Synopsis
by Walt Holcombe
Blessed with a lovely bouncy, rubbery SpongeBob SquarePants-y style, cartoonist and animator Walt Holcombe tells wildly imaginative stories of love gained and (often) lost. Things Just Get Away From You collects all of Holcombe's late-1990s comics work, with a bonus new story, "Hails at Sea," thrown in for good measure. It leads off with "King of Persia," a 1001 Nights/Yiddish vaudeville-inspired graphic novella in which king Faisal Al-Ghazali must win the affection of the woman he loves by traveling to an enchanted land in search of a giant emerald, while accompanied by his faithful companion, the talking camel, Jamila.
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About the Author
Walt Holcombe is an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist who lives in Los Angeles, CA and works in the animation industry; he has worked on Comedy Central's Kid Notorious and Cartoon Network's Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi.
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At first glance, Holcombe's simple, cartoony drawings and fanciful characters anthropomorphic bugs, a befuddled Persian king and his talking camel suggest children's comics. But under the surface lies an incongruous, adult melancholy. The bug is an alienated loner in a stormy relationship with a bed-hopping insect and confides in his only friend, a depressed snail who despondently throws himself against a salt lick. King and camel go on a quest to win his bride by retrieving a giant emerald, but the consequent marriage ends tragically. The gloom is dispersed by Holcombe's daffy visual style and whimsical dialogue; for instance, the king speaks a Mel Brooksian patois ("What do I know from love?"). The most striking aspect of Holcombe's work is his stunning sense of design, harkening back to early newspaper strips, particularly Cliff Sterrett's memorable Polly and Her Pals. Holcombe has largely abandoned comics for animation, and most of these stories are late-1990s work. A newer piece based on his dreams and featuring a talking fish and Tiny Tim shows, however, that he remains in quirky good form. Flagg, Gordon
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Things Just Get Away From You
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ISBN 10: 1560978430
ISBN 13: 9781560978435
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st. (USA) Stated 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To C----/ Thanks for reading me! /Don't hate me! /Your pal, Walt Holcombe" then self-portrait cartoon of holcombe suronded by flies, no other markings, tiny bump to top corner of front cover, touch of rubbing to cover corner tips, Very Good; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 209pp, B&W comics and graphic novvels with 8 full colour pages showing drwings, colour illustrated endpapers. This book collects all of Holcombe's late-1990s comics work, with a bonus new story, "Hails at Sea," The lead-off work is the acclaimed 'King of Persia', for which he received an Eisner Award in 1997. (2.6 JM LVR 201/4 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Inscribed By Author. Seller Inventory # 07144
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