Children at Play - A Cul De Sac Cartoon Collection

Informationen zum Autor Richard Thompson is the creator of Cul de Sac and winner of the 2011 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications! including U.S. News & World Report! National Geographic! and The New Yorker . He announced in 2009 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease! and has since rallied other cartoonists and illustrators to contribute to the Team Cul de Sac project to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation. In September 2012! Thompson retired from creating Cul de Sac. Online: www.gocomics.com/culdesac/ richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com Klappentext Richard Thompson reminds us that being a 40-year-old isn't hard! but being a four-year-old is. His warm! welcoming reminders are wonderfully lighthearted and funny as he brings home Alice's life in a fun! new "Cul de Sac" collection. Alice and her Blisshaven Preschool classmates charm fans of all ages. Their adventures ring alarmingly true to parents of little ones! too. From doing projects in a whirlwind of crayons and markers to their nonstop chatter to trying to comprehend a completely incomprehensible world! Thompson's characters make "Children at Play" a must-read. The little boxes crammed together! the shopping malls! and the insane traffic systems set the scene for the storylines and adventures that only suburban life can provide. Thompson's witty dialogue meets comically unique drawings to make "Cul de Sac" a place worthy of visiting on a daily basis. "I thought the best newspaper comic strips were long gone! and I've never been happier to be wrong. Richard Thompson's "Cul de Sac" has it all--intelligence! gentle humor! a delightful way with words! and! most surprising of all! wonderful! wonderful drawings." --Bill Watterson! creator of "Calvin and Hobbes" Zusammenfassung Richard Thompson reminds us that being a 40-year-old isn't hard! but being a four-year-old is. His warm! welcoming reminders are wonderfully lighthearted and funny as he brings home Alice's life in a fun! new Cul de Sac collection. Alice and her Blisshaven Preschool classmates charm fans of all ages. Their adventures ring alarmingly true to parents of little ones! too. From doing projects in a whirlwind of crayons and markers to their nonstop chatter to trying to comprehend a completely incomprehensible world! Thompson's characters make Children at Play a must-read. The little boxes crammed together! the shopping malls! and the insane traffic systems set the scene for the storylines and adventures that only suburban life can provide. Thompson's witty dialogue meets comically unique drawings to make Cul de Sac a place worthy of visiting on a daily basis. "I thought the best newspaper comic strips were long gone! and I've never been happier to be wrong. Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac has it all--intelligence! gentle humor! a delightful way with words! and! most surprising of all! wonderful! wonderful drawings." --Bill Watterson! creator of Calvin and Hobbes ...

Product details

• Authors: Richard Thompson
• Publisher: Andrews Mcmeel Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 11 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2009
• EAN: 9780740789878
• ISBN: 978-0-7407-8987-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Cul de Sac Collection; Cul de Sac
• Subject: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire