Hey, James! A James Collection

The little kid with the giant personality is back! Hey, James! is the second collection of acclaimed comic strips from the award-winning pen of cartoonist Mark Tonra. James may or may not be the center of the universe-as he thinks-but there's no arguing that he is indeed at the heart of one of the most inventive "kid" strips to hit the funny pages in almost a decade.With his equally lovable and quirky conspirators along for the ride, James explores the world and himself-laying bare the fragile and eccentric humanity in all of us. In a neighborhood where shirt gerbils prance and hungry shadows raid refrigerators, James chugs life like a summertime slurpy-without the brain freeze.Using his clean spontaneous pen line, Mark Tonra again marries insight and whimsy to deliver a book that's both hilarious and enlightening. Hey, James! is a satisfying celebration of every reader's inner and outer child. Enjoy!

Mark Tonra sold his first cartoon at the age of 10. His cartoons have since been published in Barron's, Good Housekeeping, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents, Boys' Life, Health, Woman's Day, Cosmopolitan, and the Saturday Evening Post, among others. In 1997, he won the National Cartoonists Society's award for gag cartooning. His daily syndicated strip James was introduced in the fall of 2000 and is published in over 11 countries around the world. The longtime New Yorker now lives in the southwestern United States with his wife, daughter, and "sweet inspiration," son James.