Did you know that 32 pigeons have received medals for wartime valor? And a dog named Laika was the very first creature to orbit the Earth? Or that a popular anime called Rascal the Racoon may be largely responsible for Japan’s huge raccoon population? Oddball Histories: Pests and Pets by Andy Warner ’12 explores the animals we love, the ones we make use of, and the ones that make use of us. Packed with incredible facts and charming stories like these, this is the perfect book for curious readers. This graphic novel was released in September from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Andy Warner is the New York Times best-selling author of Brief Histories of Everyday Objects (Picador) and Spring Rain: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Madness, and Revolutions (St. Martin’s Griffin). His comics have been published by Slate, The Nib, popsci.com, Buzzfeed, and many more. He is a contributing editor at The Nib and has taught cartooning at Stanford University, California College of the Arts, and the Animation Workshop in Denmark.
Read more of Andy’s work at The Nib, and visit his site to find more of his work: www.andywarnercomics.com.
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