num_pages: 80
description: Chocolate or Vanilla? This simple choice is all it takes to get started with Meanwhile the wildly inventive creation of comics mastermind Jason Shiga of whom Scott McCloud said Crazy  Genius  Shiga. Jimmy whose every move is under your control finds himself in a mad scientists lab where hes given a choice between three amazing objects: a mind-reading device a time-travel machine or the Killitron 3000 (which is as ominous as it sounds). Down each of these paths there are puzzles mysterious clues and shocking revelations. Its up to the reader to lead Jimmy to success or disaster.Meanwhile is a wholly original story of invention discovery and saving the world told through a system of tabs that take you forward backward upside down and right side up again. Each read creates a new adventure! Awards and praise for Jason Shiga 2004 Eisner Award2003 Ignatz Award2007 Stumpton Trophy Award1999 Xeric Grant Recipient Crazy  Genius  Shiga Scott McCloud author of Understanding Comics If humankind ever finds itself at the brink of its own destruction and I am given the task to fill a small space-bound time capsule with a collection of ten graphic novels that would present to alien eyes the best that the cartoonists of Earth had to offer the universe Jason Shiga's Meanwhile would surely be among my picks. Gene Luen Yang author of American Born Chinese A creator of comix that can be at once funny disturbing thoughtful deconstructed and cleverly put together. Time online Meanwhile is a wallop of a book/graphic novel! It delivers action choices problem solving and engagement. And it reminds me of my own efforts in writing Choose Your Own Adventure which I take as a great compliment coming from Jason Shiga. I wish I had written this book! Run dont walk to your favorite bookseller and pick up a copy! R. A. Montgomery Choose Your Own Adventure author Ingenious Edward Packard Choose Your Own Adventure author
language: English
title: Meanwhile
publisher: Harry N. Abrams