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In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot

by Graham Roumieu

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Roumieu, whose illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Progressive, reveals the hairy hominids's brave struggles with eating disorders, casual cannibalism, and philosophical quandaries ("Me once believe in good. Now, no. World go shit, like Bigfoot screenwriting career."). In a full-color graphic novel, Roumieu offers a portrait of the artist as a young ape that will leave the reader howling with laughter.

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"Brilliantly funny." San Francisco Chronicle
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About the Author

Graham Roumieu's illustrations have appeared in many newspapers including the New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Among other honors, Roumieu received the National Magazine Awards' 2002 Silver Award for Illustration, and his work was chosen for inclusion in the 2001 and 2003 Applied Arts Magazine Illustration Annuals. He lives in Toronto.
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xxdeathcabbiexx, December 19, 2007 (view all comments by xxdeathcabbiexx)
The book caught me entirely by surprise. It's not just a silly little book....the humor is so intelligent and well-thought out. The author's choice of topics for Bigfoot are so off-the-wall yet so perfect and you just say to yourself "well duh! how else would bigfoot think?"

i definitely recommend this book. not only will you laugh and find yourself immitating bigfoot in recitation, the author's watercolors are amazing and so perfectly done.

This book is amazing and everyone should own it.

"Me used to believe in good, now no more. World go sh**...just like Bigfoot screenwriting career"
-excerpt from "In Me Own Words" by Graham Roumieu
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William Bohrer, January 22, 2007 (view all comments by William Bohrer)
This book is so funny I darn neer peed myself. It is a fascinating mix of the mundane and absurd, whether griping about Bigfoot wannabe's like Chewbacca, or complaining about hollywood's passing on his screenplay.

Amazingly, the Bigfoot character seems like a real person, full of pathos and pettiness, as if you're really reading his diary. It is especially effective if read out loud in a gruff monster voice like the SNL character "Frankenstein".

I loaned this book to a good friend and now we just quote little snippets and laugh till we choke.

Bad Wookie. Bad!

You NEED this book
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780916397845
Subtitle:
The Autobiography of Bigfoot
Author:
Roumieu, Graham
Publisher:
Manic D Press
Location:
San Francisco, Calif.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Graphic Novels
Subject:
Sasquatch
Subject:
Graphic Novels - General
Subject:
General Humor
Series Volume:
109
Publication Date:
March 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
44
Dimensions:
9.48x6.30x.35 in. .55 lbs.
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