Description: The Big Book of Urban Legends 1995 NEW 200 True Stories Too Good To Be True Publisher : Other (January 1, 1995) Language : English Paperback : 223 pages ISBN-10 : 1563891654 ISBN-13 : 978-1563891656 Item Weight : 1.35 pounds Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.76 x 10.75 inches HARD TO FIND NEW This collection of strange and bizarre anecdotal tales drawn (ostensibly) from real life contains 200 stories that have circulated across metropolitan areas--all invariably sworn to be true. "The Poodle in the Microwave, " "The Mouse in the Coke Bottle, " and "The Accidental Cannibals" are just a few of the legends presented in this volume. Illustrated by artists from DC Comics. Mature readers. Urban legends--those apocryphal, happened-to-a-friend-of-a-friend stories of such outlandish incidents as "the microwaved pet" and "alligators in the sewer"--are inherently fun, but they've never been as entertainingly presented as in this collection of some 200 told in comic strip format by a stunning variety of artists drawn from the comics mainstream (e.g., Howard Chaykin, Keith Giffen, Dick Giordano), underground (e.g., Tina Robbins, Justin Green, Shary Flenniken), and everywhere in between. Although the contributors' work is of uniformly high quality, some of them relate the tales in realistic, deadpan fashion, whereas others take a cartoony approach that exaggerates the already outlandish nature of the yarns. An introduction and commentary by urban folklore scholar and entrepreneur Jan Harold Brunvand (The Vanishing Hitchhiker [1981] et seq.) legitimizes the project, but as Brunvand points out, comics are just another manifestation of the same popular culture that spawned the legends in the first place. All told, the big paperback is a promising, affordable launching of DC Comics' new Paradox Press imprinPLEASE EXAMINE ALL PHOTOS CLOSELY AS THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DESCRIPTION KINDLY ASK ALL QUESTIONS PRIOR TO PURCHASE
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Type: Anthology
Format: Paperback
Book Title: The Big Book of Urban Legends
Narrative Type: Fiction
Author: The Big Book of Urban Legends
Age Level: Adults, Young Adults
Genre: Horror, Humor, Mystery
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: True Stories
Modified Item: No
Publisher: Paradox Press, DC Comics
Publication Year: 1994
Language: English
Artist/Writer: Donald David, Omaha Perez, Mark Newgarden, Denis Rodier, David Klein, Zina Saunders, David Chelsea, Robbie Busch, Jim Fern, Adrian Salmon, Tim Burgard, Brian Quinn, Alan Weiss, Dave Brewer, Rafael Kayanan, Scott Cohn, Mat Nastos, Andrew Pepoy, Roger Langridge, Tommy Lee Edwards, Brent Anderson, Rod Ollerenshaw, Tomm Coker, Andrew Paquette, Nghia Lam, Bob Smith, Samuel Godoy, Feliks Dobrin, Phil Jimenez, Kevin O'neill, Joe Staton, John Garcia, Keith Wilson, Dan Brereton, Gordon Purcell, Graham Higgins, John Van Fleet, Hak, Robert Mccallum, Pat Broderick, Leslie Sternbergh, Keith Giffen, Pia Guerra, M. D. Bright, Steve Carr, Richard Pace, José Luis García-López, Bill Wray, Scott Cunningham, Alan Hopkins, Rebecca Guay, Dave Chlystek, Graham Manley, Howard Porter, Matt Brooker, Glenn Barr, Greg Ruth, Jamie Tolagson, Tayyar Ozkan, Glenn Wong, Ciaran Slavin, John Estes, Lea Hernandez, Mike Collins, Evan Dorkin, Madeley, Greg Theakston, Gregory Benton, Kirk Manley, Mark Badger, Bill Naylor, Marcus Gray, Dave Johnson, Lee Marrs, Kim Hagen, Ron Boyd, James Romberger, D. Alexander Gregory, Rick Geary, Eric Shanower, Thomas Crielly, Toby Philp, Nigel Kitching, Robert Mcneil, Kent Williams, Teddy Kristiansen, Hilary Barta, Patrick Sinclair, Ned Sonntag, Daerick Gröss, Scott Gillis, Randy Duburke, Jeff Wong, Colin Upton, Bob Hall, Batton Lash, Craig Hamilton, Charlie Adlard, Kieron Dwyer, Simon Fraser, Mike Parobeck, Mac Mcgill, Danny Hellman, Greg Larocque, Will Simpson, Davy Francis, Mitch O'Connell, Craig Gilmore, Ty Templeton, Bill Koeb, Scott Musgrove, Leif Jones, Jim Sullivan, Arthur Adams, Scott Shaw, Tim Sale, Sean Taggart, John Higgins, Shary Flenniken, Joe Phillips, Robin Smith, Tristan Schane, Art Nichols, Russ Braun, Gabriel Morrissette, Ed Hannigan, Denys Cowan, Guy Burwell, Brad Teare, Trevor Goring, Mark A. Nelson, Alec Stevens, Art Wetherell, Tony Harris, Jason Minor, Frank Quitely, Steve Smith, John Coulthart, Phil Foglio, Alex Wald, Eric Peterson, Christian Alamy, Paul Peart, Christopher Schenck, Val Semeiks, Bob Fingerman, Allan Bednar, Alan Kupperberg, Butch Guice, Howard Chaykin, Kevin Maguire, Nathan Massengill, Michael Avon Oeming, Trina Robbins, Joe Orlando, Hunt Emerson, Mike Hadley, Richard Piers Rayner, Vincent Locke, Al Davison, Stephen Destefano, George Pratt, Rick Parker, Gary Amaro, David Garland, Terry Beatty, Linda Medley, David De Vries, Earl Geier, Gustavo Desimone, Joe Rubinstein, John Cebollero, Mark Lewis, Dick Giordano, Fred Hembeck, Terry Austin, Jan Harold Brunvand, Steve Leialoha, Justin Green, Lennie Mace, Ted Naifeh, James Hodgkins, Josh Neufeld, Dan Barry, Don M. Cameron, Duncan Eagleson, Kevin Nowlan, Stuart Firth, Darick Robertson, Leo Durañona, Chris McLoughlin, Andrew Wendel, Floyd Hughes, Chas Truog, Mark Miraglia, Shane Oakley, Shane White, Michael Jantze
Era: Modern Age (1992-Now)
Cover Artist: Gregory HOMS, Roger Langridge
Series Title: The Big Book of Urban Legends
