Seasons
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Words & prhases loosely associated with the seasons appear in a blocky pink font on each page above grainy milutivariously colored prints. The grainy matte paper, rich colors , and deceptively simple images combine to create breathtaking effects. 180p. (Ages: 4-8).
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Benny and Penny In the Big No-No!
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Two young mice suspect their new neighbor has stolen their garden pail in this Toon Book graphic novel. (Ages: 4+).
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Walt and Skeezix - Book Four 1927-1928
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After a delay of nearly two years, the series collecting Frank O. King's (1883-1969) long-running comic strip Gasoline Alley returns with this superb illustration-reproduction installment. The centerpiece is a suspenseful sequence in which a wealthy European aristocrat kidnaps Skeezix - tthe foundling left on Walt Wallet's doorstep six years earlier - claiming to be the chld's natural father - culminating in a courtroom custody battle. But even more compelling is the homespun charm of the episodes that gently portray the everyday domestic life of Walt; his second wife Phyllis; and their enduring youngster. Supplemented by dozens of King's personal photographs, new biographical notes, and appendix. 400p.
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Stigmata
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Lengendary cartoonist Lorenzo Mattoitti (Fires, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) applies his virtuosic pen to novelist and screenwriter Claudio Piersanti's gripping fable of good, evil, sacrifice and ultimate redemption. B&W illus. 190p.
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Saul Steinberg: Illuminations
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition @Morgan Library, NYC, Nov.30.2006-Mar.4.20 07. Though best known for his barbed and brilliant art for The New Yorker, Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) did much more. He executed public murals, designed fabrics & stage sets, was an inventive collagist and printmaker, and turned his magic touch to the fields of painting, sculpture, advertising, and even wartime propaganda. This is the first retrospective of his total oeuvre. Previously unseen sketches, documents, & printed matter illustrate the essay, career chronology, & entries for 120 objects featured in this considerable publication. Illus., 170 color/135 b&w. 272p.
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Zig and Wikki In: Something Ate My Homework (Toon Book)
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Cyclopean alien Zig and his best friend, the robotic encyclopedia Wikki, travel to a distant planet in search of a new lifeform to use as a pet, a distant planet called: Earth! There, Zig and Wikki find themselves suprisingly small compared to Earth creatures, and their quest to tame titanic dragonflies, toads, and raccoons is a dangerous one indeed. Full of wildlife facts! (Ages: 4-8).
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Melvin Monster: Collected from the First Three Issues of the Dell Comic Book Series 1965 (the John Stanley Library)
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A first republication of alternative works by the late children's comic strip creator best known for the "Little Lulu" cartoons includes the complete ten-issue series about an oddball monster boy who wants to go to school and behave nicely.
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Market Day
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A rug maker ponders his future after the store owner who used to buy his handmade rugs retires, the new owner replaces the store's items with cheaper merchandise, and he must sell his rugs at a lower price in an emporium.
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The Acme Novelty Library #20: Lint
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Lint's world is dominated by language, and oversized words are graphic elements on almost every page. So are arrays of tiny dots frmo the face of baby Jordan as his consciousness coalesces and he speaks his first 'mama.' And at the end, as elderly Jordan is dying, his world disintegrastes into dots again, as he thinks 'am I...am....am' Which, of course, bleeds through the back cover to appear in almost indecipherable white type, as 'ma....ma....? 72p.
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Silly Lilly in What Will I Be Today? (Toon Books)
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Silly Lilly tries out a new job every day of the week, from acrobat to vampire.
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