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I Was a Child

A Memoir

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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An illustrated memoir by renowned New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan. “If The Little Prince had crash-landed, instead of in the Sahara, into a middle-class Jewish home in Maplewood, N.J. in the late 1960s, it might feel something like I Was a Child.”—The Hollywood Reporter Bruce Eric Kaplan, also known as BEK, is one of the most celebrated and admired cartoonists in America. I Was a Child is the story of his childhood in suburban New Jersey, detailing the small moments we all experience: going to school, playing with friends, family dinners, watching TV on a hot summer night, and so on. It would seem like a conventional childhood, although Kaplan's anecdotes are accompanied by his signature drawings of family outings and life at home-road trips, milk crates, hamsters, ashtrays, a toupee, a platypus, and much more. Kaplan's cartoons, although simple, are never straightforward; they encompass an easy irony and dark humor that often cuts straight to the truth of experience. Brilliantly relatable and genuinely moving, I Was a Child is about our attempts to understand the mysteries that are our parents, our families, and ourselves.

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0399183418

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9780399183416

They Went Another Way

A Hollywood Memoir

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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They Went Another Way

A Hollywood Memoir

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

A darkly comic memoir about being a working creative person in a world that is growing ever more dysfunctional, by acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and television writer Bruce Eric Kaplan. In January 2022, Bruce Eric Kaplan found himself confused and upset by the state of the world and the state of his life as a television writer in Los Angeles. He started a journal to keep from going mad, which eventually became They Went Another Way. The book’s through line traces his attempt to get a television project set up in the increasingly Byzantine world of Hollywood. But as he details the project’s ups and downs, Kaplan finds himself ruminating not only on show business but also on today’s political and social issues, on old movies and TV shows and music, on his family, on his friends, on his past, on his failing heating system, and on all the dead birds that keep showing up in his backyard. This hilarious and surprisingly moving book is about life—about art, about love, about alienation, about connection, about ugliness and beauty, about disappointment, wonder, and hope. In short, it is about everything.

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Henry Holt and Company

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1250370329

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9781250370327

Cousin Irv from Mars

with audio recording

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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Cousin Irv from Mars

with audio recording

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

From the author/illustrator of Monsters Eat Whiny Children comes a humorous tale about learning to accept your family—even if one of them is an alien. Teddy isn’t excited about Cousin Irv’s visit. Cousin Irv is too weird. He steals Teddy’s pillow, eats Teddy’s food, and even plays with Teddy’s action figures. Not to mention that Cousin Irv is from MARS. What will Teddy’s friends say? But it turns out that everyone at school loves Cousin Irv. Not only is he from a different planet, he can vaporize things! Maybe cousins from Mars aren’t so bad after all... Illustrated with clever simplicity in New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Kaplan’s trademark style and filled with out-of-this-world whimsy, Cousin Irv from Mars is an interplanetary treat that begs to be shared.

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Simon and Schuster

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1442449241

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9781442449244

Meaniehead

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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Meaniehead

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

Famed "New Yorker" cartoonist and bestselling author Kaplan depicts the catastrophic and humorous consequences of sibling rivalry in this companion to his "Monsters Eat Whiny Children." Full color.

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1442485426

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Monsters Eat Whiny Children

With Audio Recording

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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Monsters Eat Whiny Children

With Audio Recording

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

Dad has warned Henry and Eve: If you whine too much, monsters will eat you. Henry and Eve don’t listen, of course. The only problem is, when the monster comes, he can’t find the right recipe for whiny children—and neither can his monster friends! A whiny child salad doesn’t work because there’s paprika in the dressing. A whiny child cake won’t do because the flour spills all over the floor. And whiny child burgers are out of the question because the grill is too hard to light up. Arguments and hilarity ensue. And just when our persnickety monsters decide on the perfect dish…the worst thing of all happens….

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1442439580

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This is a Bad Time

A Collection of Cartoons

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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This is a Bad Time

A Collection of Cartoons

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

In this brilliant new cartoon collection, Bruce Eric Kaplan examines the lives and loves of anxious housewives, mournful insects, crabby senior citizens, self-righteous toddlers, bitter sheep, and befuddled businessmen, among others. If you are one of the above, or know anyone who is, or ever hope to be one yourself, this book is for you.

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0743252187

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I Was a Child

A Memoir

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A Memoir

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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They Went Another Way

A Hollywood Memoir

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A Hollywood Memoir

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Cousin Irv from Mars

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By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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This is a Bad Time

A Collection of Cartoons

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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A Collection of Cartoons

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You Have to Read This Book!

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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You Have to Read This Book!

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

From Bruce Eric Kaplan, the author of Monsters Eat Whiny Children, comes a sidesplitting story about a dad’s determination to share a favorite book with his son, who would prefer to do anything else—perfect for fans of books by Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. Morris is excited to share his favorite childhood book with his son, Benny. The problem? Benny isn’t interested. Not even if it’s the last book in the pile. Not even if it’s the last book in the house. Not even if it’s the only book Morris brings on their desert vacation, and their plane has just left, and their train has just departed, and the camel they rode in on is far, far, away. And they are stranded. Not even then. Unless...?

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1534462872

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No One You Know

A Collection of Cartoons

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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No One You Know

A Collection of Cartoons

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

Caustic, witty commentary is offered on the evils of our time by Bruce Eric Kaplan, the noted "New Yorker" cartoonist. 200 cartoon drawings throughout.

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200

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068485919X

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9780684859194

Meaniehead

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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Meaniehead

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Famed "New Yorker" cartoonist and bestselling author Kaplan depicts the catastrophic and humorous consequences of sibling rivalry in this companion to his "Monsters Eat Whiny Children." Full color.

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I Love You, I Hate You, I'm Hungry

A Collection of Cartoons

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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I Love You, I Hate You, I'm Hungry

A Collection of Cartoons

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

• Distinctive humor from a well-known artist: Bruce Eric Kaplan is one of the most popular cartoonists at The New Yorker . Known for his observational sense of humor and distinctive design, Kaplan’s work plays on modern foibles, juxtaposing droll, slice-of-life dialogue with slightly surreal situations. . • Just in time for Valentine’s Day: This latest collection from Kaplan employs his trademark incisive wit on the volatile passions and comic banalities that plague relationships of all kinds. As Kaplan notes in the Introduction, “everything we do, we do for one of three reasons: because we love someone, because we hate someone, or because we’re hungry.” No one can argue with that, or anything else in this wickedly funny new collection..

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Simon and Schuster

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141655694X

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9781416556947

Edmund and Rosemary Go to Hell

A Story We All Really Need Now More Than Ever

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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Edmund and Rosemary Go to Hell

A Story We All Really Need Now More Than Ever

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

One Sunday afternoon, an ordinary couple named Edmund and Rosemary decide to go for a walk in their Brooklyn neighborhood. Within moments, they are plunged into a wonderful, nerve-racking, hilarious, unique adventure that begins with a cell phone and ends in a jungle halfway around the world. In Edmund and Rosemary Go to Hell, famed New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan uses his trademark incisive wit to explore what it is that prevents us from seeing all that we have. By turns wickedly funny and oddly touching, this provocative and ultimately hopeful picture book for adults will appeal to anyone who has ever been stuck in traffic or, more to the point, stuck inside themselves.

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Simon and Schuster

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141655646X

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9781416556466

Someone Farted

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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Someone Farted

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

Two words throw a family’s car trip into utter (and smelly) chaos in this hilarious story of denial from Bruce Eric Kaplan. The Krupkes are having a nice, peaceful Saturday morning drive to the grocery store when: it happens. Someone. Farts. The car is thrown into chaos. Sister turns against brother. Mom almost faints. Dad almost gets into an accident. The smell is so bad it’s criminal—so criminal they all end up in jail! And still no one will take responsibility for the odious odor. Will the Krupkes make it through this ordeal in one piece, or will they fracture from the unending accusations of “whoever smelt it dealt it?”

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1481490648

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Monsters Eat Whiny Children

With Audio Recording

By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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Monsters Eat Whiny Children

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By: Bruce Eric Kaplan

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The Very Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World

By: Bruce Lansky

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The Very Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World

By: Bruce Lansky

List over 50,000 names for girls and boys and includes origins, variations, meanings, sterotypes, and famous namesakes.

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394

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0881664790

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9780881664799

Non-Photorealistic Rendering

By: Bruce Gooch,Amy Gooch

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Non-Photorealistic Rendering

By: Bruce Gooch,Amy Gooch

The ubiquity of computer-generated imagery around us, in movies, advertising or on the Internet is already being taken for granted and what impresses most people is the photorealistic quality of the images. Pictures, as we have often been told, are worth a thousand words and the information transported by an image can take many different forms. Many computer graphics researchers are exploring non-photorealistic rendering techniques as an alternative to realistic rendering. Defined by what it is not, non-photorealistic rendering brings art and science together, concentrating less on the process and more on the communication content of an image. Techniques that have long been used by artists can be applied to computer graphics to emphasize subtle attributes and to omit extraneous information. This book provides an overview of the published research on non-photorealistic rendering in order to categorize and distill the current research into a body of usable techniques. A summary of some of the algorithms as well as pseudo-code for producing some of the images is included.

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A K Peters/CRC Press

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1568811330

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9781568811338

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