Laika

Product Descriptioneisner Award Winner: Best Publication For Teens Eisner Award Nominee: Best Realitybased Worklaika Was The Abandoned Puppy Destined To Become Earth'S First Space Traveler. This Graphic Novel Follows Her Journey.Nick Abadzis Masterfully Blends Fiction And Fact In The Intertwined Stories Of Three Compelling Lives. Along With Laika, There Is Korolev, Once A Political Prisoner, Now A Driven Engineer At The Top Of The Soviet Union'S Space Program, And Yelena, The Lab Technician Responsible For Laika'S Health And Life. This Intense Triangle Is Rendered With The Pitchperfect Emotionality Of Classics Like Because Of Winn Dixie, Shiloh, And Old Yeller.Abadzis Gives Life To A Pivotal Moment In Modern History, Casting Light On The Hidden Moments Of Deep Humanity Behind History.Review* A Luminous Masterpiece Filled With Pathos And Poignancy. Kirkus Reviews, Starred Reviewabadzis Doesn'T Just Show Laika'S Plight. He Makes You Feel It In The Core Of Your Being. . . . Consider Nick Abadzis A Name To Watch From Here On In. School Library Journal* Abadzis'S Tearinducing And Solidly Researched Graphic Novel Treatment Of Laika'S Surpassingly Tragic Story Is A Standout, Not Just For Its Sympathetic Point Of View But For Its Refusal To Disnify Or Anthropomorphize The Undeniably Cute Dog At Its Heart. . . . Although The Tightly Packed And Vividly Inked Panels Of Abadzis'S Art Tell An Impressively Complex Tale . . . Where The Dog Becomes A Pawn In Larger Political And Bureaucratic Scheming, Laika'S Palpable Spirit Is What Readers Will Remember. Publishers Weekly, Starred Reviewspace Enthusiasts Will . . . Appreciate How Much Of The Drama Unfolds Not Only In Dialogue Bubbles But In The Meticulous Visual Detail Within Wordless Frames That Captures The Complex Emotional Responses Of Human Participants Pressured To Sacrifice A Dog They'Ve Come To Treasure. Bccbhighly Recommended For Public And School Libraries. Library Journalabout The Authornick Abadzis Has Been Creating Comics And Stories For Both Adults And Children For Nearly Thirty Years. As Both Cartoonist And Writer, Hes Been Honored With Various International Storytelling Awards Including An Eisner In 2008 For His Graphic Novel Laika. He Is Also An Editorial Consultant, Corporate Scribe And Visual Facilitator Who Has Collaborated With Large Clients Such As Ey, Kpmg, Accenture, Cocacola, Ibm, General Electric, Wobi And Many Others.Hes Been Published In The Usa By Cond Nast, First Second, Marvel Comics, Titan Comics, Dc Comics, In The Uk By The Bbc, Various National Newspapers Including The Guardian, The Times And The Independent, And Other Periodicals Too Numerous To Mention; Elsewhere In Europe By The Likes Of Dargaud And Glnat, And In Japan By Kodansha. He Currently Writes Titan Comics Ongoing Monthly Series, Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor To Great Acclaimseveral Collections Have Now Been Published With More To Follow. He Is British But Based In And Around New York City Where He Lives With His Wife And Daughter.