Johnny Hiro : {half Asian, all hero} / Fred Chao ; greytones by Dylan Babb ; letters by Jesse Post.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Chao, Fred.

Contributor:

• Babb, Dylan.
• Post, Jesse.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• National Book Committee.
• Bussers (Food service employees)--Comic books, strips, etc.
• Chinese restaurants--Comic books, strips, etc.
• Chinese restaurants.
• New York (N.Y.)--Comic books, strips, etc.
• New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

• Science fiction comics.
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Graphic novels.
• Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First Tor edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2012.

Summary:

Johnny Hiro, a hardworking busboy, lives in Brooklyn with his flighty but lovable girlfriend Mayumi. Every day, he struggles to make ends meet while fighting giant monsters, running over rooftops from crazed waiters, fending off businessmen-turned-samurai, or having the occasional conversation with Judge Judy, Coolio, or Alton Brown.

Notes:

• "A Tor Book"--verso t.p.
• Originally published as Johnny Hiro, issues 1-3 (2007, 2008), previously collected with new material as Johnny Hiro by AdHouse Books (2009). Excerpt published in Best American Comics 2010 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2010).

ISBN:

• 9780765329370
• 0765329379

OCLC:

760975014