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Ian Boothby grew up in North Delta. He is an Eisner Award– and Canadian Comedy Award–winning writer who has been creating sketch comedy for television since he was thirteen. Best known for his work on The Simpsons comics, Boothby has written cartoons for The New Yorker and MAD Magazine, and co-created ExorSisters for Image Comics with artist Gisèle Lagacé. He also co-created the Scholastic graphic novel Sparks! with artist Nina Matsumoto, that received the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Book Award in 2019 at the BC Book Prizes.
From publicity about Sparks!:
Sparks is a hero and man's best friend, but nobody suspects he's actually two cats in a mechanical suit - August and Charlie. August is a brilliant inventor who is afraid of the outside. Charlie is a crack pilot who isn't afraid of anything. Together these pals save lives every day; together they pilot a powerful, mechanical dog suit! Always eager to leap into danger, this feline duo have their work cut out for them as they try to thwart Princess, an evil alien bent on enslaving mankind. Don''t let the fact that Princess looks like a cute, diaper-wearing baby fool. She's clever, determined and totally ruthless. So when Princess and the browbeaten fools she calls servants enact a brilliant and dastardly plan to conquer Earth, August and Charlie pull out all the stops to save the day.
The follow-up, Sparks! Double Dog Dare: A Graphic Novel (Graphix, 2020) finds Charlie and August still keeping the city safe. But when a second, evil Sparks shows up and starts causing trouble around town, everybody blames the real Sparks. Determined to prove that Sparks is still the hero everyone can count on, Charlie and August set out to uncover the shocking truth about who is responsible for all the chaos.
The third book in the series, Sparks! Future Purrfect: A Graphic Novel (Graphix/Scholastic, 2022) tells of Charlie's and August's get away to a tropical island. But when weird things start to happen and they discover that the island holds a surprising secret, they're blasted off on their craziest adventure ever. And this time they have to save themselves.
BOOKS
Sparks! (Scholastic, 2018) $34.99 hc 9781338029475
Sparks! Double Dog Dare: A Graphic Novel (Graphix/Scholastic, 2020) $34.99 9781338339901
The third book in the series, Sparks! Future Purrfect: A Graphic Novel (Graphix/Scholastic, 2022) $36.99 9781338339932
[BCBW 2022]
From publicity about Sparks!:
Sparks is a hero and man's best friend, but nobody suspects he's actually two cats in a mechanical suit - August and Charlie. August is a brilliant inventor who is afraid of the outside. Charlie is a crack pilot who isn't afraid of anything. Together these pals save lives every day; together they pilot a powerful, mechanical dog suit! Always eager to leap into danger, this feline duo have their work cut out for them as they try to thwart Princess, an evil alien bent on enslaving mankind. Don''t let the fact that Princess looks like a cute, diaper-wearing baby fool. She's clever, determined and totally ruthless. So when Princess and the browbeaten fools she calls servants enact a brilliant and dastardly plan to conquer Earth, August and Charlie pull out all the stops to save the day.
The follow-up, Sparks! Double Dog Dare: A Graphic Novel (Graphix, 2020) finds Charlie and August still keeping the city safe. But when a second, evil Sparks shows up and starts causing trouble around town, everybody blames the real Sparks. Determined to prove that Sparks is still the hero everyone can count on, Charlie and August set out to uncover the shocking truth about who is responsible for all the chaos.
The third book in the series, Sparks! Future Purrfect: A Graphic Novel (Graphix/Scholastic, 2022) tells of Charlie's and August's get away to a tropical island. But when weird things start to happen and they discover that the island holds a surprising secret, they're blasted off on their craziest adventure ever. And this time they have to save themselves.
BOOKS
Sparks! (Scholastic, 2018) $34.99 hc 9781338029475
Sparks! Double Dog Dare: A Graphic Novel (Graphix/Scholastic, 2020) $34.99 9781338339901
The third book in the series, Sparks! Future Purrfect: A Graphic Novel (Graphix/Scholastic, 2022) $36.99 9781338339932
[BCBW 2022]
