Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith

publisher Scholastic entered the graphic novel market by launching a new imprint, Graphix with a full color version of BONE: Out from Boneville, bringing the underground comic to a new audience and a new generation. In the Spring of 2005, Harry Potter’s U.S. In 1992, Jeff’s wife Vijaya Iyer joined the company as partner to handle publishing and distribution, licensing, and foreign language publications. Word of mouth, critical acclaim, and a string of major awards helped propel Cartoon Books and BONE to the forefront of the comic book industry. Against all odds, the small company flourished, building a reputation for quality stories and artwork. In 1991, he launched a company called Cartoon Books to publish his comic book BONE, a comedy/adventure about three lost cousins from Boneville. See other authors with similar names.īorn and raised in the American mid-west, Jeff Smith learned about cartooning from comic strips, comic books, and watching animation on TV.

Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world!Īcclaimed and award-winning writer and artist Jeff Smith ( Bone) brings his talent for crafting stories with adventure, humor and gorgeous artwork as he reimagines Shazam! for a whole new generation of readers.Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. Now, he must use his extraordinary new abilities to face an incoming invasion of alien creatures and to stop mad scientist Dr. But Billy encounters all that and more when the wizard gives him a magic word that transforms him into the world's mightiest mortal.

When Billy Batson follows a mysterious stranger onto the subway, he never imagines he's entering a strange world of powerful wizards, talking tigers, kid eating monsters, political intrigue and mysterious villains. Young orphan Billy Batson finds himself wielding truly amazing magic powers-just in time to face an invasion of alien and earthly monsters! All he has to do is say the magic word: Shazam! Young orphan Billy Batson finds himself wielding truly amazing magic powers - just in time to face an invasion of alien and earthly monsters! All he has to do is say the magic word.

Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith