollect. After all, Ace is always there to fix Sat lunch, play brawl with his son, and to do all the other stuff a typical dad does. Mom is just Mom and Dad is just Dad—they're a normal family unit! But a normal dad tin sometimes mess up...and that's what happens when Atomic Ace meets his ruthless nemesis, Insect Rex. Suddenly, this normal family unit is stressed!
A Parents' Choice 2004 Recommended Honor Winner and a Children' Choice 2005 Award Winner
"Weigel's bright, expressive artwork harkens back to the '60s and is quite appealing. The rhyming text never misses a beat."
—School Library Journal (Starred Review)
"A piece of work which is almost amusing and certainly a great tribute to all dads, 'normal' and superhero. Illustrations explode with colour and action...a very unique volume."
—Through The Looking Glass Children's Volume Review
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Curt Swan: A Life In Comics
By Eddy Zeno • Designed by Jeff Weigel • Published past Vanguard Productions
The elegant artwork of Brusque Swan (1920-1996) divers the look of Superman for over xxx years. His astonishing skills of storytelling, draftsmanship, and design brought a realism and sense of wonder to The Homo of Steel's adventures, making them the acknowledged comic books of their 24-hour interval. Filled with iconic and previously unseen artwork, this fascinating biography traces the artist's career from the start on titles like "Gangbusters" to his widespread regard as one of the Deans of American comics. Fascinating one-on-one interviews with Curt Swan's family members as well as comics legends Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, and dozens more pigment a portrait of the artist as elegant equally the creative person's work itself. The volume even features an interview with Jeff discussing how Curt Swan's legacy has influenced his own work in comics and children'due south books.
A nominee for the 2003 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Publication.
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Big Blindside Comics
Featuring the comic volume writing and illustration of Jeff Weigel •
Published by Image Comics
It'southward axiomatic from Jeff's work that he loves comics, especially those from his childhood in the 1960s and 1970s. For over 10 years, he's contributed as both a author and an artist to Image Comics' album title, Large Bang Comics, which strives to recreate the fun and wonder of those four-color days of yore. If you lot're lucky, you tin can notwithstanding find some of his comic volume work bachelor directly from his pals at Big Bang.
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