{"product_id":"paul-bunyan-the-invention-of-an-american-legend-a-toon-graphic-hardcover-by-noah-van-sciver-author-illustrator","title":"Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend: A TOON Graphic Hardcover by Noah Van Sciver (Author, Illustrator)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePublisher\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTOON Books (Aug. 8 2023)\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLanguage\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHardcover\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e48 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN-10\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e1662665229\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN-13\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e9781662665226\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eItem weight\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e363 g\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDimensions\n                                    ‏\n                                        :\n                                    ‎\n                                \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e20.65 x 0.94 x 26.19 cm\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description__wrapper\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"item-description__content-wrapper\" id=\"item-description__content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eDid you know that a mainstay of American folk culture was in fact created as an advertising ploy?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew people realize that Paul Bunyan, the legendary lumberjack, and his blue ox are the product of corporate marketing by a highly industrialized commercial enterprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCartoonist NOAH VAN SCIVER shows us the myth creation as real life marketing man extraordinaire W.B. Laughead spins ever more wondrous tall tales. Van Sciver's story is bracketed by rich contributions from contemporary Native artists and storytellers with a very different connection to the land that the Bunyan myths often conceal. Readers will see how a lumberjack hero, a quintessential American fantasy, captures the imagination but also serves to paper over the seizure of homeland from First Peoples and the laying bare of America's northern forests. It’s a tall tale with deep roots . . . in profit-making!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp class=\"author_summary\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNoah Van Sciver\u003c\/b\u003e is a multiple award-winning cartoonist who first came to comic readers’ attention with his Eisner-nominated comic book series \u003ci\u003eBlammo\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as countless graphic anthologies. Van Sciver was a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eMAD Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and has written and drawn numerous bestselling graphic novels including \u003ci\u003eOne Dirty Tree,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eFante Bukowski: Struggling Writer \u003c\/i\u003eseries for Fantagraphics books and \u003ci\u003eJoseph Smith And The Mormons\u003c\/i\u003e for Abrams in 2022. In 2015 he was the Artist in Residence\/fellow at the Center For Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. His books and comics are translated into more than 6 different languages around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarlena Myles \u003c\/b\u003eis a self-taught Native American (Spirit Lake Dakota\/Mohegan\/Muscogee) artist who grew up on her traditional Dakota homelands. Her work includes children’s books, murals, fabrics, and augmented reality. Her fine art has been shown in places like\u003cbr\u003ethe Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Red Cloud Heritage Center, and the Minnesota Museum of American Art, to name a few. She enjoys using the land as a teacher to share with Minnesotans of all backgrounds the Indigenous history of this place we all call home. She runs her own Dakota publishing company, Wíyouŋkihipi (We Are Capable) Productions, to create a wider platform that educates and honors the culture, language, and history of Dakota people. She currently lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Francis IV\u003c\/b\u003e is the Executive Director of Native Realities, an Indigenous Imagination organization that seeks to engage and inspire Indigenous youth and communities through pop culture media and culturally dynamic programming. Dr. Francis also founded the Indigenous Comic Con (now IndigiPop Expo) and opened Red Planet Books and Comics, the first Native comic shop in the world, in 2017. He received his Ph.D. in Education from Texas State University and currently resides in North Carolina with his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Deondre Smiles\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada. He is of Ojibwe, Black, and Swedish descent and is a proud citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. Dr. Smiles’s interests are many and include Indigenous geographies, human-environment interactions, and Indigenous cultural resource management and preservation. He serves as the principal investigator for the Geographic Indigenous Futures Collaboratory, one of Western Canada’s first Indigenous geographies-focused labs.\r\n                            \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43143099285665,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781662665226","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9781662665226_edf3b6a3-9ee6-4a24-b850-5813a9925862.jpg?v=1691421420","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/paul-bunyan-the-invention-of-an-american-legend-a-toon-graphic-hardcover-by-noah-van-sciver-author-illustrator","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}