Calamity Before Jane HC (2025 Toon Books) A TOON Graphic comic books 1946 or later
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Published Dec 2025 by Toon Books.$12.95
1st printing. Story and art by Noah Van Sciver. Calamity Jane and the stories surrounding her are famous, but this graphic novel for young readers 8 and up is here to tell the story of Martha Jane Canary—the real-life survivor, orphan, and storyteller behind the legend. In 1901, the Pan-American Exposition World's Fair was held in Buffalo, New York. Amongst spectacles like advancements in electricity and new inventions like the X-ray machine is a woman with a story—but not the one youve heard. Calamity Janes life is shrouded in exaggerations and lies told to sell a more marketable version of reality, but cartoonist Noah Van Sciver is here to tell the truth: Martha Jane Cannary struggled throughout her life, from her childhood as a destitute orphan to her bitter adulthood as she watched the West she loved disappear before her eyes. Hardcover, 8-in.x 10-in., 56 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $17.99.
