And they do so not by manufacturing fake emotion, but by sticking to the reality of being a scientist-the hard punishments of fieldwork, the strains on marriage, the cocktail-party diplomacy back home and, most important of all, the elation of discovery. “ succeed in conjuring the feel of extraordinary science. “This is an inviting introduction that will undoubtedly lure many readers into further investigation of this groundbreaking fieldwork.” - BCCB “The story of how each of these women loved primates and lived among them to study their behavior is compelling, and might inspire a whole new generation of scientists to follow in their footsteps.” - School Library Journal “Presented as dedicated, iconoclastic, and profoundly in awe of the creatures around them, Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas are inspiring figures, and Ottaviani does a first-rate job of dangling enough tantalizing tidbits to pique readers' interest in the topic.” - Booklist “A graphic format admirably propels this lightly fictionalized group biography.” - The Horn Book “An accessible introduction to Goodall's, Fossey's and Galdikas' lives and work.” - Kirkus Reviews When Maris is not drawing comics, she can be found prepping slides for her collection of vintage microscopes. Wicks has also created comics for Spongebob Comics, DC and Marvel.
She is the author behind Human Body Theater, as well as the illustrator of New York Times Bestselling Primates, with Jim Ottaviani. Maris Wicks lives in sunny Somerville, Massachusetts. Jim lives in Michigan and comes to comics via careers in nuclear engineering and librarianship. His books are New York Times bestsellers, have been translated into a dozen languages, and have received praise from publications ranging from Nature and Physics World to Entertainment Weekly and Variety. Wilson), Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Hawking, The Imitation Game, a biography of Alan Turing, Primates, about Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas and Feynman, about the Nobel-prize winning physicist, artist, and raconteur.
Jim Ottaviani has written fifteen (and counting) graphic novels about scientists.
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