Ignatz award Nomination for Outstanding Collection
Leon Beyondpart John Hodgman, part out-of-date school textbookis the know-it-all, relentless-fact-baking brain child of cartoonists Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch. Leon''s knowledge was catalogued weekly in the St. Louis Riverfront Times. Amazing Facts and Beyond collects the comic-strip''s best and most outrageous moments. Discover the world of optilusors, Robert Skur, dance notation and grooved disc jellyfish. Learn new words and concepts: winkaton or optogenerian. Mark your extreme calendar before you travel to the pancake and eggs nebula. Meticulously un-researched and full of dubious knowledge, Amazing Facts and Beyond is the modern successor to Ripley''s Believe It Or Not. Featuring guest contributions by Ted May, and others.
Trade ReviewIgnatz award Nomination for Outstanding Collection "Zettwoch and Huizenga's flagrant disregard for the truth makes each strip a fresh exercise in trying to decipher what is real and what is not. Topics are numerous and delightful, including spotlights on the Museum of Leftover Masterpieces, the Secret History of Dogs as Weapons, and an account of a Jesuit missionary in China who fused the art of kung fu and the Bible into a single gospel. [...] this is a book to be savored [...]"--Publishers Weekly "I feel like a pretty well-informed guy, but the great Leon Beyond taught me something new on virtually every page of this beautiful collection. Indispensable!"--Ken Jennings, all-time Jeopardy! champion and author of Brainiac and Because I Said So. "I met Leon Beyond at a party once. In the span of eleven minutes he taught me: the sordid history of pet portraits, how to cook an egg on your own body, and which trees look the most like ex-presidents. I haven't been able to forget these facts, no matter how hard I've tried!"--Lisa Hanawalt, My Dirty Dumb Eyes
