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Shane Houghton

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Comics, Humor and Comedy, Graphic Novels

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Shane Houghton is the writer and co-creator of REED GUNTHER, the critically acclaimed all-ages comic book about a bear-riding cowboy.

Shane has also written for many licensed comic properties such as The Simpsons, Peanuts, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Adventure Time. Together with his brother Chris, Shane has co-created and optioned two original animated series. Shane lives in Los Angeles with his wife and cat, Donald.

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	Reed Gunther, Vol. 1: The Bear-Riding Cowboy by Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Chris Houghton 3.79 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reed Gunther, Vol. 2: Monsters and Mustaches! by Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Chris Houghton (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fanboys vs. Zombies Vol. 4 by Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Jerry Gaylord (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fanboys vs. Zombies Vol. 5 by Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Jerry Gaylord (Illustrations) 3.53 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reed Gunther #1 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fanboys vs. Zombies #13 by Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Jerry Gaylord (Artist), Mirka Andolfo (Colorist) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harvey Beaks Vol. 3: More Than Meets the Eye by Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Kevin Kramer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fanboys vs. Zombies #15 by Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Jerry Gaylord (Artist) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fanboys vs. Zombies #16 by Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author), Jerry Gaylord (Artist) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Fanboys vs Zombies (5 books)
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Shane Houghton (Goodreads Author),

Jerry Gaylord (Illustrations)

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Reed Gunther (Collections) (2 books)
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Chris Houghton (Illustrator)

3.94 avg rating — 127 ratings

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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

by Tara Brach (Goodreads Author)

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Star Wars: The Dark Lord Trilogy

by James Luceno

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Big Driver

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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