Bill Holbrook

Dave's Gold

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

2016 will be remembered for many things, but in Dave's case it will always be the year he helped win the Olympic gold medal as a member of the USA men's basketball team in Rio. It wasn't easy, however, as his former Italian teammates stood in the way. Samantha's mom was up for re-election as governor, going up against the anti-immigrant Claude Carp who turned out to harbor a secret background. Samantha did her best to maintain order in the genetics labs, getting no help from her colleagues raising their son with plant genes in his DNA. Meanwhile, the dodos campaigned for a sanctuary for their species. In Las Vegas, Samantha encountered thieves staging a casino heist. Her only weapon? Her personal drone. Vince and Pam continued their contentious relationship at the dorm, joined by Feryl who immediately had designs on the former mouse. While all that was going on, Samantha, Dave and their friends continued their preparations for the Mars mission. Ming was the first of the group to actually experience spaceflight. At the end of 2016, the launch was a year away...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pencil Rough Productions
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 216mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781939544407
• ISBN-10: 1939544408
• Artikelnr.: 60169279

Autorenporträt

Bill Holbrook is the creator of the internationally syndicated newspaper comics "On the Fastrack" and "Safe Havens," and also since 1995 the longest continually running daily webcomic. "Kevin & Kell" is also noteworthy for the following milestones: First Syndicated Cartoonist to Launch a Webcomic First Webcomic to Make Money First Webcomic With a Paperback Holbrook was named Cartoonist of the Year at the 1998 Pogofest, an annual gathering in Waycross honoring the great Walt Kelly and "Pogo." "Kevin & Kell" was given the Ursa Major Award in 2003 for Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip, and in 2016 it was one of three nominees for the National Cartoonists Society's Silver Reuben award for Best Online Comic (Short Form). Holbrook has also had a screenplay entitled "Looking Glass" optioned in 1990. In 2010 he collaborated on the comic book "A Duel in the Somme," written by Ben Bova and Rob Balder. In 2014 he co-created "Dethany in Virtu/Noir," a narrative app for the iPad with multiple story arcs.