Karmopolis (Book 1): The Land of Cars

Nick Bertozzi

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Karmopolis (Book 1): The Land of Cars

Karmopolis (Book 1): The Land of Cars

Nick Bertozzi

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Description

Welcome to a world on wheels! It's nonstop excitement in this nutty graphic novel starring two kids in a fast-paced future.

Karmopolis is a world made up of super-highways and super-vehicles! Drivers zip from their wheeled houses to the moving super-mall without ever touching the ground, while the few mysterious Walkers skulk within the highway median. Two young Drivers, Pooja and her brother Om, are out shopping when they accidentally find a beautiful gem. After two angry men demand that they hand it over, a head-spinning adventure begins--Pooja and Om race across Karmopolis in search of the meaning of the gem, with the two creeps hot on their tailpipe.

Award-winning cartoonist Nick Bertozzi (Lewis & Clark; Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey) combines old-fashioned comic book thrills with futuristic frenzy and super-cool diagrams in the endlessly imaginative Karmopolis: The Land of Cars.

About the Author

Nick Bertozzi writes and draws comics from his headquarters in NYC, and he has two incredible daughters with his amazing wife. Nick has been interested in unusual vehicles since visiting his grandfather's car-repair shop in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, which was famous for cutting totaled cars in half and soldering salvageable ends together. Nick learned to drive on an old Ford F-150 with a stick shift as long as a golf club!

Critical Reviews

"Combines retro animation and comic-strip aesthetics with inventive, futuristic twists...A relentlessly paced, dynamic jaunt depicting life in perpetual motion." -- Publishers Weekly

"The inventive slang, energetic chases, diagrammatic cut-away views of structures, and childlike creativity to the world will find appeal in artistic kids who love to pore over intricate artwork." -- Booklist

Publishing Information

Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
Pub date: 2025-07-01
Length: 128 pages

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