BrickJournal Compendium Volume 3 compiles the digital-only issues #6-7 of the acclaimed online magazine for LEGO enthusiasts of all ages - for the first time in printed form! This full-color book spotlights all aspects of the LEGO Community through interviews with builders Knud Thomsen (builder of a LEGO city), Anthony Sava (castle and dragon builder), Jorgen Vig Knudstorp (CEO to the LEGO Group) and the duo Arvo (builders of many incredible models), plus features on LEGO fan conventions, such as BrickFest 2006, LEGO World (the Netherlands), and 1000steine-land (Germany), reviews and behind the scenes reports on two LEGO sets (the Cafe Corner and Hobby Train), creating custom mini-figures, instructions and techniques and more!...

Hairstyles of the Damned is an honest and affectionate depiction of wanting to belong, but never quite belonging. Joe Meno’s pitch-perfect prose illuminates the tumultuous realities of American adolescence, the disintegration of the modern family, and the way a mix-tape can change a person’s life. Following the riotous exploits of Brian, a Catholic school malcontent, and his best friend Gretchen, a punk rock girl fond of brawling, this work of fiction unflinchingly pursues the truth in discovering what it means to develop your own identity....

BrickJournal magazine is the ultimate resource for LEGO enthusiasts of all ages, and this FULL-COLOR book compiles the first three digital-only issues in printed form for the first time ever! It spotlights all aspects of the LEGO Community, showcasing events, people, and models, with contributions and how-to articles by top builders worldwide, new product intros, and more! Featured are interviews with: Lego car builder Zachary Sweigart (showing his version of the time-traveling Delorean from the movie Back to the Future), Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (CEO of LEGO Systems, Inc.), Mecha builders Bryce McLone and Jeff Ranjo, paraplegic Lego builder Scott Warfield, Bob Carney (Lego castle builder extraordinaire) and Ralph Savelsburg (Lego plane builder), Reverend Brendan Powell Smith (author of the Lego version of the Bible), NASA Astronaut Trainer Kieth Johnson, Jake McKee (Global Community Director for The Lego Group), builder Jason Allemann on recreating the spacecraft from 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact, features on the Bionicle universe, how to make your own custom bricks, plus building instructions and techniques, and more! Edited by Joe Meno....

A breakout new novel from the critically acclaimed novelist and playwright Joe Meno, author of Hairstyles of the Damned. The sky is falling for the Caspers, a family of cowards: for Jonathan, a paleontologist, searching in vain for a prehistoric giant squid; for his wife, Madeline, an animal behaviorist with a failing experiment; for their daughter, Amelia, a disappointed teenage revolutionary; for her younger sister, Thisbe, on a frustrated search for God; and for grandfather Henry, who wants to disappear, limiting himself to eleven words a day, then ten, then nine… Each fears uncertainty and the possibilities that accompany it. When Jonathan and Madeline suddenly decide to separate, this nuclear family is split, each member forced to confront his or her own cowardice, finally coming to appreciate the cloudiness of the modern age.

With wit and humor, The Great Perhaps presents a revealing look at anxiety, ambiguity, and the need for complicated answers to complex questions. 4 drawings....

BrickJournal Compendium, Volume Two, compiles issues #4-5 of the acclaimed online magazine for LEGO enthusiasts of all ages for the first time in printed form! This FULL-COLOR book spotlights all aspects of the LEGO Community through interviews with: Mike Wilder (about using a Mindstorms robot to film a 3-D documentary) and Mark Larson (creator of the Fabuland Housewifes online comic strip), Alban Nanty on his Lego-based Star Wars® film, plus features on Lego character sculptures, tutorials on LCad software for creating projects, an examination of Legoland's history, behind the scenes at a Lego factory, building big with Legos (from castles and rollercoasters to ships and skyscrapers), creating custom minifigures, instructions and building techniques, and more! Edited by Joe Meno....