Weird But True Toon Factoids [Hardcover]

Craig Yoe (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (May 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517201704
• ISBN-13: 978-0517201701
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,208,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Vice magazine calls Craig Yoe the "Indiana Jones of comics historians." Publishers Weekly says he's the "archivist of the ridiculous and sublime" and calls his work "brilliant." The Onion calls him "the celebrated designer." The Library Journal, "a comics guru." BoingBoing hails him "a fine cartoonist and a comic book historian of the first water." Yoe was Creative Director/Vice President/General Manager of Jim Henson's Muppets, and a Creative Director at Nickelodeon and Disney. Craig has won an Eisner Award and the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST FOR ANY CARTOON FAN!!!, July 4, 1999

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This review is from: Weird But True Toon Factoids (Hardcover)

I loved this book and if you're any sort of a cartoon fan, so will you. It's one of the few books on animated cartoons and comics that I've seen that actually evokes the fun of the artform. Lots of great drawings (many unpublished and rare) and lots of totally useless cartoon trivia to amuse your friends. Plus, it's just so darn cheap. This book is hard to find in stores but I hope it's successful so we can see the second planned edition come to life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars more fun than a barrel full of monkeys, March 23, 2008

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Mark L. Mckenzie (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weird but True Toon Factoids (Hardcover)

This book is a just a page turn and a smile in every aspect of production. It's unique and even the most die hard fan will learn something or appreciate the way its presented in this context. I was sad there wasn't more pages to read. But I can always read it again and have a second round of belly laugh's :) Good Buy and the money goes to charity if you buy the full priced version, great idea and well executed !

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one and only of its kind!, January 10, 2002

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This review is from: Weird But True Toon Factoids (Hardcover)

Weird but true is a great book, and yeah it is very cheap although I had to pay more I got it in a book store. This books gives you many cool pictures and facts that you don't know about cartoons. They give you quickies, there are no full articles in this book, just quick facts maybe a sentence or two. Heres one, did you know KISS had blood take from them to mix into their comic book? Heres an amazing fact I liked, fulfilling marvel comics write Mark Gruenwald's dying wish, the ashes of his cremated corpse were mixed into the ink used to print the Squadron Supreme comic book ! Talk about ghost writers! This is a cool book and fun to read for an hour. But there are no colored pictures in this book, everything is black and white, I wouldn't suggest giving this to a kid either it's not suitable for a child!