Within this structure, Slade lets fly with vernacular so hip that it might hurt were it not so appropriate for his intended audience. " Derek Mah' s black-and-white illustrations are very good at doing ghoul. Each six-page entry features a terrific black-and-white illustration. a funny, fascinating look inside the lives of fifteen creepy characters. Never-before-seen portraits of each by artist Derek Mah, make for a deliciously delectable rogue s gallery." Among the fourteen notable villains included are: The Wicked Witch of the West, Attila the Hun, The Wolf, Billy the Kid, The Headless Horseman, Morgan le Fay, Quin Hui, The Invisible Man, Scarface Capone, and a lineup of Shakespeare s most memorable villains. Readers will not only come away amused, they will come away with an enlarged store of general knowledge. Author Arthur Slade takes a lighthearted view, nonetheless, and provides personal stats, their likes and dislikes, their high-school memories and an amazing array of cool facts along with up close and personal interviews. Be they fictitious or all-too-genuine baddies, they are bound together by their infamous deeds.
Lively black-and-white illustrations by Derek Mah make this a book that is sure to be a hit with every monster-loving reader.Villainology is a veritable who s who of characters from the underworld.
Slade's hilarious text presents delicious imagined gossip, favorite blood types, favorite movies, and even favorite haunts (you should pardon the expression) with character descriptions and thoroughly researched background information.
He provides facts, real history, imagined history, and lots of jokes to make these creatures come to life. Governor General's Award-winner Arthur Slade has gathered together fifteen scary critters, ranging from Dracula to Golem, from Frankenstein to Baba Yaga and even a zombie. Monsterology: Fabulous Lives of the Creepy, the Revolting, and the Undead is the most fun anyone can have with some of the nastiest creatures ever imagined! Who can resist morsels like the fact that ?Drakul? means ?son of the dragon? in Romanian, that the first Golem may have been Enkidu, who appeared in the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, and that Frankenstein's Monster was first inspired by Mary Shelley's nightmare?
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