Description
Ignatz award Nomination for Outstanding Collection
Leon Beyond--part John Hodgman, part out-of-date school textbook--is the know-it-all, relentless-fact-baking brain child of cartoonists Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch. Leon's knowledge was catalogued weekly in the St. Louis Riverfront Times. Amazing Facts and Beyond collects the comic-strip's best and most outrageous moments. Discover the world of optilusors, Robert Skur, dance notation and grooved disc jellyfish. Learn new words and concepts: winkaton or optogenerian. Mark your extreme calendar before you travel to the pancake and eggs nebula. Meticulously un-researched and full of dubious knowledge, Amazing Facts and Beyond is the modern successor to Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Featuring guest contributions by Ted May, and others.
Dan Zettwoch is a cartoonist, illustrator, and designer. Dan's work has been published in countless anthologies. His acclaimed first book Birdseye Bristoe was published last year by Drawn and Quarterly. He lives with his wife in St. Louis, Missouri.
Kevin Huizenga is cartoonist whose work has been published by Drawn & Quarterly, Marvel, Fantagraphics, Time, Slate.com and many others. His latest book Gloriana was published last year by Drawn & Quarterly. Kevin lives with his wife in St. Louis, Missouri.
Author: Kevin Huizenga, Dan Zettwoch
Publisher: Uncivilized Books
Published: 08/13/2013
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 6.40h x 8.70w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780984681464
ISBN10: 0984681469
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Anthologies
- Humor | Form | Comic Strips & Cartoons
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary
About the Author
Kevin Huizenga was born in 1977 in Harvey, IL and spent most of his childhood in South Holland, IL, near Chicago. He attended college in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and moved to St. Louis in 2000 where he lives and works. He began drawing comics in high school, xeroxing his first issue (with friends) at the neighborhood Jewel Osco in 1993. Since that time he's made approximately 30 more. In 2001 the Comics Journal named him Minimalism Cartoonist of the Year and called #14 of his Supermonster mini-comic series one of the best comics of any kind released in 2001. His most recent book Gloriana was published in 2012 by Drawn & Quarterly.