Graphic novel fans and anyone interested in a crazy adventure won't want to miss this visit from the award-winning author of Meanwhile, Jason Shiga! Jason has been working on this book - with over 3000 possible endings for 10 years, and now that it is finished, he's coming to The Bug to talk about it.  We can't wait!  Jason will discuss his comics career and even work with the audience on writing their very own comic!

Jason Shiga is an Asian American illustrator and cartoonist from Oakland, California. His comics have a geeky side, and often feature exciting uses of math.

Awards and praise for Jason Shiga
2004 Eisner Award
2003 Ignatz Award
2007 Stumpton Trophy Award
1999 Xeric Grant Recipient

“Crazy + Genius = Shiga” —Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics

“If humankind ever finds itself at the brink of its own destruction and I am given the task to fill a small, space-bound time capsule with a collection of ten graphic novels that would present to alien eyes the best that the cartoonists of Earth had to offer the universe, Jason Shiga's Meanwhile would surely be among my picks.” —Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese

“A creator of comix that can be at once funny, disturbing, thoughtful, deconstructed, and cleverly put together.” —Time online

Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities. (Hardcover)

By Jason Shiga

$15.95

ISBN-13: 9780810984233
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harry N. Abrams, 3/2010

Chocolate or Vanilla? This simple choice is all it takes to get started with Meanwhile, the wildly inventive creation of comics mastermind Jason Shiga, of whom Scott McCloud said “Crazy + Genius = Shiga.” Jimmy, whose every move is under your control, finds himself in a mad scientist’s lab, where he’s given a choice between three amazing objects: a mind-reading device, a time-travel machine, or the Killitron 3000 (which is as ominous as it sounds). Down each of these paths there are puzzles, mysterious clues, and shocking revelations. It’s up to the reader to lead Jimmy to success or disaster.
Meanwhile is a wholly original story of invention, discovery, and saving the world, told through a system of tabs that take you forward, backward, upside down, and right side up again. Each read creates a new adventure!

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