Human Body Theater: A Non-Fiction Revue [Paperback]

Welcome to theHuman Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each act. By turns goofy and intensely informative, theHuman Body Theateris always accessible and always entertaining.
Maris Wicks is a biology nerd, and by the time you've read this book, you will be too! Harnessing her passion for science (and her background as a science educator for elementary and middle-school students), she has created a comics-format introduction to the human body that will make an expert of any reader -- young or old!

From bones to skin and everything in between, Human Body Theater takes readers on a fascinating and highly educational tour of the body in comics format!

Brilliant adjunct reading for biology students and the terminally curious. Publishers Weekly

A delightful and enlightening addition to nonfiction graphic novel collections. School Library Journal, starred review

This informative, frank exploration of the body perfectly balances science and silliness. Booklist, starred review

This anatomical extravaganza really gets to the heart of the matter. Not to mention the guts, nerves, veins, bones... Kirkus Reviews

Maris Wickslives in Somerville, Massachusetts. She has harnessed the power of her various biological systems to draw comics for Adhouse Books, Tugboat Press, and Spongebob Comics, and has written stories for Image and DC Comics. Wicks is the author ofHuman Body Theaterand the illustrator ofNew York TimesbestsellingPrimates, with Jim Ottaviani. When Maris is not drawing comics, she can be found prepping slides for her collection of vintage microscopes. She's especially proud of her pulmonary system.