Steve Jobs: Insanely Great - Softcover

Hartland, Jessie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753557029 ISBN 13: 9780753557020

Publisher: Virgin Books, 2015

Synopsis

Enter the world of Steve Jobs -- disrupter, icon, hero -- and be inspired by his fascinating life presented here as a graphic novel.

This fast-paced and entertaining biography is a perfect complement to text-heavy books on Steve Jobs like Walter Isaacson’s biography. Steve Jobs is the subject of a major movie project this Autumn, and this graphic telling of his life-story presents him as the ultimate American entrepreneur, who brought us Apple Computer, Pixar, Macs, iPods, iPhones and more. It's a unique and stylish book, sure to appeal to the legions of readers who live and breathe the perfect blend of technology and design that Jobs created.

Jobs’s remarkable life reads like a history of the personal technology industry. He started Apple Computer in his parents’ garage and eventually became the tastemaker of a generation, creating products we can’t live without. Through it all, he was an overbearing and demanding perfectionist, both impossible and inspiring.

Capturing his unparalleled brilliance, as well as his many demons, Jessie Hartland’s engaging biography illuminates the meteoric successes, devastating setbacks, and myriad contradictions that make up the extraordinary life and legacy of the insanely great Steve Jobs.

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Review:

Hartland ably captures the many facets of entrepreneur and innovator Steve Jobs in this graphic biography . Luddites and iFans alike should find this volume an illuminating introduction to Jobs s life and the recent history of consumer electronics. "School Library Journal "starred review
"Harland brings the style of simple drawings paired with easy-to-digest facts she used in her first novel, Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child, to a breezy yet thorough illustrated biography of Apple pioneer Jobs." "Publishers Weekly"
"Hartland s signature squiggle style and handwritten text create a disarming, intimate view of the subject, as does the lack of any color. Like Job s innovative designs, her approach is sleek and simplistic, covering just what is needed while still standing out from the competition" "Booklist"
"Wonderfully fun I think he (Jobs) would absolutely adore that there s this graphic biography of him.
Nancy Pearl,
For being a streamlined look at an impressively packed life, "Insanely Great"is a complete and multifaceted story The book is nuanced without being sprawling; comprehensive but not exhaustive or exhausting, for that matter. Macworld.com
If you are a fan of Steve Jobs, would like to learn more about this brilliant man or like the comic form, then this is the perfect book for you. TeenReads.com
I love Hartland s illustrations. They exhibit a pleasing simplicity that should make them appeal to anyone with a love of Apple-style minimalism. CultofMac.com
[A]n accessible, engaging, and thoroughly entertaining biography. ComicsGrinder.com

"From the Hardcover edition.""

Book Description:

Discover the incredible Steve Jobs story in graphic form!

About this edition

• Publisher: Virgin Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0753557029
• ISBN 13: 9780753557020
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240