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Beastars. [manga] / by Itagaki, Paru,1993-author,artist.(CARDINAL)816928; Kimura, Tomo,translator.(CARDINAL)481839; Roman, Annette,adaptor.(CARDINAL)537984; Daigle-Leach, Susan,1960-artist,letterer.(CARDINAL)463202;
"As the new CEO of the Horns Conglomerate, red deer Louis holds a press conference to expound on his views about carnivores eating meat, leading the carnivore members of the Drama Club to fear for the herbivore members' safety. Back at the black market, gray wolf Legoshi battles mixed-species psychopath Melon while Beastar horse Yahya and Komodo dragon Gosha get swept up in a riot. Then, in the midst of this chaos, the power goes out, and the world is plunged into darkness..."--Rated T+ older teen.
Subjects: Fantasy comics.; School comics.; Graphic novels.; Young adult fiction.; Comics (Graphic works); Novels.; Animals; Anthropomorphism; High schools; High school students; Predatory animals; Carnivorous animals; Herbivores; Friendship; Graphic novels; Friendships.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Lackadaisy. by Butler, Tracy J.,1980-author,artist,designer.(CARDINAL)889653; Lim, Jay,designer.; Pereira, Clint,editor.; Spike,1978-publisher,editor.(CARDINAL)559561; Sheridan, Matt,art director.; Mardikian, Hye,designer.(CARDINAL)891113;
In prohibition-era St. Louis, the anthropomorphic cats of the Lackadaisy speakeasy struggle to keep it going under fire from rivals and bootleggers.--Publisher.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Historical comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Prohibition; Gangsters; Cats;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Tracks and shadows : field biology as art / by Greene, Harry W.,1945-author.(CARDINAL)322952;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-270) and index.Descent with modification. Tracks and shadows ; Naturalist ; Nerd ; Field biologist ; Medic -- Conversing with serpents. Graduate school ; Hot dry places ; Hot wet places ; Giant serpents ; Venomous serpents -- Pretty in sunlight. Friends ; Loose ends ; Born-again predator ; Field biology as art."Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty of studying and understanding natural history, and the importance of sharing the love of nature with humanity. Greene begins with his youthful curiosity about the natural world and moves to his stints as a mortician's assistant, ambulance driver, and army medic. In detailing his academic career, he describes how his work led him to believe that nature's most profound lessons lurk in hard-won details. He discusses the nuts and bolts of field research and teaching, contrasts the emotional impact of hot dry habitats with hot wet ones, imparts the basics of snake biology, and introduces the great explorers Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. He reflects on friendship and happiness, tackles notions like anthropomorphism and wilderness, and argues that organisms remain the core of biology, science plays key roles in conservation, and natural history offers an enlightened form of contentment. "--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Greene, Harry W., 1945-; Biologists; Nature.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The sun is kind of a big deal / by Seluk, Nick,author.(CARDINAL)625165;
"The Sun never stops working to keep things on Earth running smoothly. (That's why it's been Employee of the Month for 4.5 billion years.) So why does the Sun get to be center of attention? Because it's our solar system's very own star! This funny and factual picture book from Awkward Yeti creator Nick Seluk explains every part of the Sun's big job: keeping our solar system together, giving Earth day and night, keeping us warm, and more. In fact, the Sun does so much for us that we wouldn't be alive without it. That's kind of a big deal. Each spread features bite-sized text and comic-style art with sidebars sprinkled throughout. Anthropomorphized planets (and Pluto) chime in with commentary as readers learn about the Sun."Ages 4-8.K to grade 3.560LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Solar activity;
Available copies: 48 / Total copies: 57
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Ungrateful mammals / by Eggers, Dave,artist,author.(CARDINAL)344956; Tilley, David,interviewee.(CARDINAL)352956; Boas, Natasha,contributor.(CARDINAL)352955; Lang, Noah P.,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)352954;
Preface by Dave Eggers -- Introduction by Noah Lang -- Interview with David Tilley -- Ungrateful mammals -- "What if..." by Natasha Boas.Before he embarked on his writing career, Dave Eggers was classically trained as a draftsman and painter. He then spent many years as a professional illustrator and graphic designer before turning to writing full-time. More recently, in order to raise money for ScholarMatch, his college-access nonprofit, he returned to visual art, and the results have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the country. Usually involving the pairing of an animal with humorous or Biblical text, the results are wry, oddly anthropomorphic tableaus that create a very entertaining and eccentric body of work from one of today's leading culture makers
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Eggers, Dave.; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Painting, American; Drawing, American; Mammals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Beastars. [manga] / by Itagaki, Paru,1993-author,artist.(CARDINAL)816928; Kimura, Tomo,translator.(CARDINAL)481839; Roman, Annette,adapter.(CARDINAL)537984;
"The epic battles for supremacy in the black market lead to a revolution for carnivores and herbivores alike. Mixed-species psychopath Melon finds a new target for his rage. And in the bittersweet conclusion, Beastar horse Yahya and Komodo dragon Gosha attempt to repair their friendship, red deer Louis and gray wolf Juno seek a way forward, and gray wolf Legoshi and dwarf rabbit Haru define their relationship on their own terms"--Back cover.Rated T+, older teen.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Comics (Graphic works); Fantasy comics.; Graphic novels.; School comics.; Young adult fiction.; Animals, Mythical; Animals; Anthropomorphism; Carnivorous animals; Herbivores; High school students; Interpersonal relations; Predatory animals;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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John Chamberlain : Choices / by Chamberlain, John,1927-2011,artist.(CARDINAL)170559; Davidson, Susan,1958-contributor.(CARDINAL)226790; Hickey, Dave,1940-2021,contributor.; Ray, Charles,contributor.(CARDINAL)467840; Kohn, Adrian,contributor.; De Salvo, Donna M.,contributor.(CARDINAL)205509; Hsu, Helen,contributor.; Quaintance, Don,contributor.(CARDINAL)284562; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,host institution,organizer.(CARDINAL)142934; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao,host institution,organizer.(CARDINAL)209544;
"Often identified as the artist who successfully translated Abstract Expressionism into three dimensions, John Chamberlain wound through Franz Schubert, the U.S. Navy, hairdressing, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Black Mountain College poets on his path to art. In Chicago, Chamberlain admired the work of Willem de Kooning and David Smith and learned to weld. Black Mountain instilled in him an intuitive collage sensibility and an approach to language that favored the visual appearance and sounds of words, dissociating them from their definitions. Chamberlain moved to New York in 1956 and within a few years hit upon the decision to utilize car metal as art material. His sculptures hewn from automobiles inevitably attracted the wrong interpretation; where Chamberlain employed creative re-use, others saw simply car crashes. He spent the rest of his life outrunning that association. His primary concern was and continued to be three-dimensional abstraction. More sensitive observers noted a kinship between his works and the dramatic modeling and contrapposto of Baroque art and sculptural drapery studies. With collage--the juxtaposition of heterogeneous elements--and abstraction--the elimination of figurative imagery--as guiding principles, Chamberlain articulated the maxim that permeates his entire oeuvre: 'it's all in the fit.' Throughout his career, modulations in scale and medium provide a vital rhythm to his development. The sculptures range from the size of a fist to the girth of a generous hug to the height of a young, and eventually not so young, tree. Swelling and shrinking, in coats of multicolor, monochrome, or black-and-white paint, the survey of Chamberlain's career displays the integrity of the artist's gesture in diverse manifestations. Despite his commitment to abstraction, identifying anthropomorphic and zoomorphic traits in the lyrical, twisting forms is irresistible. Their playful titles are planted like so many red herrings: Belvo-Violet (1962), Miss Lucy Pink (1962), Rooster Starfoot (1976), Lord Suckfist (1989), and SPHINXGRIN TWO (1986/2010). Chamberlain brazenly defied the taboo of color in sculpture, a holdover from the rhetoric of medium specificity surrounding Abstract Expressionism (materials should be true to themselves, therefore color is the business of painting), which was still influential in the 1960s and considered one of the foremost problems in sculpture at the time."--Museum website.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Chamberlain, John, 1927-2011; Sculpture, American;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One thousand years of manga / by Koyama-Richard, Brigitte,author.(CARDINAL)362584; Radzinowicz, David,translator.(CARDINAL)691222;
Includes bibliographical references.The origins of manga -- The magic of the scroll: from the earliest caricatures to the rise of the comic strip -- The birth of the Japanese print: the golden age of caricature. Edo: the rise of a new capital ; The book in the Edo period ; An art of entertainment ; "Composite" faces ; Protection against natural disasters ; A love of anthropomorphism ; Monsters of all kinds ; Scenes from school ; Pictures from Otsu (₆tsu-e) ; Speech bubbles and word balloons ; Pictures that speak: rebus puzzles ; Board games and the first "comic strips" ; Magic lanterns and other illusions ; Katsushika Hokusai: the pioneer of manga ; Depicting speed and motion: from prints to manga -- A new type of caricature: Japan opens up to the west. The rise of the media: caricatures and comic strips ; Pioneers from the west: Charles Wirgman and Georges Bigot ; The magazine Kokkei Shinbun -- Rise of the modern comic book: before the war and after. Rakuten: pioneer of the Japanese comic strip ; A new profession: "manga journalist" ; Cornering the children's market ; The spirit of adventure ; A love of travel ; The postwar renaissance ; New heroes -- Tezuka Osamu: the "god" of modern manga. The man and his work ; Birth of the gekiga -- The manga of today. The manga industry ; Manga in everyday life ; Learning through manga ; Cult series ; Teamwork ; A diversity of themes ; Tales of the fantastic ; Humor ; Cops and criminals ; The world of dance ; Daily life in manga ; The vogue for art nouveau -- Selected manga artists and titles. Ikeda Riyoko: a s̥hjo manga revolution ; Sugiura Hinako: a passion for the Edo period ; Art history in manga form ; A selection of recent manga titles ; Matsumoto Leiji: conquering the galaxy ; Interview with Matsumoto Leiji and Maki Miyako ; Taniguchi Jir̥: a manga poet ; Interview with Taniguchi Jir̥ ; Mizuki Shigeru: master of the supernatural ; The making of Japanese prints -- From manga to anime and other artforms. Interview with Takahata Isao ; Interview with K̥no Fumiyo ; Tezuka Osamu meets the painters of the Rinpa school ; Woodblock prints of Lupin III ; Yamaguchi Akira ; Interview with Shiriagari Kotobuki -- Reciprocal influences.As contemporary as this graphic art form may appear to readers outside of Japan, manga has, in fact, deep roots in Japanese culture, drawing on centuries-old artistic traditions: traces can be found in seventh century temple paintings, folding screens decorated with comic characters, and painted medieval Emakimono scrolls. The more familiar manga comics of today echo similar themes, both light and serious, and draw on narrative forms present in the sagas and skits from Japan's rich cultural heritage.0 This book spans the history of manga in all its splendour and diversity: from Hokusai's seminal Manga in 1814 to the onset of the gekiga in the 1950s; from the landmark Astro Boy of Tezuka Ozamu to Lady Oscar, Riyoko Ikedan's shojo manga aimed at young girls; from samurai sagas to the more alternative productions of the review Garo; and from the demons that populate the works of Mizuki Shigeru to the latest creations from Jiro Taniguchi, each period is covered in detail. 0 One Thousand Years of Manga is both a rich documentary account and a visual delight with over 400 illustrations, many never before seen outside of Japan. A thorough exploration of the sources of manga, this book makes it possible to understand how this mass-produced cultural artifact - aimed at adults as much as at children - has developed into an essential facet of Japanese culture that is now enjoyed across the globe.
Subjects: Reference works.; Art criticism.; Comics (Graphic works); Art, Japanese.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Graphic novels;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Beastars. [manga] / by Itagaki, Paru,1993-author,artist.(CARDINAL)816928; Kimura, Tomoko,translator.(CARDINAL)801724; Roman, Annette,adapter.(CARDINAL)537984; Daigle-Leach, Susan,1960-illustrator,letterer.(CARDINAL)463202;
Gray wolf Legoshi begins training with giant panda Gohin in order to better protect his friend, but he faces an ethical paradox when he is told he must eat meat to grow more powerful. Meanwhile, herbivorous red deer Louis is choking down the flesh of beasts to maintain his status as the leader of a carnivorous lion gang. Yet when he runs into Legoshi carrying a bag of meat, Louis feels betrayed. Legoshi continues to train, becoming more powerful in some ways yet weaker in others-and then his grades begin to drop. Even worse, dwarf rabbit Haru is mad at him!Rated T+, for Older teen.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Animal fiction.; School comics.; Fantasy comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Manga.; Young adult fiction.; High schools; High school students; Friendship; Gray wolf; Dwarf rabbits; Red deer; Predatory animals; Carnivorous animals; Herbivores; Anthropomorphism; Predation (Biology); First loves; Man-woman relationships; Friendships.; Manga (comic books);
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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Beastars. [manga] / by Itagaki, Paru,1993-author,artist.(CARDINAL)816928; Kimura, Tomoko,translator.(CARDINAL)801724; Roman, Annette,adapter.(CARDINAL)537984; Daigle-Leach, Susan,1960-illustrator,letterer.(CARDINAL)463202;
"At this high school, instead of jocks and nerds, the students are divided into predators and prey. Only friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar--a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust? Red deer Louis learns he has more in common with lion Ibuki, his biggest supporter in the Shishi-gumi gang, than he thinks. While the blood feud between gray wolf Legoshi and brown bear Riz escalates, puma Tao and anteater Kibi attempt a reconciliation. Giant panda Gohin continues his work attempting to cure carnivores of their meat addiction. And surprising secrets of Legoshi's family and past are revealed."--Publisher.Rated T+, for Older teen.
Subjects: Manga.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); School comics.; Fantasy comics.; Animal fiction.; Young adult fiction.; High schools; High school students; Friendship; Gray wolf; Dwarf rabbits; Red deer; Predatory animals; Carnivorous animals; Herbivores; Anthropomorphism; Predation (Biology); Friendships.; Manga (comic books);
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9
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