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  EARTHLING!

  WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MARK FEARING

  CREATED BY MARK FEARING AND TIM RUMMEL

  Contents

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Dedication

  Acknowledgments

  Copyright

  The Creators

  CHAPTER 1

  CHAPTER 2

  CHAPTER 3

  CHAPTER 4

  CHAPTER 5

  CHAPTER 6

  CHAPTER 7

  CHAPTER 8

  CHAPTER 9

  For Dad and the story-filled hikes across northern Minnesota and the arctic tundra.

  —Mark

  THANKS:

  Tim Rummel who many years ago convinced me there was more to this story than just a ten-minute animated short.

  My editor Julie Romeis who put up with my tantrums, made me concentrate on the characters, and was willing to let me take the long road to figure things out.

  My agents Denis Kitchen and John Lind who believed in Earthling from the start and acted generously and resolutely.

  Brent Boyd for helping me cut the number of hugs in this story and telling me when characters were less than enthralling.

  Ken Min who did far more than the marvelous painting in the book. He offered an additional set of visual notes that usually led to more work for me and for him.

  Karen and Lily who for the last two years heard “I’m going to work on Earthling” far too often.

  And many other people who played a part in making Earthling possible: Mary P., Ric H., Jon M., Jaime, Emmie, Justin, Erik J., John H., Bethany, Jenni, Omaha, Vicki A., Sean M., Martin, Fred M., and from what is now a long time ago, MooseyD.

  Written and illustrated by Mark Fearing

  Created by Mark Fearing and Tim Rummel

  Color by Ken Min

  Art direction and book design by John Lind

  Copyright © 2012 Mark Fearing.

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.

  ISBN 978-1-4521-1304-3 (eBook)

  The Library of Congress has previously cataloged this title under

  ISBN 978-0-8118-7106-8 (Hardcover)

  ISBN 978-1-4521-0906-0 (Paperback)

  Packaged for Chronicle Books by Kitchen, Lind & Associates LLC.

  www.kitchenandlind.com

  The illustrations in this book were rendered in pencil and inked and colored digitally using

  Adobe Photoshop and Wacom tablets.

  Chronicle Books LLC

  680 Second Street, San Francisco, California 94107

  www.chroniclekids.com

  THE CREATORS

  MARK FEARING is an award-winning illustrator, cartoonist and animator. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, daughter, two dogs, a cat, and a need to vacuum constantly. This is his first graphic novel. Visit Mark at: www.markfearing.com.

  TIM RUMMEL is a television producer and creative executive. He lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California, Planet Earth.

 

 

  Mark Fearing, Earthling!

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