{"product_id":"the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-batiuk-9781606351123","title":"The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 1, 1972-1974","description":"Tom Batiuk was a junior high school art teacher in Elyria, Ohio, when he created a comic panel aimed at teens for the Elyria \u003cem\u003eChronicle-Telegram\u003c\/em\u003e. That panel was the precursor to what became Batiuk's award-winning comic strip \u003cem\u003eFunky Winkerbean.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince its debut on March 27, 1972, \u003cem\u003eFunky Winkerbean\u003c\/em\u003e has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. This volume, which presents the strip's first three years, introduces the strip's title character, Funky, and his friends Crazy Harry Klinghorn, Bull Bushka, Livinia Swenson, Les Moore, Holly Budd, and Roland Mathews. Principal Burch, counselor Fred Fairgood, and band director Harry L. Dinkle also make their first appearances.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFunky\u003c\/em\u003e fans will relive Les's misadventures in gym class and his unintentional attendance at the homecoming dance as he remains stuck on a climbing rope high above the gymnasium floor. They will remember Crazy Harry's ability to play pizzas like records and his air guitar virtuosity, and majorette Holly who never removed her uniform. They will recall the school's winless football team, and Harry Dinkle's attempts to win the Battle of the Bands despite the contest always coinciding with a natural disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolume 1 contains a charming autobiographical introduction by Tom Batiuk that shares his early attempts at cartooning, discusses his teaching career, and explains the genesis of \u003cem\u003eFunky\u003c\/em\u003e. Subsequent volumes will each contain three years of \u003cem\u003eFunky\u003c\/em\u003e comic strips and will be published annually. Batiuk has been recognized for his humorous and entertaining portrayals of the students and staff at Westview and acclaimed for his sensitive treatment of social and educational issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Batiuk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606351125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606351123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press \/ Black Squirrel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.40w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2012 pg. 47","brand":"Batiuk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449787003135,"sku":"9781606351123","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1b00d63-7a07-4f5c-879d-f9e77cc49db5.jpg?v=1777264907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-complete-funky-winkerbean-volume-batiuk-9781606351123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}