{"product_id":"calamity-before-jane","title":"Calamity Before Jane","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA TOON Graphic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalamity Jane and the stories surrounding her are famous, but this graphic novel for young readers 8 and up is here to tell the story of Martha Jane Canary—the real-life survivor, orphan, and storyteller behind the legend.In 1901, the Pan-American Exposition World's Fair was held in Buffalo, New York. Amongst spectacles like advancements in electricity and new inventions like the X-ray machine is a woman with a story—but not the one you’ve heard. Calamity Jane’s life is shrouded in exaggerations and lies told to sell a more marketable version of reality, but cartoonist Noah Van Sciver is here to tell the truth: Martha Jane Cannary struggled throughout her life, from her childhood as a destitute orphan to her bitter adulthood as she watched the West she loved disappear before her eyes.\u003cbr\u003eContributors: (W) Noah Van Sciver\u003cbr\u003eNoah Van Sciver is a multiple award-winning cartoonist who first came to comic readers’ attention with his critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated comic book series Blammo. His work has appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Best American Comics, Kramers Ergot, as well as countless graphic anthologies. Van Sciver was a regular contributor to MAD Magazine and has written and drawn numerous bestselling graphic novels including Joseph Smith and the Mormons, One Dirty Tree, Saint Cole and the Fante Bukowski: Struggling Writer series for Fantagraphics books. In 2015 he was the Artist in Residence\/fellow at The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont.  His books and comics are translated into more than 6 different languages around the world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Astra Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44574099505343,"sku":"9781662665400","price":34.81,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/9781662665400.jpg?v=1763976285","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/calamity-before-jane","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}