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Doogie Horner

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Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Humor and Comedy

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Doogie Horner is the author and illustrator of The Adventures of Invisible Boy graphic novel series, which was a Junior Library Guild Selection, an ALA notable book, and was named best graphic novel of 2024 by The Week Junior. His other books include the YA novel This Might Hurt a Bit.

“Horner skillfully delves into deep themes such as parental expectations, social acceptance, and self-worth in a manner that will resonate with middle graders.”
–School Library Journal

“Doogie Horner: America’s heart-warmer-in-chief?”
—Time magazine

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The most common question I get from kids is, "How did you come up with the idea for Invisible Boy?"

Doogie Horner The answer is kind of weird. My son, who was five years old at the time, used to have an imaginary friend called "Shadow Kirby," who I pretended to be…moreThe answer is kind of weird. My son, who was five years old at the time, used to have an imaginary friend called "Shadow Kirby," who I pretended to be. My son and I played make-believe together A LOT, and during those years when he was 3-6 years old, I spent about 75% of my waking life pretending to be Shadow Kirby. It was a strange and exhausting experience spending that much time pretending to be someone else.
Shadow Kirby always did everything wrong. He was a real nut. One day my son and Shadow Kirby were discussing what would make a good comic book character. Since Shadow Kirby only ever had bad ideas, he suggested a comic where the main character was invisible, where you literally couldn't see them at all. My son thought that was funny.
But then later, I started wondering if you really could draw a comic book like that. Usually in comics when a character is invisible, you can still kind of see them. The artist draws them as a ghostly outline or a dotted line, like the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four. But could you draw a comic where the main character was actually totally invisible to the reader? I thought it sounded like a fun challenge, so that's why I started drawing Invisible Boy.
I finished a whole version of Invisible Boy where all you could see were his speech bubbles (you can that version on my website if you're interested) but ultimately discovered that it was, indeed, a bad idea. The biggest problem was that you couldn't read Invisible Boy's expressions, which took away a huge aspect of the storytelling.
So when I rewrote/redrew Invisible Boy for the graphic novel, I changed him to a ghostly outline.
So actually I didn't come up with the idea for Invisible Boy, Shadow Kirby did.(less)

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Average rating: 4.13 · 3,431 ratings · 624 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic by Doogie Horner (Goodreads Author), J.J. Harrison (Illustrations) 4.59 avg rating — 1,451 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	100 Ghosts: A Gallery of Harmless Haunts 3.81 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	The Adventures of Invisible Boy (The Adventures of Invisible Boy #1) 3.87 avg rating — 378 ratings — 10 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
	This Might Hurt a Bit 3.60 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2019 — 7 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
	Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren't Aware Of 3.69 avg rating — 293 ratings — 5 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
	Zeroes to Heroes (The Adventures of Invisible Boy #2) 4.52 avg rating — 89 ratings — 8 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
	Christmas in the Batcave: A Brave, Bold, and Utterly Exhausting Adventure [Officially licensed] by Doogie Horner (Goodreads Author), Christian Cornia (illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 10 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
	Monster Mash (The Adventures of Invisible Boy #3) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	Help! Ik ben onzichtbaar by Doogie Horner (Goodreads Author), Hanneke Majoor (Translator) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Doogie Horner: A Delicate Man 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

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