內容簡(jiǎn)介:Dumb parents, little brothers, gigantic messes, and homework--this is the plight of young readers everywhere. And, until now, it had not been expressed by someone so close to the source. Ten-year-old Alexa Kitchen may have an unusual talent--she is the world's youngest comics artist--but she really is just like many girls her age. Just trying to get by in a world that seems determined to undermine her at every turn. Luckily she's got a way with a pen and a good sense of humor. This collection of funny, insightful cartoons based on the real-life trials of many families will resonate with young readers everywhere.
作者簡(jiǎn)介: Alexa Kitchen has had a remarkable "career" trajectory. From the age of 5 her work was already worthy of publication ("The Early Years: Volume 1") and by age 6 she was interviewed in Comic Book Artist magazine, featured in Comics Buyer's Guide and her public debut at the MoCCA book fair in New York City was described in Publishers Weekly (7/12/04) as "the talk of the show."
In the short span since, she has been caricatured in Print magazine, featured in Dark Horse's anthology Sexy Chix, contributed to the Eisner tribute issue of CBA and her first "real" book, the 176-page hardcover Drawing Comics is Easy made its appearance in June 2006 to wide acclaim.
Her work has been praised by professionals such as Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman, Mark Schultz (who wrote an Introduction to her new book) and R. Crumb,as well as various trade publications. See Industry Quotes.
The young cartoonist is largely indifferent to the attention. Other than collecting royalties (for her college fund) and autographing books for fans, Alexa is otherwise a very normal child who plays with dolls and computer games and complains about her 3rd grade homework. For more insight into her world, read About Alexa by her Mom.