A priceless book has been stolen from the oakland public library. Seriously, until someone from random house or doubleday finally gets wise, the limited distribution of jason shiga s books means that only the initiates can enjoy them. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. With bookhunter, jason shiga, author of such classics as fleep and double happiness, takes center stage as americas most numerate cartoonist. It seems like i say this for every second thing i read, but i wasnt totally sold on shiga s art style and i do remember reading fleep a while back, so i knew what to expect. Bookhunter is a piece of crime fiction, in a sense, but set in a world not quite exactly like ours, in which the library police track down people who attempt to censor books, or steal them. Bookhunter a new longform strip about crime and libraries. Bookhunter tells the story of agent bay and his crack team of library police that track down those that steal books and this is the mother of all cases for the team. If there are any librarians left out there who havent yet read bookhunter, by jason shiga, man, are you missing out.
His father, seiji shiga, was an animator who worked on the 1964 rankinbass production rudolph the rednosed reindeer. As you might guess from the fact that i went into all that stuff in the first paragraph, the book is about libraries. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the bookhunter, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Just wanted to take a sec and let you know about a milestone goal i just threw up on my patreon page.
Various puzzles also figure in his stories, as shiga is a mathematics major and fan of logical puzzles. Reclusive math genius jason shiga vanished from world attention on the verge of his most amazing breakthrough in june 1967. Jason shiga born 1976 is an independent author of comic books and newspaper comics. He studied mathematics in school and is known for incorporating puzzles, mazes, mathematics, and other unconventional narrative techniques into the physical format of his books. A comic for bibliophiles or librarians agent bay is the chief of the library police and he hunts down stolen books. Click download or read online button to get bookhunter book now. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Posts about jason shiga written by lizzie figueroa. With your help, demon can update 7 days a week by jason shiga november 18, 2014, 3. An interactive comic book on the ios app store iphone, ipad. The copacetic comics company bookhunter by jason shiga. Bookhunter sparkplug comics, jason shiga this book is pretty amazing, for a range of reasons the cover is one of them. Buy bookhunter by jason shiga illustrator online at alibris.
Shop the finest comics, books, graphic novels, zines, and more. A priceless book has been stolen from the oakland pub. Jason shiga has been working as a cartoonist for the past 15 years, most wellknown for his interactive comic meanwhile he studied mathematics in school and is known for incorporating puzzles, mazes, mathematics, and other unconventional narrative techniques into the physical format of his books. Site features many online comics, some in an interactive format. It is a hefty, squarebound graphic novel dealing with a hardboiled library detective whose job it is is to track down the books that are long overdue and in all likelihood held by racalcitrant, recidivist neer. Bookhunter jason shiga paperback books online raru. Jason shiga has been working as a cartoonist for the past 15 years, most wellknown for his interactive comic meanwhile. Shiga pushes the possibilities and offers something we didnt quite expect, and we enjoy ourselves along the way. Agent bay detective, agent walker document analyst, and agent finch fingerprint expert. Yes, its set in a weird and wonderful world where the library has its own police. Then the rest of the book contains the main story involving the theft of an 1800s bible on display in the oakland public library. Thats the case this time, with bookhunter, a 2007 book by jason shiga, published by spark plug comics.
Jason shiga was born and raised in oakland, california. His comics have a geeky side, and often feature exciting uses of mathematics and unusual structural forms. Bookhunter is a comicbook by jason shiga in 1973, a priceless book is stolen from the oakland public library. He is the author of meanwhile, empire state,fleep, bookhunter, and over 20 other comic books and graphic novels. Although a decade old now, this is definitely a book worth reading. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to all. Bookhunter is a dark parody on the criminal investigation units seen quite often on tv, by jason shiga. I honestly was not quite sure what i expected of this comic, but the fact is that jason shiga blew me away. With bookhunter, jason shiga, author of such classics as fleep and double happiness, takes center stage as. He generally draws his characters in a very cartoonish art style, which contrasts heavily with the serious or at least mockserious and occasionally violent turns his stories take. The whole geometric cartoonish ness is a hard sell on me, but every other element of. In 1973, a priceless book is stolen from the oakland public library.
Twenty years later he resurfaced, having abandoned his scientific background for, of all things, comic books. Jason shiga born 1976 is an american cartoonist who incorporates puzzles, mysteries and. By jason shiga bookhunter worn, front cover torn paperback on. One such artist is jason shiga, an artist who simultaneously manages to have a. Also from sparkplug comic books, bookhunter is the first new publication by jason shiga in quite awhile. In 2008, his graphic novel bookhunter was also nominated for an eisner. Set in the 1970s the book opens with our hero in action. Ripped from todays headlines, bookhunter fires off and you cant quit reading. Not only is it a crack mystery, it takes place in a library, gives away one of librarydoms greatest secrets, and has what is possibly the worlds greatest chase scene all in one book.
Buy bookhunter worn, front cover torn by shiga, jason isbn. So when i heard about bookhunter by jason shiga, himself a former library employee, i had to give it a read. Interview with jason shiga created by the comics journal view on the comics. He is also the creator of the worlds second largest interactive comic. The work of jason shiga first came to my attention in 2003, when he won. Three agents from the library police are called in to investigate. His latest comic, bookhunter, is perhaps his most ambitious. Bookhunter by jason shiga 2007, paperback for sale. Jason shiga has created a world where library police are the most respected security group in the world, and where a search. Jason is the author of meanwhile, bookhunter, empire state, fleep, and his new series demon will be a total of 4 volumes when. This work finds shiga s natural, intelligent, lofi, comics talent in fine form. He is the author of meanwhile, empire state, fleep, bookhunter, and over twenty other comic books and graphic novels. In the past, ive always felt reluctant about contributing to these types of campaigns myself.
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