New Releases by Robert Schnakenberg

Check out the sequel to the sold out comic book "Female Force: Michelle Obama!" From humble beginnings in Chicago, she rose to become an outspoken advocate, trailblazing first lady, and international style icon. So how has she adjusted to life in the White House? Relive the exciting, eventful, history making first year of First Lady Michelle Obama. From traveling the globe--and meeting the Queen--to barnstorming the nation in support of her husband''s policies, it''s been an unpredictable twelve months worthy of its own full-length, full-color comic book chronicle. As featured on CNN, FOX News, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, LA Times, OK Magazine, and MSNBC! Female Force is a series that features biographies on strong, independent women in modern politics.

The Supremes have a new member! Meet the latest justice to don the black robes of America''s highest court. Sonia Sotomayor rose from humble beginnings in a Bronx housing project to become only the third woman and the first Latina to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Relive her historic journey in a comic book biography that''s ripped from today''s headlines.

They call him Bubba, the Big Dog, Slick Willie, and the Man from Hope. Everyone''s got an opinion about Bill Clinton, but how well do we really know him? Take a fresh look at the life and career of America''s 42nd president, from his hardscrabble Arkansas childhood to the days of triumph and turmoil in the Oval Office and beyond.

One of the biggest legends in baseball gets his own comic book tribute. Along with Personality Comics, TidalWave Productions brings you the story of Jackie Robinson.

As featured on CNN, FOX News, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, LA Times, OK Magazine, and MSNBC! Female Force is a series that features biographies on strong, independent women in modern politics. This graphic novel includes stories on Sonia Sotomayor, Michelle Obama and her life in the White House, Nancy Pelosi, and Condoleezza Rice.

This special edition comic book featuring the first family biographies is now together for the first time in this 48-page one shot.

New York Times bestseller! This fun-loving celebration of Bill Murray offers a behind-the-scenes peek into the actor’s life and career—from films like Groundhog Day to his serial “photobombing”—with over 75 photos. Part biography, part critical appreciation, part love letter—and all fun—this enormous full-color volume, packed with color film stills and behind-the-scenes photography, chronicles every Murray performance in loving detail, recounting all the milestones, legendary “Murray stories,” and controversies in the life of this enigmatic performer. He’s played a deranged groundskeeper, a bellowing lounge singer, a paranormal exterminator, and a grouchy weatherman. He is William James “Bill” Murray, America’s greatest national treasure. From his childhood lugging golf bags at a country club to his first taste of success on Saturday Night Live, from his starring roles in Hollywood blockbusters to his reinvention as a hipster icon for the twenty-first century, The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray chronicles every aspect of his extraordinary life and career. He’s the sort of actor who can do Hamlet and Charlie’s Angels in the same year. He shuns managers and agents, and he once agreed to voice the lead in Garfield because he mistakenly believed it was a Coen Brothers film. He’s famous for crashing house parties all over New York City—and if he keeps photobombing random strangers, he might just break the Internet.

Boldly Go Where No Parent Has Gone Before! Here are 500 out-of-this-world baby names from classic science-fiction movies, books, and television shows. Choose James to honor the captain of the starship Enterprise. Choose Leia or Leah to salute the sister of Luke Skywalker. Choose Neo to celebrate the ultra-cool messiah from The Matrix. Hardcore fans can go even further with exotic names such as Barbarella, Beldar, Jor-El, and Tron (just don’t send us the therapy bills). Arranged by category for quick reference—with chapters such as Power Names, Feminine Names, and Intellectual Names—Sci-Fi Baby Names is a terrific gift for expecting parents and a wonderful roll call of our favorite science fiction characters.

A biography of goaltender Martin Brodeur, who helped the New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup in 1995.

A biography of this WNBA star from her early life in the streets of Watts to her professional basketball success and lucrative endorsement deals.

THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM SHATNER IS BACK—IN A SUPER-EXPANDED MILLENNIUM EDITION! This updated edition of The Encyclopedia Shatnerica is your complete guide to the life and work of William Shatner—actor, singer, writer, director, horseman, game show host, and legendary Hollywood lothario. Hop aboard the Starship Irreverent as certified “Shatnerologist” Robert Schnakenberg documents every aspect of The Great One’s career, including: • More than fifty years of major film, TV, and stage appearances—from The Twilight Zone and Star Trek to T. J. Hooker and Boston Legal • Shatner’s many musical misadventures—including his legendary covers of “Rocket Man” and “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” • Scandalous allegations and scathing anecdotes from Star Trek costars Plus more girdle, divorce, and toupee trivia than you can shake a phaser at! Fully updated for the first time in ten years, with all-new material on Denny Crane, Nerine Kidd, Iron Chef USA, and more, The Encyclopedia Shatnerica remains the definitive biography of an entertainment icon.

The Complete Guide To All Things Walken He’s been a dancer, a baker, a lion tamer, an award-winning actor, and a Hollywood legend. But Christopher Walken has never been the subject of a comprehensive biographical reference—until now. Here at last is a complete A-to-Z guide to this one-of-a-kind performer, featuring entries on everything from the Actors Studio (the legendary theatrical workshop where Walken spent eleven years as a janitor) to Zombie Movies (one of Walken’s favorite film genres). Along the way, readers will discover: • Acting secrets and behind-the-scenes trivia from each of Walken’s 100+ films—everything from Annie Hall to Hairspray and beyond. • Recipes and kitchen tips from “Chef Walken”—including a look at his short-lived TV show, Cooking with Chris. • Walken’s music videos for Madonna, Duran Duran, and Fatboy Slim. • The secrets of maintaining his extraordinary hair. • Observations and reminiscences from Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton, Woody Allen, Dennis Hopper, and countless others. Plus more bizarre B movies and Saturday Night Live appearances than you can shake a cowbell at! Complete with fascinating trivia and dozens of photographs, Christopher Walken A to Z offers the definitive look at a pop culture phenomenon.

Strange-but-true tales of murderers, adulterers, drug addicts, and other literary legends. With outrageous and uncensored profiles of everyone from William Shakespeare to Thomas Pynchon, "Secret Lives of Great Authors "tackles all the tough questions your high school teachers were afraid to ask: What''s the deal with Lewis Carroll and little girls? Is it true that J. D. Salinger drank his own urine? How many women--and men--did Lord Byron actually sleep with? And why was Ayn Rand such a big fan of Charlie''s Angels? Classic literature was never this much fun in school!

Lose those frou-frou cocktails and start drinking like a real man—a real old man! A hilarious cookbook of old school cocktail recipes with sage advice from and images of real-life old guys with stories to tell These old man drinks are guaranteed to put hair on that scrawny baby’s bottom you call a chest. From Boilermakers and Sidecars to Rusty Nails and Satan’s Whiskers, these old-school party starters go down just as rough as they sound. No pink drinks or foo-foo umbrellas here! Just the good stuff—whiskey, rye, bourbon, gin—and some priceless life lessons that only the very old can provide. So man up, quit your bitchin’, and grab a stool, ’cause it’s gonna be a long night.

Presents over one thousand humorous and perplexing quotations from all of the U.S.''s presidents on such topics as ambition, marriage, Italians, and hip-hop.

Looks at the game of football through humorous entries, such as "The Big Sombrero," "John 3:16," "Love Boat Scandal," and others.

Sorprendentes historias sobre famosos travestidos, drogadictos, fetichistas..., y todos ellos son directores de cine de gran prestigio. ¿Sabía que Chaplin estuvo semanas sin querer bañarse, que Hitchcock no tenía ombligo, que el cuerpo de Walt Disney está escondido en una atracción del parque temático del mismo nombre, o que Coppola dirigió una película porno en 3D? Con reseñas escandalosas y sin ningún tipo de censura, Vidas secretas de grandes directores de cine revela los secretos mejor guardados de nuestros directores favoritos: Pedro Almodóvar, Luis Buñuel, Quentin Tarantino, etc.

Presents, in graphic novel format, the lives and careers of four women who are prominent in American media, including Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, and Ellen DeGeneres.

This exhilarating account skips the unforgettable athletic achievements, heroic performers, and exhilarating moments that remind fans of everything they love about sports and honest competition and gives the real skinny on baseball''s unknown history. Author Robert Schnakenberg takes readers through a decidedly snarky trip through the game''s rich history of buffoonery, thuggery, fashion missteps, ballpark promotions gone awry, batboys with metals claws for hands, afros, mustaches, mistresses, overzealous mascots, existence-of-dinosaurs deniers, indelible baseball-themed candy bars, wife-swapping, and hundreds of other unbelievable-but-true aspects of America''s national pastime.