James Kochalka

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  • Bibliography:
    71 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1998
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

American Elf

1 - American Elf 1999 (Jul-2012)
2 - American Elf 2000 (Jul-2012)
3 - American Elf 2001 (Sep-2012)
4 - American Elf 2002 (Oct-2012)
5 - American Elf 2003 (Nov-2012)

Banana Fox

1 - Banana Fox and the Secret Sour Society (Feb-2021)
2 - Banana Fox and the Book-Eating Robot (Nov-2021)
3 - Banana Fox and the Gummy Monster Mess (May-2022)

Dragon Puncher

1 - Dragon Puncher (Oct-2010)
2 - Dragon Puncher Island (May-2012)

Fungus

1 - Fungus (Jul-2012)

Glork Patrol

1 - Glork Patrol on the Bad Planet (Sep-2020)
2 - Glork Patrol Takes a Bath! (Mar-2022)
3 - Glork Patrol and the Magic Robot (Mar-2023)

Glorkian Warrior

1 - The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza (Mar-2014)
2 - The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie (Mar-2015)
3 - The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny (Mar-2016)

Johnny Boo

1 - The Best Little Ghost In The World (Jun-2008)
2 - Johnny Boo: Twinkle Power (Feb-2009)
3 - Johnny Boo and the Happy Apples (Sep-2009)
4 - Johnny Boo and the Mean Little Boy (Oct-2010)
5 - Johnny Boo Does Something! (Apr-2013)
6 - Johnny Boo Zooms to the Moon (Oct-2014)
7 - Johnny Boo Goes Like This! (Jul-2016)
8 - Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer (Jun-2018)
9 - Johnny Boo is King (Mar-2019)
10 - Johnny Boo and the Midnight Monsters (Nov-2019)
11 - Johnny Boo Finds a Clue (Sep-2020)
12 - Johnny Boo and the Silly Blizzard (Feb-2021)
13 - Johnny Boo Goes to School (Jun-2022)
Johnny Boo Meets Dragon Puncher (Jul-2015)

Monkey vs. Robot

1 - Monkey Vs. Robot (May-2012)
2 - Monkey Vs. Robot & The Crystal Of Power (May-2012)

Book List in Order: 71 titles

  • Quit Your Job

    • / Science Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    On his way to work at the Chinese restaurant, Magic Boy discovers an enchanted ring and determines to make an expedition to the North Pole. He only gets as far as the coffee shop on the next block, but his world is forever changed in the short journe...

  • Tiny Bubbles

    Tiny Bubbles is the newest graphic novel from cartoonist James Kochalka. Magic Boy's hypochondria gets the best of him in Kochalka's most ambitious graphic novel yet. A chance meeting with an action-painting robot forces Magic Boy to contemplate the ...

  • Kissers

  • Perfect Planet & Other Stories

  • James Kochalka's Magic Boy & Girlfriend

  • Pinky and Stinky

    by James Kochalka
    Pinky and Stinky are fat little piglets, but just because they're cuties doesn't mean they're not brave astronauts! They embark on a daring mission to be the first pigs on Pluto, but things...

  • Fantastic Butterflies

    Magic Boy wanders drunkenly through a hallucinogenic nightmare world of Cancer Robots, softball showdowns, dance parties, barbecues, time machines, testicular injury, and cake-baking kung-fu cuties! The graphic novel has twists and turns so bizarre y...

  • James Kochalka's Magic Boy & Robot Elf

    by James Kochalka
    Magic Boy is an old, decrepit man. Lonely and confused, he decides to build a robotic replica of himself. However, the robot goes insane and attacks his creator, then goes back in time, and kills his...

  • Monkey Vs. Robot and the Crystal of Power

    This thought-provoking story is told almost completely without words, relying on Kochalka's expressive illustrations of the title characters. For all the book's humorous and charming appearance, beneath the entertaining veneer lies a stirring examina...



  • Fancy Froglin, Volume 1: Sexy Forest

  • Peanutbutter and Jeremy's Best Book Ever

    Peanutbutter is a cute little kitty who thinks she works in an office. She wears her little hat and tie and often falls asleep on the reams papers overflowing her inbox. Jeremy is the crafty crow who lives in the tree outside of Peanutbutter’s wind...

  • Conversation 1

    James Kochalka and Craig Thompson -- two of our best cartoonists -- go head-to-head in this free-wheeling collaboration/argument, discussing art and religion, confronting each other and playfully confronting God in one of the best comics "jams" ever ...

  • American Elf, Volume 1: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka

  • The Cute Manifesto

    A powerful mixture of philosophy and comics that could change your life forever. In a dangerously uncertain world, Kochalka plots a theoretical path to happiness. Collecting his most intensely thoughtful work, Kochalka tackles the big issues . . ....

  • Conversation 2

    In this issue, James Kochalka goes up against rising indy-comics star, Jeffrey Brown. The two cartoonists draw together, exchanging pages back and forth, and trade metaphorical jabs in a discussion that quickly devolves into an argument, which quickl...

  • American Elf, Volume 2: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka: January 1, 2004 - December 3, 2006

    • Kochalka invented the daily diary comic strip, spawning a grass roots comix movement that has swept across the globe. Every day Kochalka draws a little comic strip about something that happened to him that day. As simple as that concept migh...

  • Squirrelly Gray

    SQUIRRELLY GRAY LIVES in a world without color. His TV is the only fun he has. (And it's really not much fun.)

    But tonight is an unusual night for the young squirrel. First he meets the Tooth Fairy, who is very nice. And then he meets the Hun...

  • The Best Little Ghost In The World

    Johnny Boo - 1

    "Johnny Boo is the latest creation by the multi-talented James Kochalka. Watch as Johnny and Squiggle encounter the Ice Cream Monster for a 'party in his tummy' of a different kind! Fun for kids of all ages, it's AWESOME!" -- DJ Lance Rock, host of N...

  • American Elf, Volume 3: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka: January 1, 2006-December 31, 2007

    • Kochalka's diary strip has always been entertaining, but this might be the most action-packed volume of all. His neighbor's car gets firebombed, his little son Eli learns how to invent his own swears (like "pump duck"), and James gets a gun ...



  • Johnny Boo: Twinkle Power

    Johnny Boo - 2

    "Kochalka's simple line drawings and bright crayon colors stand out in this sweet, silly graphic novel. Children will easily identify with Johnny Boo’s sense of fun and with his fear at meeting someone new."  -- Snow Wildsmith, Booklist Johnny...

  • Popgun, Volume 3

    2010 EISNER AWARD WINNER -  BEST ANTHOLOGY!The original, critically acclaimed graphic mixtape returns in a new volume, once again mashing up the next generation of cartoonists with the some of the medium's finest in stories covering nearly every gen...

  • Johnny Boo and the Happy Apples

    Johnny Boo - 3

    "A landmark book for the kindergarten crowd."  -- School Library Journal "Kochalka's command of the comic form is sublime and adorable. Kids will love Johnny Boo."  -- Harry Bliss, illustrator of Diary of a Worm The full-color, all-ages...

  • American Elf 2007

    Welcome to the digital edition of James Kochalka's award-winning, influential, and totally addictive autobiography, AMERICAN ELF! It's a simple idea -- every day, James draws a comic strip capturing a moment from his life -- but gathered all together...

  • Super F*ckers

    • Foul-mouthed, filthy-minded, and completely oblivious, these young “heroes” do everything BUT fight crime -- they’re too busy getting high, hazing the new kids, playing video games, scheming to be team leader, and designing new costu...

  • Johnny Boo and the Mean Little Boy

    Johnny Boo - 4

    "Perfect for beginning readers." -- Publishers Weekly "Kochalka's command of the comic form is sublime and adorable. Kids will love Johnny Boo." -- Harry Bliss, illustrator of Diary of a Worm "Johnny Boo is sweet without being sugary and comfortably ...

  • Dragon Puncher

    Dragon Puncher - 1

    From the fertile mind of James Kochalka (Johnny Boo, Pinky & Stinky) comes an all-new fantasy adventure for all ages! Meet the Dragon Puncher, a cute but ruthless kitty in an armored battle suit, dedicated to defeating dangerous dragons wherever ...

  • Pinky & Stinky

    "Kochalka's work makes me feel like I did when I was six years old. He brings the joy back to comics." -- Frank Miller, creator of Sin City, 300, and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns "Oh, lord, did Pinky & Stinky make me six years old again." -- A...

  • SuperF*ckers

    "James Kochalka draws beautiful music.” -- Nicholas Gurewitch, creator of The Perry Bible Fellowship "[Kochalka] brings the joy back to comics.” -- Frank Miller, creator of Sin City and 300 "Easily my favorite comic James Kochalka’s ever done....

  • Dragon Puncher Island

    Dragon Puncher - 2

    We know the Dragon Puncher is a heroic warrior kitty in a robot battle-suit. But who is this new fierce fighting feline? And what outrageous adventures await on . . . Dragon Puncher Island?! Twice the punching and twice the laughs, that’s for sure!...



  • Monkey Vs. Robot

    Monkey vs. Robot - 1

    A factory of self-replicating robots is stripping the jungle of its natural resources, threatening the territory of a colony of nearby monkeys. A series of encounters between the two groups quickly escalates into all out war. For all the book's humor...

  • Monkey Vs. Robot & The Crystal Of Power

    Monkey vs. Robot - 2

    178 pages!Deep in the forest, robots are gathering plant and animal samples, and bringing them back to Mother Computer's Knowledge Extractor for analysis. When one spunky monkey breaks free of the device, a short circuit burns out the power Crystal i...

  • American Elf, Book 4: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka: January 1 2008 - December 31 2011

    • It's the long-awaited return of James Kochalka's massively influential and deceptively ambitious autobiography, American Elf. Every day of his life is captured in a single comic strip, sometimes profound and sometimes silly, but always full ...

  • American Elf 1999

    American Elf - 1

    Welcome to the digital edition of James Kochalka's award-winning, influential, and totally addictive autobiography, AMERICAN ELF! It's a simple idea -- every day, James draws a comic strip capturing a moment from his life -- but gathered all together...

  • American Elf 2000

    American Elf - 2

    Welcome to the digital edition of James Kochalka's award-winning, influential, and totally addictive autobiography, AMERICAN ELF! It's a simple idea -- every day, James draws a comic strip capturing a moment from his life -- but gathered all tog...

  • Fungus

    Fungus - 1

    This swampy delight bundles together two hilarious 16-page stories from the unstoppable creative mind of James Kochalka (Johnny Boo, Dragon Puncher, American Elf, SuperF*ckers)! First, two "Rotten Little Cuties" search for a killer party and debate t...

  • American Elf 2001

    American Elf - 3

    Welcome to the digital edition of James Kochalka's award-winning, influential, and totally addictive autobiography, AMERICAN ELF! It's a simple idea -- every day, James draws a comic strip capturing a moment from his life -- but gathered all tog...

  • American Elf 2002

    American Elf - 4

    "Welcome to the digital edition of James Kochalka's award-winning, influential, and totally addictive autobiography, AMERICAN ELF! It's a simple idea -- every day, James draws a comic strip capturing a moment from his life -- but gathered all togethe...

  • American Elf 2003

    American Elf - 5

    Welcome to the digital edition of James Kochalka's award-winning, influential, and totally addictive autobiography, American Elf!  It's a simple idea -- every day, James draws a comic strip capturing a moment from his life-- but gathered all tog...

  • Johnny Boo Does Something!

    Johnny Boo - 5

    What does Johnny Boo do when there's nothing to do? Johnny Boo Does Something! In fact, he does a LOT of things! Watch Johnny Boo have a Boring Adventure and discover Yawn Power, write an angry letter to Ice Cream Magazine, get a squiggly new hairdo,...



  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza

    Glorkian Warrior - 1

    The Glorkian Warrior isn't the brightest bulb in the box, so it's good he's got his trusty talking backpack to advise him as they set out on a perilous journey to deliver a pizza. The pizza's got clams and peanut butter on it, so it's not clear who's...

  • The Unbearable Rot of Being

    Eisner Award-winner James Kochalka presents a forest full of cute but strange fungus creatures that live beneath our feet. This book contains 11 chapters of little fungal creatures ruminating on a variety of topics, including such bizarre mysteries a...

  • Johnny Boo Zooms to the Moon

    Johnny Boo - 6

    • When asked what adventure Johnny Boo should go on next, many readers wanted him to visit the moon. Others wanted him to ride a skateboard. Well, dreams do come true! Also introducing: moon ice cream, a new monster, and the mighty Boom Power ...

  • The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie

    Glorkian Warrior - 2

    Oh, Glorkian Warrior. You were doing so well! You almost had that rampaging space snake under control -- when Buster Glark, your villainous rival in the Glorkian Corps, showed up to make fun of you! He laughed so hard at your misfortune that he gave ...

  • Johnny Boo Meets Dragon Puncher

    Johnny Boo

    • From the winner of the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers! Worlds collide! The Kochalkaverse will never be the same!
    • James Kochalka, the first Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont, has been hailed by School Library Journa...

  • Quit Your Job: And Other Stories

    Eisner Award winner James Kochalka has been called "one of the brightest lights of independent comics” and Quit Your Job is a shining example of his genius. On his way to work at the Chinese restaurant, Magic Boy discovers an enchanted ring and de...

  • Garbage Pail Kids

    Remember mullets and teased bangs? Stonewashed denim jackets and jeans? Well, not everything about the ‘80s was lame, because that’s when the Garbage Pail Kids ruled the world! Those irreverent, satirical stickers quickly became a pop-culture phe...

  • The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny

    Glorkian Warrior - 3

    In volume 3 of James Kochalka's off-kilter science fiction series for young readers, the eponymous hapless space adventurer is joined by three horribly annoying little kids. Everything is terrible, and nothing is okay. Well, that's not entirely tr...

  • Elf Cat in Love

    When the incredibly conceited Elf Cat goes on a quest for the Ice Sword with his magical friend Tennis Ball, they will face dragons, magical hot dogs, snowflake princesses, and confront their feelings! If you find love in many places, can you see it ...

  • Johnny Boo Goes Like This!

    Johnny Boo - 7

    Johnny Boo and Squiggle come across a giant pencil! Is it magical? Whatever it is, when Johnny Boo draws with it, his drawings come to life. Before you know it, they're off on another adventure, filled with tigers, ice cream monsters, and truly unbel...



  • SuperF*ckers Forever

    After kind of destroying the world (whoops!), the wonderfully profane and destructive Superf*ckers are returned to life to hang out, make out, punch each other out, and generally cause a ruckus. But when their leader, SuperDan, insists on their help ...

  • Mechaboys

    Superbad meets Transformers in James Kochalka's next great graphic novel, with a genuine high-school sweetness mixed in with robot action, comedy, and plenty of fistfights.

    Two lovable dirtbag teens, tired of being bullied, build a robot battl...

  • Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer

    Johnny Boo - 8

    "The best little ghost in the world," and his pet ghost, Squiggle, are back in their most delicious adventure yet! It's a new delightful romp for young readers and families from the award-winning imagination of Vermont's first Cartoonist Laureate, J...

  • Fancy Froglin Uncensored

    James Kochalka’s complete Fancy Froglin -- the lovable story of a very dirty little frog who only sometimes wears pants. Fancy Froglin is an ineffably cute happy little frog that loves getting boners. He’s highly sexual yet purely innocent. An...

  • Johnny Boo is King

    Johnny Boo - 9

    The beloved young-reader series by Eisner Award winner James Kochalka returns with a new adventure fit for a king!

    Johnny Boo is wearing a crown on his head, so that means he's the king! Squiggle wants to be king too, so he puts a rock on his ...

  • Johnny Boo and the Midnight Monsters

    Johnny Boo - 10

    The best little ghost in the world--and his pet ghost, Squiggle--continue their award-winning adventures with a spooky story that can turn any night into Halloween!

    Are you scared of the dark? Did you know that when the clock strikes twelve, t...

  • Glork Patrol on the Bad Planet

    Glork Patrol - 1

    Exploding from the beloved Glorkian Warrior video game and graphic novels: a hilarious new outer-space adventure, from the award-winning creator of Johnny Boo!

    Who keeps the galaxy silly? The Glork Patrol! When the patrol crash-lands on the si...

  • Johnny Boo Finds a Clue

    Johnny Boo - 11

    Johnny Boo and Squiggle team up with old friends in a jaw-dropping new adventure--to solve a very silly mystery!

    The Eisner-Award-winning Johnny Boo series just keeps getting wilder and funnier! This time, a secret thief has stolen Johnny Boo'...

  • Monkey vs. Robot: The Complete Epic

    A magnum opus from one of the giants of indie cartooning finally gets its due -- in full color, and expanded with a new 120-page grand finale!

    Since the dawn of time, the eternal struggle of Monkey Vs. Robot has captivated the hearts of comics...

  • Banana Fox and the Secret Sour Society

    Banana Fox - 1

    Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka brings his trademark humor to Banana Fox, an uproariously funny series from Graphix Chapters!El gran detective Banana Zorro debe volver a su trabajo buscando una tortuga perdida. Mientras mas investiga, ...

  • Johnny Boo and the Silly Blizzard

    Johnny Boo - 12

    James Kochalka's beloved Eisner-award-winning series takes a wintry turn as Johnny Boo and Squiggle discover the delights of eating snow — and the importance of staying warm!Kids love to eat snow! It looks a lot like ice cream... hey, maybe it r...

  • Banana Fox and the Book-Eating Robot

    Banana Fox - 2

    Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka mixes up another silly and spunky adventure for Banana Fox, the smoothie-sipping sleuth!Get drawn into reading with Graphix Chapters!Graphix Chapters are ideal books for beginning and newly independent r...

  • Glork Patrol Takes a Bath

    Guess who’s back for even more wacky outer-space adventures? The Glorkian Warrior and his crew! It’s a sticky, soapy, messy delight from the award-winning creator of Johnny Boo and Banana Fox! What a mess! It all started when Glorkian Sup...

  • Glork Patrol Takes a Bath!

    Glork Patrol - 2

    Guess who’s back for even more wacky outer-space adventure? The Glorkian Warrior and his crew! It’s a sticky, soapy, messy delight from the award-winning creator of Johnny Boo and Banana Fox! What a mess! It all started when Glorkian Supe...

  • Banana Fox and the Gummy Monster Mess

    Banana Fox - 3

    Banana Fox returns for another silly and spunky adventure in this laugh-out-loud series by Eisner Award-winning cartoonist James Kochalka!Get drawn into reading with Graphix Chapters!Graphix Chapters are ideal books for beginning and newly independen...

  • Johnny Boo Goes to School

    Johnny Boo - 13

    “The best little ghost in the world” continues his award-winning silliness with a wacky new adventure in a new place: SCHOOL! Johnny Boo doesn’t know what school is, but if Squiggle is going, he wants to go too! School is where you have to wear...

  • Dragon Puncher Punches Back

    The Eisner Award–winning graphic novel series that combines comics, cats, goofy photography, and nonstop silly action now makes a triumphant return!The world has been waiting a full decade for a new installment in this Eisner Award–winnin...

  • Glork Patrol and the Magic Robot

    Glork Patrol - 3

    The Glork Patrol meets a TINY new friend… and a HUGE new enemy? Robots come in all shapes and sizes in this loony space adventure from the award-winning creator of Johnny Boo and Banana Fox! A mysterious package arrives with a tiny robot inside, na...

  • Johnny Boo

    Even “the best little ghost in the world” gets bored sometimes! But in the award-winning Johnny Boo series, fun is never far away. For instance, check out this magic hammer…Johnny Boo lets Squiggle borrow his magic hammer so Squigg...

  • Johnny Boo is Bored! Bored! Bored!

    Even “the best little ghost in the world” gets bored sometimes! But in the award-winning Johnny Boo series, fun is never far away. For instance, check out this magic hammer… Johnny Boo lets Squiggle borrow his magic hammer so Squiggle can work ...

  • Jimmy's Elbow

    Jimmy has an elbow! Do you have one, too? Well, what if it could talk? Award-winning graphic novelist James Kochalka explores surreal frontiers of the body and mind in this psychedelic comedy for all ages.Jimmy is a very good boy. He even wears a tie...

  • Dr. Seuss Graphic Novel

    Dr. Seuss’s iconic, original dynamic duo is back—and this time, Sam-I-Am is going to show his grumpy pal the world beyond green eggs and ham in their own chapter book graphic novel! Sam-I-Am's grumpy best pal Walter is missing out on th...

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James Kochalka has published 71 books.

The next book by James Kochalka, Dr. Seuss Graphic Novel, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by James Kochalka, Quit Your Job, was published in January 1998.

Yes. James Kochalka has 8 series.
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