Most Popular Books by Jason Shiga

In this choose-your-own adventure graphic novel, a boy stumbles on the laboratory of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine.

Make choices to defeat a mysterious sea monster in the first of a new series of innovative, interactive graphic novels from the award-winning creator of Meanwhile Adventuregame Comics is a new series of interactive graphic novels in the vein of Jason Shiga''s hit graphic novel Meanwhile. Readers follow the story from panel to panel using tubes that connect them, and sometimes the path will split, giving readers the chance to choose how the story unfolds. Leviathan is set in a medieval coastal village, where residents live in fear of a giant sea creature. Your goal as a reader is simple: defeat the Leviathan! As you wander through the open world, the town''s backstory is revealed. You can attempt to visit the library to try and learn why the Leviathan destroyed it years ago. You can stop by the castle to discover the town was once riddled with crime and theft—and how that’s stopped as the Leviathan will wreak havoc on the town for the smallest misdeeds. If you’re lucky, you may find your way to the old wizard who may possess the one thing that could keep the Leviathan at bay. But not everything is as it appears in this village. Can you discover the secrets and stop the Leviathan before it’s too late?

Meanwhile is not your ordinary comic book. Instead of one linear story, Meanwhile splits off into many different adventures. At times you will have a choice of which branch you would like to follow. Your choice may lead to success ... or disaster.

Make decisions and pick your path to the perfect afterlife in Adventuregame Comics: The Beyond, the second book in the innovative, interactive middle-grade graphic novel series from the award-winning creator of Meanwhile. Adventuregame Comics is a new series of interactive graphic novels from Jason Shiga in the vein of his hit graphic novel Meanwhile. Readers follow the story from panel to panel, using tubes that connect them, and sometimes the path will split, giving readers the chance to choose how the story unfolds. The Beyond takes place in some sort of afterlife. You don’t know much when you begin, save that you’re dead and that you’ve ended up in a room that includes a door, a window, and a table with some books. You need to get out, so you try the door. And then the window. And then you finally turn to the books—and when you open them, you’re pulled into the worlds of those pages. Could these fictional worlds hold the key to your escape? Or is there more to this room than first meets the eye?

Volume 1 was an Eisner Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist! With his demon powers, nothing is denied Jimmy Yee. Sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll—that''s just for amateurs. He’s experienced every earthly pleasure known to man, and even invented a few of his own. Confident that he and his daughter Sweetpea have outlived all of the their enemies, Jimmy spends his day reveling in his immortality. But after 250 years, immortality is getting a little dull. Jimmy''s bacchanal lifestyle is about to get a shake up. The OSS is back and ready for a showdown, and this no-holds-barred battle promises to be Jimmy''s most violent and raunchy one yet. From the brilliant and profane mind of Jason Shiga comes Demon: a four-volume graphic novel epic about the unspeakable chaos that one indestructible man can unleash on the world—and the astronomical body count he leaves behind. Demon, Volume 3

"Immortal actuary Jimmy makes a startling discovery: Agent Hunter, his long-dead adversary, is actually alive and a demon himself! Hunter has spent the last century concocting a deadly trap for his nemesis, and he has the perfect bait: Jimmy''s daughter, Sweet Pea. In the epic showdown to to end all epic showdowns, we finally reach the thrilling conclusion to this madcap series."--Publisher''s description.

Volume 1 was an Eisner Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist! The OSS is after Jimmy, and they''re planning on using his daughter to catch him. But Jimmy will tear the world apart to keep his daughter safe. Literally. This morally bankrupt immortal freak of nature has absolutely no concern for the wellbeing of any human being besides himself and his Sweetpea. It''d be adorable if it weren''t so scary. From the brilliant and profane mind of Jason Shiga, known for his high-concept comics work on the web and in print, comes a magnum opus, Demon: a four-volume mystery adventure about the shocking chaos (and astronomical body count) one highly rational and utterly sociopathic man can create in the world, given a single simple supernatural power.

DU ENTSCHEIDEST, WAS PASSIERT! Met oder Mohnmilch? Links oder rechts? Drüber schlafen oder sofort aufbrechen? Das sind einige der Entscheidungen, die auf dich warten, wenn du zu den Kobaltinseln reist. In einer kleinen, mittelalterlichen Küstenstadt leben die Bewohner in ständiger Angst vor dem riesigen Seewesen, das jeden angreift, der lügt. Deine Aufgabe ist einfach: Besiege den Leviathan! Wie du das anstellst, liegt ganz bei dir: Erkunde die Stadt, spricht mit den Leuten oder mach den alten Zauberer ausfindig, der den einzigen Gegenstand besitzen soll, welcher den Leviathan im Zaum hält. Doch nicht alles ist so, wie es scheint. Kannst du die Geheimnisse lüften und den Leviathan aufhalten, bevor es zu spät ist? Adventuregame Comics ist eine bahnbrechende Reihe aus interaktiven Bilderomanen, in denen der Leser über Pfade von einem Bild zum anderen springt und entscheidet, welchen Weg er erkunden möchte und wie sich die Geschichte entfaltet. JASON SHIGA ist ein Comiczeichner aus Oakland, Kalifornien. In seiner 25-jährigen Karriere hat er acht Bilderromane geschaffen, zwanzig Comicbücher, über ein Dutzend Zeitschriften- und Zeitungscartoons sowie den zweitgrößten interaktiven Comic. Er hat den Eisner Award gewonnen, zwei Ignatz Awards, und seine Werke wurden als offizielle Auswahl auf dem Comics Festival in Angoulême präsentiert

An Eisner Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist! No matter how hard he tries, Jimmy Yee cannot die. A noose around his neck, a razor across his wrist, and even a bullet to his head all yield the same results: he awakes from each suicide attempt, miraculously unharmed, in his shabby room at the Sunbeam Motel. Has he gone mad? Or has he truly died and found himself in hell? Jimmy is willing to tear the world down around him to get at the truth. Highly analytical and utterly unscrupulous, he is uniquely suited to unraveling this bizarre mystery. From the brilliant and profane mind of Jason Shiga, known for his high-concept graphic novels, comes Demon: a four-volume magnum opus about the unspeakable chaos that one indestructible man can unleash on the world—and the astronomical body count he leaves behind.

DU ENTSCHEIDEST, WAS PASSIERT! Eine Achterbahnfahrt machen oder etwas Sushi essen? Zum Piratenschiff reisen oder in den Salon gehen? Von einer Klippe stürzen oder einen Autounfall haben? Das sind die Entscheidungen, die du treffen musst, wenn du deine Reise ins Jenseits antrittst. Zu Beginn der Geschichte weißt du noch nicht viel, außer dass du tot bist – und dass du in einer Art Wartezimmer gelandet bist, mit Rezeptionistin und einem Tisch, auf dem ein Buch liegt. Du musst hier raus, also probierst du die Tür. Oder das Fenster. Oder das Buch. Als du das Buch aufschlägst, wirst du in die Welt zwischen den Seiten gesogen. Könnten diese Buchwelten den Schlüssel für deine Flucht bereithalten? Oder birgt dieses Zimmer mehr Geheimnisse, als es zunächst scheint? Adventuregame Comics ist eine bahnbrechende Reihe aus interaktiven Bilderomanen, in denen der Leser über Pfade von einem Bild zum anderen springt und entscheidet, welchen Weg er erkunden möchte und wie sich die Geschichte entfaltet. JASON SHIGA ist ein Comiczeichner aus Oakland, Kalifornien. In seiner 25-jährigen Karriere hat er acht Bilderromane geschaffen, zwanzig Comicbücher, über ein Dutzend Zeitschriften- und Zeitungscartoons sowie den zweitgrößten interaktiven Comic. Er hat den Eisner Award gewonnen, zwei Ignatz Awards, und seine Werke wurden als offizielle Auswahl auf dem Comics Festival in Angoulême präsentiert.

Jimmy is a stereotypical geek who works at the library in Oakland, California, and is trapped in his own torpidity. Sara is his best friend, but she wants to get a life (translation: an apartment in Brooklyn and a publishing internship). When Sara moves to New York City, Jimmy is rattled. Then lonely. Then desperate. He screws up his courage, writes Sara a letter about his true feelings, and asks her to meet him at the top of the Empire State Building (a nod to their ongoing debate about Sleepless in Seattle). Jimmy''s cross-country bus trip to Manhattan is as hapless and funny as Jimmy himself. When he arrives in the city he''s thought of as "a festering hellhole," he''s surprised by how exciting he finds New York, and how heartbreaking—he discovers Sara has a boyfriend! Jason Shiga''s bold visual storytelling, sly pokes at popular culture, and subtle text work together seamlessly in Empire State, creating a quirky graphic novel comedy about the vagaries of love and friendship. Praise for Empire State: "He [Shiga] displays a wicked sense of comic timing." -Publishers Weekly "Empire State: A Love Story (Or Not) is funny, sweet, geeky and affecting, and definitely worth a read." -Wired.com "Shiga''s illustrations . . . are unique and endearing, and his images of NYC are instantly recognizable." -am New York "If Woody Allen grew up in Oakland rather than Manhattan, he''d most likely see the world, and especially New York City, as Jason Shiga does in Empire State." -Big Think.com

In the third installment of award-winning cartoonist Jason Shiga’s interactive graphic novel series, Adventuregame Comics: Samurai vs. Ninja guides you to choose your warrior fate. Your choice will set you on a path, solving puzzles and learning special skills, all in preparation for your ultimate quest There is a bracelet that gives the wearer immense power, but it has fallen into the clutches of the evil Lord Touma. You must break into his house and steal it! But when Lord Touma’s guards apprehend you, it’ll be down to your smarts and your special skills to beat his rigged games and break free. Will you make the right choices or have to start a new path? Adventuregame Comics is a series of interactive graphic novels in the vein of Jason Shiga’s hit graphic novel Meanwhile. Readers follow the story from panel to panel, using tubes that connect them, and sometimes the path will split, giving readers the chance to choose how the story unfolds. Adventuregame Comics series Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan (Book 1) Adventuregame Comics: The Beyond (Book 2) Adventuregame Comics: Samurai vs. Ninja (Book 3)

A crack team of Bookhunters must recover a priceless book, stolen from the Oakland Public Library, within three days.

XOCOLATA O VAINILLA?El destí de la humanitat és a les teves mans i penja d''una decisió ben trivial: el gelat, de xocolata o de vainilla?Només una petita decisió i es posa en marxa Mentrestant, la creació increïble i genial de Jason Shiga. Segueix la teva tria pel camí marcat: potser et durà a la FELICITAT... o, inexorablement, a la FATALITAT!Ets davant una aventura farcida d''invents i descobertes on la salvació del món depèn d''un enginyós sistema de llengüetes que et porten endavant i endarrere, i amunt i avall. Amb cada opció de lectura, un nou relat!

Oeuvre hors norme, défiant nos habitudes de lecture, Vanille ou Chocolat ? pousse à l''extrême l''idée du " livre dont vous êtes le héros ". Le lecteur suit les pas - et les choix - du petit Jimmy, confronté à un banal dilemme initial : quel parfum choisir pour sa glace, vanille ou chocolat ? Cette décision précipite un ensemble de conséquences des plus inattendues, qui peuvent aller jusqu''à la pure et simple fin du monde. Jimmy va rencontrer un savant fou, créateur de trois inventions diversement diaboliques - une machine à remonter le temps, un casque permettant de lire dans la mémoire récente de celui qui le porte, un " Killitron " enfin, engin d''anéantissement apocalyptique. Inventions qui permettent de décupler les potentialités narratives en jouant sur les paradoxes temporels, les répétitions, les allers-retours. Au final, Vanille ou Chocolat ? présente 3856 possibilités d''histoires - un record absolu. L''objet est constitué de 80 pages dotées de un à trois onglets, à travers lesquelles on circule en suivant un réseau de " tubes " colorés reliant les cases entre elles : le dispositif interdit tout parcours linéaire. Des codes secrets viennent encore corser l''affaire... Au final, Vanille ou Chocolat ? propose une expérience de lecture pleine de surprises, terriblement excitante, et véritablement plaisante, grâce à l''humour si particulier de Jason Shiga.