Mike Barry Mike Barry i(11341240 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon Action Tank : Book 3 Mike Barry , Australia : Mike Barry Was Here , 2024 28620434 2024 single work graphic novel children's 'The unforgettable final chapter in the Action Tank graphic novel series! Trapped in the heart of a planet-sized warship and at the mercy of a ruthless galactic warlord, the Boy is now alone & feeling further from home than ever. Equipped with his upgraded Action Tank Adventure Suit and an unwavering desire to get home for his mum's spaghetti carbonara, the boy must fight through a wild and treacherous battlescape, outwit an infinite army of killer robots, and somehow find a way to stop his maniacal captor from destroying the Earth!'  (Publication summary)
1 1 y separately published work icon We Run Tomorrow Nat Amoore , Melbourne : Puffin , 2022 23814502 2022 single work children's fiction children's 'You can run from your past, but the future is tomorrow . . .
'Tonight, we’re gonna kidnap our best friend. We’ll take one backpack each. Grab all our cash. 'Bring our bikes. And tomorrow? We run.
'Sticks, Maki, Jed and Tommy live on the same street. But the adults around them are making decisions that could tear the four friends apart.
'When they discover their favourite comicbook series is auditioning kids for the blockbuster movie, they come up with a plan.

'Bestselling author Nat Amoore joins forces with acclaimed graphic novelist Mike Barry for a story of four kids – and four superheroes – who are taking their future into their own hands.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Action Tank : Book Two Mike Barry , Mike Barry (illustrator), Australia : Mike Barry Was Here , 2020 21417044 2020 single work graphic novel science fiction children's

'The universe's most fantastic, drastic, intergalactic adventure about getting home for dinner continues!

'Action Tank: Book 2 is the second thrilling chapter in the galaxy-spanning graphic novel series about discovery, friendship, and how far one boy will go to get home for his Mum's spaghetti carbonara.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Action Tank Mike Barry , Mike Barry (illustrator), Australia : Mike Barry Was Here , 2017- 21416963 2017 series - author graphic novel
1 y separately published work icon Action Tank Mike Barry , Mike Barry (illustrator), Australia : Mike Barry Was Here , 2017 12890338 2017 single work graphic novel science fiction children's

'Action Tank is an original, 100 page graphic novel about a boy who finds himself on the other side of the Solar System and must rely on his brains, his courage and the advice of a mysterious talking unicorn guy if he wants to get home in time for his Mum’s spaghetti carbonara. He does. It’s his favourite.

'Along the way he discovers he’s been drafted into an Intergalactic Space Trooper Squadron, and is also in possession of the most powerful piece of technology in the universe – The Action Tank!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Monsters Karen Beilharz , Mike Barry (illustrator), EmmJ (illustrator), Peter Fairfax (illustrator), Kathleen Jennings (illustrator), Greg Lamrock (illustrator), René Pfitzner (illustrator), Nathan Seabolt (illustrator), Belinda Stead (illustrator), Jordan Taia (illustrator), Jemima Trappel (illustrator), Paul Wong-Pan (illustrator), Australia : Hivemindedness Media , 2016 11341432 2016 anthology graphic novel children's fantasy

'“Mummy, I’m scared of MONSTERS!”

'Are you scared of monsters too?

'Is there a monster under your bed, a monster in your closet, or a monster in the corner of your ceiling? (Hang on, that’s just a spider …)

'Maybe the monster isn’t really a monster at all; it’s just misunderstood.

'Or maybe the monster is YOU.

'Prepare to be terrified, provoked, amazed and entertained by these 11 monstrous short comics for children by Karen Beilharz and some of Australia’s best independent comic creators.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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