Ka-boom!: A Dictionary of Comic Book Words, Symbols & Onomatopoeia

by Kevin Taylor

"Shouldn't all dictionaries start with AAAA and end with ZZZZZZZTZZZTZZZ? Ka-BOOM! it's a collection of sound effects from comic books, each one rigorously defined and cross referenced. Nowhere has the art of onomatopoeia been raised to higher heights than in the humble comic book." TIME Digital Vol.5 No.5 "I was trying to find how to spell EEEUW in a regular dictionary and, of course, that wasn't going to happen." "I am a middle school English language arts teacher. While in the process of creating lessons on vocabulary, I discovered "KA-BOOM!" ...a fun and worthwhile addition to a lesson in which students will create their own dictionaries." English Language Arts Teacher WVDE/IBM Reinventing Education Project "I just started writing and need someplace to find these screwy words."

121 pages, Paperback

First published May 9, 2007

Reviews

[Elle]

This is very unlike what I would usually read but I needed to read something with an onomatopoeia in the title for Book Bingo so here we are. This wasn't a bad book it did have some spellings that I wouldn't have thought of for an onomatopoeia before. I am not the intended audience for this book but I can definitely see how this could be useful for those who write comics. I enjoyed the onomatopoeia boomer room for laxatives coming into effect. It also was an easy book to read for the most part.

[Jonni Rich]

Loved this book referencing onomatopoeias. Phonetically imitates the sound of the word.

[Poppy]

$2.99 for crap

What a fucking waste of $two.ninety nine... Nothing bit Alexa & b brb orkjkjkj. It's crap wasted my money. Certainly should have known better.

[David]

An actual dictionary of comic book sound effects. Includes issue of appearance

[Yuuki Nakashima]

Seriously, this is a very useful dictionary. Onomatopoeias often give me a hard time to translate; especially when it doesn't have any illustration. I can refer to this book from now on.