{"product_id":"calamity-before-jane-a-toon-graphic-9781662665400","title":"Calamity Before Jane: A Toon Graphic","description":"\u003cb\u003eCalamity Jane and the stories surrounding her are famous, but this graphic novel for young readers 8 and up is here to tell the story of Martha Jane Canary--the real-life survivor, orphan, and storyteller behind the legend.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1901, the Pan-American Exposition World's Fair was held in Buffalo, New York. Amongst spectacles like advancements in electricity and new inventions like the X-ray machine is a woman with a story--but not the one you've heard. Calamity Jane's life is shrouded in exaggerations and lies told to sell a more marketable version of reality, but cartoonist Noah Van Sciver is here to tell the truth: Martha Jane Cannary struggled throughout her life, from her childhood as a destitute orphan to her bitter adulthood as she watched the West she loved disappear before her eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoah Van Sciver is a multiple award-winning cartoonist who first came to comic readers' attention with his critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated comic book series Blammo. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Best American Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKramers Ergot\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as countless graphic anthologies. Van Sciver was a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eMAD Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand has written and drawn numerous bestselling graphic novels including \u003ci\u003eJoseph Smith and the Mormons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Dirty Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaint Cole\u003c\/i\u003e and the Fante Bukowski: Struggling Writer series for Fantagraphics books. In 2015 he was the Artist in Residence\/fellow at The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. His books and comics are translated into more than 6 different languages around the world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Toon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807270764818,"sku":"9781662665400","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c40ae182-2a4d-4395-b0c9-b05cb53d9aab.jpg?v=1766049096","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/calamity-before-jane-a-toon-graphic-9781662665400","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}