# The Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City - Hardcover

by **Brendan Leach** (Author)

**The award-winning _Pterodactyl Hunters_ finds family drama in a 1904 New York where hot-air-balloonists defend their city from pterodactyls.**

"Action (and angst) in the great pulp tradition, delivered with a sure hand and a dancing line. Keep your eye on this cartoonist!"--Mark Newgarden, author of _We All Die Alone_ and _Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug_

Brendan Leach's _Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City_, a _Best American Comics_ selection and winner of the Xeric Award and Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic, is a story of sibling rivalry and family tradition in a rapidly changing world: a version of a turn-of-the-century New York where generations of working-class hot air balloonists take to the skies each night to defend their city from pterodactyls.

### Author Biography

**Brendan Leach** is an Ignatz and Xeric Award winning Cartoonist and Illustrator. He is the author of the graphic novel _Iron Bound_, counted on _Print_ magazine's best books of 2013. Leach's illustrations have appeared in print in the _New York Times_, _Time Out New York_, _Time Out New York Kids_, _Best American Comics_, and the _L Magazine_, and online at moleskine.com and xbox.com, and on ESPN's Sportscenter. His work has been recognized by 3×3 Magazine and the Society of Illustrators. He used to drive a Zamboni in New Jersey.  

**Number of Pages:** 44

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 11.7 x 9 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 11, 2016

## Details

- **Price:** 20.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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