Don Martin is of MAD Magazine's most recognized, most irreverent, and most influential artists. During his 32 years at MAD, he influenced a generation of writers and illustrators, and became known as "MAD's Maddest Artist." Don's ability to translate animated slapstick comedy to the printed page bro[...]
Did George Washington really chop down the cherry tree?How was James Madison a father if he didn't have any children?Where in the White House did William Howard Taft get stuck? Hail to the chief The commander in chief is the leader of our nation--the president of the United States. Here's your chan[...]
"Rigby Rocket" is designed to offer links from guided to independent reading. Each title contains notes specifically for parents/Learning Support Assistants, focusing on key reading skills. The "Orange Level" titles are aimed at children in Year 2.[...]
When a high society jewel thief winds up drowned at the bottom of a pool with a tacky garden gnome tied to her ankles, Nora must swing into action to save her old flame from a hasty murder charge.[...]
Science in the twenty-first century inherits a fantastic record of accomplishment. Yet there remain enormous questions to answer - some of them revealed by those very past successes. Why is 95 per cent of the universe undetectable dark matter', and does it control the cosmos - how it began, its even[...]
Tegneserie. Rocky får sit kunstneriske gennembrud som tegneserietegner, og det går ikke stille af når et fabulerende storhedsvanvid gang på gang konfronteres med en grå virkelighed, hvor linjen mellem succes og fiasko er hårfin[...]
Don Martin (1931 2000) utbildade sig till konstnär men kom i stället att bli berömd och kultförklarad som tecknare i MAD. Ingen kunde som Don Martin roa, förskräcka, äckla och förtjusa sina läsare med skruvade teckningar och sjuka skämt av en alldeles unik kaliber. I mer än 30 år medve[...]
Efter att ha tecknat för MAD i ett tiotal år hade Don Martin funnit sin definitiva, oefterhärmliga stil. Då och då fick han utrymme i tidningen att göra någonting mer än de en- och tvåsidesskämt som han vanligtvis bidrog med. Flera sådana längre serier, varav ett par inte tidigare utgi[...]
A former rich girl whose life has fallen apart around her, Pepper Martin takes a job as a tour guide in a local cemetery, but a head-on collision with a gravestone has left her with the ability to communicate with the disgruntled deceased, including a nasty Mafia don who is threatening to haunt her [...]
As charismatic and gifted as he was volatile, Jimmy Martin recorded dozens of bluegrass classics and co-invented the high lonesome sound. Barbara Martin Stephens became involved with the King of Bluegrass at age seventeen. Don't Give your Heart to a Rambler tells the story of their often tumultuous [...]