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The lightning thief : the graphic novel  Cover Image Book Book

The lightning thief : the graphic novel / by Rick Riordan ; adapted by Robert Venditti ; art by Attila Futaki ; color by José Villarrubia ; layouts by Orpheus Collar ; lettering by Chris Dickey. --

Venditti, Robert. (Author). Futaki, Atilla. (Added Author). Riordan, Rick. Lightning thief. (Added Author).

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1423117107 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781423117100 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. --
  • Edition: 1st ed. --
  • Publisher: New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2010.

Content descriptions

Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 11.99
Subject: Jackson, Percy (Fictitious character) > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Mythology, Greek > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Quests (Expeditions) > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Friendship > Comic books, strips, etc. > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.

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  • 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch J FIC Riord 31681002844207 JFIC GN Checked out 12/03/2025

Rick Riordan, dubbed “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of five #1 New York Times best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology; the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology; and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse mythology. Rick collaborated with illustrator John Rocco on two #1 New York Times best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods and Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes. Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents, dedicated to finding other authors of highly entertaining fiction based on world cultures and mythologies. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. Follow him on Twitter at @RickRiordan.

Robert Venditti (www.robertvenditti.com) is the creator and author of The Surrogates and its prequel, The Surrogates: Flesh and Bone. In addition to creating comics, he works at Top Shelf Productions. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.



Attila Futaki (pencils and inks) has illustrated Sprial (Editions Carabas, June 2008) and the forthcoming The Strange Folks (2010), as well as a number of book covers and interiors. He studied at the International School of Comics in Florence. He lives in Budapest, Hungary.


Jose Villarrubia (coloring) is an Eisner Award-nominated colorist who has worked for every major comic book publisher. Coloring work includes Young X-Men, Crossing Midnight, and Halo Uprising. Additionally, he is an art professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.


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