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Glork Patrol (Book One): Glork Patrol on the Bad Planet

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6.31"W x 9.31"H x 0.32"D   | 9 oz | 52 per carton
On sale Sep 15, 2020 | 40 Pages | 9781603094757
Age 4-8 years
Exploding from the beloved Glorkian Warrior video game and graphic novels: a hilarious new outer-space adventure, from the creator of the Eisner-Award-winning series JOHNNY BOO and DRAGON PUNCHER!

Who keeps the galaxy silly? The Glork Patrol! Join the Glorkian Warrior and Baby Gonk as they explore a new planet and make some new friends. But they'll have to watch out for the most dangerous creature in the universe: a Baby Quackaboodle!

Join author James Kochalka for a new beginning to the wild and wacky universe of Glork!
James Kochalka is, without question, one of the most unique and prolific alternative cartoonists working in America today. His comics have been published internationally by almost every alternative comics publisher; he's recorded several music albums under the name James Kochalka Superstar (making him a favorite at college radio stations across the country); and he's developed animated cartoons for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Hangover.

He is the first official Cartoonist Laureate of the state of Vermont, appointed in 2011.

Among his best known works are the Monkey vs Robot series, the superpowered frathouse comedy SuperF*ckers, the beloved children's series Johnny Boo, Dragon Puncher, and Glorkian Warrior, and his magnum opus, the 14-year span of daily diary comics known as American Elf.
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"Calibrated for pure young-reader joy by a long-standing master of comics eccentricity." Booklist

"With oversized panels, whimsically styled characters, and an eye-catching palette, the book should dissolve readers into giggles as they watch the wacky warrior make one comically bad decision after another." Kirkus Reviews

"Cotton candy-colored, comic-style panels... zany antics and over-the-top humor will have children rolling their eyes and laughing out loud as the bad planet is rescued, Glork-style." Foreword Reviews

About

Exploding from the beloved Glorkian Warrior video game and graphic novels: a hilarious new outer-space adventure, from the creator of the Eisner-Award-winning series JOHNNY BOO and DRAGON PUNCHER!

Who keeps the galaxy silly? The Glork Patrol! Join the Glorkian Warrior and Baby Gonk as they explore a new planet and make some new friends. But they'll have to watch out for the most dangerous creature in the universe: a Baby Quackaboodle!

Join author James Kochalka for a new beginning to the wild and wacky universe of Glork!

Creators

James Kochalka is, without question, one of the most unique and prolific alternative cartoonists working in America today. His comics have been published internationally by almost every alternative comics publisher; he's recorded several music albums under the name James Kochalka Superstar (making him a favorite at college radio stations across the country); and he's developed animated cartoons for Nickelodeon and Cartoon Hangover.

He is the first official Cartoonist Laureate of the state of Vermont, appointed in 2011.

Among his best known works are the Monkey vs Robot series, the superpowered frathouse comedy SuperF*ckers, the beloved children's series Johnny Boo, Dragon Puncher, and Glorkian Warrior, and his magnum opus, the 14-year span of daily diary comics known as American Elf.

Praise

"Calibrated for pure young-reader joy by a long-standing master of comics eccentricity." Booklist

"With oversized panels, whimsically styled characters, and an eye-catching palette, the book should dissolve readers into giggles as they watch the wacky warrior make one comically bad decision after another." Kirkus Reviews

"Cotton candy-colored, comic-style panels... zany antics and over-the-top humor will have children rolling their eyes and laughing out loud as the bad planet is rescued, Glork-style." Foreword Reviews
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