Bone Sharps, Cowboys, And Thunder Lizards (Paperback)

from ElizabethChapman

A graphic (by which I mean illustrated, not sexually suggestive), account of the rivalry between two of the most famous scientists in early paleontology. Unfortunately, the drawings -- which must carry the story in a graphic book -- are just passable. (If only the interior of the book were as com...

from ElizabethChapman

A graphic (by which I mean illustrated, not sexually suggestive), account of the rivalry between two of the most famous scientists in early paleontology. Unfortunately, the drawings -- which must carry the story in a graphic book -- are just passable. (If only the interior of the book were as com...

from DarthDeverell

Jim Ottaviani and Big Time Attic's Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards: A Tale of Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Gilded Age of Paleontology focuses on the two titular paleontologists, their rivalry, and the ethically-dubious practices of government-funded scientists in ...

from sassafras

Very well done. The art and dialogue really work together to give the reader a real sense of the characters and personalities involved.

from fyrefly98

Summary: In the late 1800s, America's "Wild West" was being settled, dinosaurs were all the rage, and two of the country's leading paleontologists spent most of their lives feuding over the bones that were being discovered in the West, and over the names and interpretations of the animals that le...