![]() ![]() Gareth Branwyn at BoingBoing says, 'I can't think of anyone better suited to fully render Thompson's warped vision of the American dream (aka 70s Vegas) than Eisner Award-nominated Troy Little. Troy Little's gonzo adaptation of Hunter Thompson's Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas is now available in an all-new format. ![]() Each issue also includes pages from Little's sketchbook and other behind-the-scenes information. ![]() His 176-page comic adaptation manages to effectively distill the roman à clef gonzo masterpiece into a form that feels completely natural, managing to retain and celebrate inspired moments of Thompson's brilliant prose-poetry.' This comic book version is presented in black-and-white and at a slightly larger size than the full-color hardcover edition. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She wouldn't have wanted to kiss him back.Īfter her remarkable debut, Gabrielle Zevin has crafted an imaginative second novel all about love and second chances. She never would have met James, the boy with the questionable past and the even fuzzier future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her. She wouldn't have to spend her junior year relearning all the French she supposedly knew already. ![]() She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her "Chief." She'd get all his inside jokes, and maybe he wouldn't be so frustrated with her for forgetting things she can't possibly remember. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She wouldn't have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps. ![]() If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having only an hour to choose a stage name, she selected the first name "Fannie" at the suggestion of her grandfather, who recalled it being used by many comediennes in the vaudeville circuit, and "Flagg" at the suggestion of a friend. After that, Flagg began co-hosting a locally produced "Morning Show" on WBRC-TV in Birmingham, but when she was denied a raise, she quit her job and decided to move to New York City.Īs her acting career began, Flagg could not use her birth name professionally, as there was already a well-known actress named Patricia Neal registered with Actors' Equity. ![]() As a teen, she entered the Miss Alabama pageant, where she won a scholarship to a local acting school for one year. ![]() Įncouraged by her father, Flagg became interested in writing and performing at an early age, writing her first stage play when she was only 10 years old. Aside from a brief period on the Gulf Coast near the town of Point Clear, Flagg spent her childhood in the Birmingham area. Early life īorn Patricia Neal in Birmingham, Alabama, Flagg is the only child of Marion Leona ( née LeGore) and William Hurbert Neal Jr. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay adaptation. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–1982 versions of the game show Match Game and for the 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which was adapted into the 1991 motion picture Fried Green Tomatoes. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (book)įannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal September 21, 1944) is an American actress, comedian and author. ![]() ![]() ![]() The writing is very commercial and conversational, with lots of tween-friendly dialogue and not much in the way of figurative language, other than a beaten-to-death tiger metaphor. Compared with the high standard set by Newbery winners of decades past, this one is largely unremarkable and forgettable. ![]() Just like the 2018 Newbery medal winner, Merci Suarez Changes Gears, this is a mediocre and surface-level story about a young non-white girl and a beloved grandparent, only this time with a bit of a fantastical twist. If only Lily can bargain with the tiger, she believes she'll be able to save her grandmother's life. In fact, after talking with Halmoni and learning that she is ill, Lily comes to believe that Halmoni has stolen stories and the tiger has come to take them back. Upon arriving, Lily sees a tiger in the road outside Halmoni's house, but when she realizes it isn't visible to anyone else, she understands that something unusual is happening. ![]() ![]() In When You Trap a Tiger, the 2021 Newbery Medal winner, Lily, her mom, and her sister, Sam, have recently left California and moved to Sunbeam, Washington to live with Lily's halmoni, her Korean grandmother who has always been surrounded by an air of magic and mystery. ![]() |