Tom Batiuk was a junior high school art teacher in Elyria, Ohio, when he created a comic panel aimed at teens for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram . That panel was the precursor to what became Batiuk's award-winning comic strip Funky Winkerbean. Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. This volume, which presents the strip's first three years, introduces the strip's title character, Funky, and his friends Crazy Harry ...
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Tom Batiuk was a junior high school art teacher in Elyria, Ohio, when he created a comic panel aimed at teens for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram . That panel was the precursor to what became Batiuk's award-winning comic strip Funky Winkerbean. Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. This volume, which presents the strip's first three years, introduces the strip's title character, Funky, and his friends Crazy Harry Klinghorn, Bull Bushka, Livinia Swenson, Les Moore, Holly Budd, and Roland Mathews. Principal Burch, counselor Fred Fairgood, and band director Harry L. Dinkle also make their first appearances. Funky fans will relive Les's misadventures in gym class and his unintentional attendance at the homecoming dance as he remains stuck on a climbing rope high above the gymnasium floor. They will remember Crazy Harry's ability to play pizzas like records and his air guitar virtuosity, and majorette Holly who never removed her uniform. They will recall the school's winless football team, and Harry Dinkle's attempts to win the Battle of the Bands despite the contest always coinciding with a natural disaster. Volume 1 contains a charming autobiographical introduction by Tom Batiuk that shares his early attempts at cartooning, discusses his teaching career, and explains the genesis of Funky . Subsequent volumes will each contain three years of Funky comic strips and will be published annually. Batiuk has been recognized for his humorous and entertaining portrayals of the students and staff at Westview and acclaimed for his sensitive treatment of social and educational issues.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Fair. This copy may contain significant wear including bending writing tears and or water damage. This book is a functional copy not necessarily a beautiful copy. Copy may have loose or missing pages and may not include access codes or CDs.
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Batiuk, Tom. Very good in very good dust jacket. The covers have a little shelf wear. The dust jacket has slightly bumped edges. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 469 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. A collection of the popular Funky Winkerbean comic strip by Tom Batiuk.
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Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1606351125. SIGNED and inscribed by author/cartoonist Tom Batiuk on the half-title page including a small sketch by him of a policeman's face, near fine in fine dust jacket, in archival cover; two small brown spots on top of textblock else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; clean and bright, nearly as new; first printing with complete number line; scarce signed; 7.4 X 1.4 X 9.9 inches; 490 pages; Signed by Author.
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Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1606351125. SIGNED and inscribed by author/cartoonist Tom Batiuk on the half-title page including a small sketch by him of a policeman's face, near fine in fine dust jacket, in archival cover; a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; clean and bright, nearly as new; first printing with complete number line; scarce signed; 7.4 X 1.4 X 9.9 inches; 469 pages; Signed by Author.
