The big book of losers /
"Whether cursed by fate, stupidity, or genetics, 'The big book of losers' tells the tales of real people who were forced to endure a damned existence. Exploring the unfortunate adventures of those who could not catch a break, this amazing reference book documents the stories of people...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Paradox Press,
[1997]
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| Series: | Factoid books
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| Summary: | "Whether cursed by fate, stupidity, or genetics, 'The big book of losers' tells the tales of real people who were forced to endure a damned existence. Exploring the unfortunate adventures of those who could not catch a break, this amazing reference book documents the stories of people who have lost in life, sports, business, and politics. From President Garfield, who died after several incompetent doctors turned a small bullet wound into a huge, festering malady to the woman who burned her husband's life savings in the oven, this tome shows that some people are just destined to come out on the bottom. Also included in this book are the most legendary loser products such as New Coke, the female urinal, and the paper dress"--Google Books. |
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| Item Description: | "Pathetic-but-true tales of the world's most titanic failures!"--front cover. Includes very short biographies for the writers and artists: p. 188-189. Writers include: Paul Kirchner ; Nancy A. Collins ; Irwin Chusid. Artists include: Charles Adlard ; Sergio Aragonés ; Bill Alger ; Glenn Barr ; Hilary Barta ; Gregory Benton ; Russell Braun ; Dan Burr ; Robbie Busch ; D'Israeli D'Emon Draughtsman ; Randy DuBurke ; Kieron Dwyer ; Hunt Emerson ; John Estes ; George Evans ; Carlos Ezquerra ; Bob Fingerman ; George Freeman ; Rick Geary ; Dick Giordano ; Justin Green ; Paul Guinan ; Paul Gulacy ; Ed Hannigan ; Shepherd Hendrix ; Graham Higgins ; Rafael Kayanan ; Peter Kuper ; Roger Langridge ; Steve Leialoha ; Steven Lieber ; Jason Lutes ; Graham Manley ; Lee Moder ; Tom Morgan ; Gray Morrow ; Mark A. Nelson ; Jeff Nicholson ; Joe Orlando ; Tayyar Ozkan ; Tom Palmer ; Rick Parker ; Bruce Patterson ; Karen Platt ; Gordon Purcell ; Frank Quitely ; Richard Piers Rayner ; Ralph Reese ; Wm. Marshall Rogers ; James Romberger ; Joe Sacco ; Val Semeiks ; Marie Severin ; Eric Shanower ; Scott Shaw ; Will Simpson ; Ted Slampyak ; Robin Smith ; Joe Staton ; Tom Sutton ; Ward Sutton ; Bryan Talbot ; B.K. Taylor ; Ty Templeton ; Kirk Tingblad ; Steve Vance ; Alex Wald ; Andrew Wendel ; Alan Weiss ; Art Wetherell ; Shannon Wheeler ; Gahan Wilson. |
| Physical Description: | 191 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-191). |
| ISBN: | 1563892537 9781563892530 |