{"product_id":"amazing-facts-and-beyond-9780984681464","title":"Amazing Facts and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIgnatz award Nomination for Outstanding Collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeon Beyond--part John Hodgman, part out-of-date school textbook--is the know-it-all, relentless-fact-baking brain child of cartoonists Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch. Leon's knowledge was catalogued weekly in the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Riverfront Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAmazing Facts and Beyond \u003c\/i\u003ecollects the comic-strip's best and most outrageous moments. Discover the world of optilusors, Robert Skur, dance notation and grooved disc jellyfish. Learn new words and concepts: winkaton or optogenerian. Mark your extreme calendar before you travel to the pancake and eggs nebula. Meticulously un-researched and full of dubious knowledge, \u003ci\u003eAmazing Facts and Beyond \u003c\/i\u003eis the modern successor to \u003ci\u003eRipley's Believe It Or Not\u003c\/i\u003e. Featuring guest contributions by Ted May, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin Huizenga (HIGH zing guh) grew up in a suburb of Chicago, South Holland, which is a small town of Dutch immigrants. He is the son of an accountant and a nurse. In high school he started reading minicomics and quit playing baseball. He attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he started drawing the influential mini-comic Supermonster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHuizenga moved to St. Louis where he drew the comic book series Or Else as well as the strip Leon Beyond with Dan Zettwoch. Eventually, he also created his series Ganges. Huizenga taught in the Comic Art program at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design from 2015-2019. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis graphic novels include \u003ci\u003eThe River at Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCurses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGloriana\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into six languages, including Dutch; he won five Ignatz awards and been nominated for Harvey and Eisner awards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDan Zettwoch is a cartoonist, information designer and printmaker in St. Louis. He earned his BFA in visual communications with an emphasis in illustration from Washington University, where he teaches in the Sam Fox School's MFA in Illustration \u0026amp; Visual Culture program.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to many self-published zines and handcrafted mini-comics, his books include \u003cem\u003eBIRDSEYE BRISTOE\u003c\/em\u003e (Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly), \u003cem\u003eAMAZING FACTS \u0026amp; BEYOND\u003c\/em\u003e (Uncivilized Books), and \u003cem\u003eScience Comics: CARS: ENGINES THAT MOVE YOU\u003c\/em\u003e (First Second). His goofball illustrations and jam-packed diagrams have also been seen in the Missouri History Museum, the State Capitol Museum, and in homemade screenprints commemorating local birds, baseball, and strange foods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Uncivilized Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414518337810,"sku":"9780984681464","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13e545d7-da45-4265-914c-85df738694b1.jpg?v=1729370383","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/amazing-facts-and-beyond-9780984681464","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}