Enter the world of Steve Jobs -- disrupter icon hero -- and be inspired by his fascinating life presented here as a graphic novel. This fast-paced and entertaining biography is a perfect complement to text-heavy books on Steve Jobs like Walter Isaacson's biography. Steve Jobs is the subject of a major movie project this Autumn and this graphic telling of his life-story presents him as the ultimate American entrepreneur who brought us Apple Computer Pixar Macs iPods iPhones and more. It's a unique and stylish book sure to appeal to the legions of readers who live and breathe the perfect blend of technology and design that Jobs created. Jobs's remarkable life reads like a history of the personal technology industry. He started Apple Computer in his parents' garage and eventually became the tastemaker of a generation creating products we can't live without. Through it all he was an overbearing and demanding perfectionist both impossible and inspiring. Capturing his unparalleled brilliance as well as his many demons Jessie Hartland's engaging biography illuminates the meteoric successes devastating setbacks and myriad contradictions that make up the extraordinary life and legacy of the insanely great Steve Jobs.

Jessie Hartland is a New York City-based commercial artist, writer and illustrator. She has painted murals at a Japanese amusement park, designed Christmas windows for Bloomingdale¿s and put her mark on ceramics, watches and all sorts of other things. She has done drawings for many magazines and newspapers such as: the New York Times, Travel and Leisure and Bon Appétit, and has written and illustrated several books for children.