Baddies - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 193363376X ISBN 13 : 9781933633763

Editeur : Melville House Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Stromberg David

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A hilariously absurd graphic collection

Cult cartoonist David Stromberg has been dubbed "Thurber on speed" at the legendary Gotham Book Mart. It's easy to see why in the weird world of Baddies, an absurdist graphic collection of gags, ideas, and late night thoughts that harkens back to the days of witty New Yorker cartoonists . . . even as it seems so edgy as to be completely new.

Baddies looks aslant at everyday life, unearthing its most hilarious and ridiculous aspects amidst even our darkest fears and phobias. Inhabited by an antic and eclectic assortment of odd-ball characters, who star in chapters such as "Action and Its Doubt," "The Day and Its Battle," "Mystery and Its Carnality," these captioned cartoons capture a world forever veering off from the normal, the rational, and the "well adjusted."

And they introduce us to a startlingly original artist, where the art and the writerly wit combine in a way that's both disarmingly funny and strangely familiar, not to mention refreshingly, bitingly smart.

Revue de presse

“Baddies is a little Thurber, a little Eastern European gravitas and dread, and crates of good humor and delight.”
—Aimee Bender, author of Willful Creatures

“A strange, eccentric, and wonderful volume. It shares kinship with the likes of B. Kliban, Glen Baxter, David Lynch. But its wonder is all its own.”
—Geoff Nicholson, author of Bleeding London

“An absurdist Vanity Fair of current Americana. In these zany drawings—and even zanier comment and observation—there is a great deal of wisdom.”
—Josip Novakovich, author of Infidelities

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Melville House Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 193363376X
• ISBN 13: 9781933633763
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible