Included in volume 1 is the complete, awardwinning masterpiece frank in the river 32 pages of breathtaking painted color as well as 60 pages of crisply beguiling blackandwhite penandinkwork. Since 1991, jim woodring s lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled readers the world over, and the runaway success of the frank costarring graphic novel weathercraft and the first true frank graphic novel congress of the animals have only whetted readers appetites for more. This who already know jim woodring s beloved frank will already be aware how much the startling drawings can leap from the page, so it is a natural development to produce these drawings in actual 3d. The definitive collection of jim woodring s mysterious anthropomorph. Told almost entirely without words, the frank stories can be enjoyed over and over as layers of meaning unfold with each perusal.
Watch the illumination of jim woodring, a new documentary on the fascinating artist. Woodring s brilliant use of color makes this a beautiful childrens book with a thoughtful look into the questions, enigmas and essential mysteries of life. A fancy dust jacket, swooninducing end papers and ribbon bookmark make this book a decorative object as well as a. Woodring produced a new frank book in 2005 the lute string and in 2010. The frank book by jim woodring reads like some dream of flowers and sunshine that often becomes a nightmare of strange and frightening proportions. All the frank stories in one massive and deluxe tome. Same contents as the hardcover edition minus full endpapers and ribbon bookmark. Aug 19, 2018 to my surprise, the frank book feels like an important step towards my end point, my goal, the thing i have been searching for all along. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the portable frank. The definitive collection of jim woodrings mysterious anthropomorph. Woodring s brilliant use of color makes this a beautiful childrens book with a thoughtful look into the. With frank, jim woodring conjures up an alternate universe that brings to mind the idiosyncratic style of early cartoons felix the cat and newspaper strips little nemo. Please note all preordered books are shipped via media mail in the u s and air mail internationally please select the appropriate shipping method when checking out to avoid being overcharged for shipping. Frank s world is composed of dozens of stories as powerful as any fairy tale, with clear allegories, gentle allusions and a meticulously crafted internal logic.
Woodring, jim and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. With a penchant for surreal yet tangible horror writing, woodring is highly regarded as one of the most critically acclaimed aliens comics writers. In honor of franks 20th anniversary fantagraphics is rereleasing the massive, long out of print frank book omnibus, which collected all the. Set in a world called the unifactor, jim woodring s wordless frank recounts the adventures of the title charactera gormlesslooking, anthropomorphic, rabbitlike creature with a nature by turns passive and perverseand his. James william woodring born october 11, 1952 is an american cartoonist, fine artist, writer and toy designer. Jim woodrings beloved anthropomorph called frank has been subjected to hundreds of unbelievable adventures veering crazily from exaltation to despair. I was born in the foothills of the san gabriel mountains in southern california and enjoyed an exciting childhood full of poetry and paroniria among the snakes, rats and tarantulas of that enchanted realm. Frank in the river won the 1993 harvey award for best colorist and best single issue or story. Between its handsome cloth covers are 344 pages of frank comics, drawings and oddities. Watch the full illumination of jim woodring documentary now. He works in a fine art style, influenced by old european masters and surrealist painters, while simultaneously drawing cartoony characters. Jan 15, 2016 woodrings new book, frank in the 3rd dimension a catalogue of an exhibition at seattles frye museum, takes the character to new heights of strangeness. Our artists jim woodring the frank book softcover ed. This elegantly profound documentary explores the awardwinning, mystical work of american.
It began in 1980 citation needed as a selfpublished zine and was picked up by fantagraphics books in 1986 after cartoonist gil kane introduced woodring to fantagraphics coowner gary groth. Sep 07, 2018 i have this feeling that whatever anyone writes about jim woodrings comics is just wrong. Woodrings new book, frank in the 3rd dimension, takes the character to new heights of strangeness. His work has a strange, otherwordly, unpredictable atmosphere. Jim woodring, fantagraphics comics, 1990 object type. In this allnew, original graphic novel from an acknowledged master, frank s found a soulmate. Frank is a cartoon character created by american cartoonist jim woodring. Since 1991, jim woodring s lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled readers the world over, and the recent runaway success of the frankcostarring graphic novel weathercraft and the first true frank graphic novel congress of the animals have only whetted readers appetites for more.
The opening of poochytown is a straight retelling of the opening of congress of the animals with two citizens of woodring s the unifactor, his own playground of the imagination, squabbling. Jim woodring books list of books by author jim woodring. Jim woodring is an american comics artist, best known for his longrunning cult series frank 1990. The frank book is the cornerstone of the frank reading experience, containing as it does all the frank stories from their inception in 1992 through the early aughts. Certainly it is the closest i have come to comfort and excitement in my reading for a while. Franks world called the unifactor is terrifying and bizarre. When tantalizing stories ended frank became a recurring feature in jim volume ii. For the past 20 years or so, jim woodring s beloved trilobular chuckbuster frank has enjoyed one mindbending catastrophe after another in the treacherous embrace of. Frogs are jim woodring s favorite animal, and they appear frequently in frank.
For the past 20 years or so, jim woodring s beloved trilobular chuckbuster frank has enjoyed one mindbending catastrophe after another in the treacherous embrace of the unifactor, the land into which he was born and from which escape seemed neither desirable nor likely. Poochytown, his latest frank book, adds a level of wonder to it as it largely undoes everything from his last two books, congress of the animals and fran. The meticulous, surreal cartoons of jim woodring are some of the most highly regarded in comics today. The frank book softcover newlyreleased softcover of the old standby with new front and back covers. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Jim was published as a regular series by fantagraphics starting in 1986, to critical acclaim if less than spectacular sales, and woodring became a fulltime cartoonist. Theyve appeared in many places, including his own comic book and an edition of the whole earth catalog. Within which you will visit the unifactor, the world in which frank and his many acquaintances manhog, whim, pupshaw and pushpaw, etc reside. Woodring s new book, frank in the 3rd dimension a catalogue of an exhibition at seattles frye museum, takes the character to new heights of strangeness. Jim woodring the frank book new hardcover printing. The volume is in oldfashioned 3d, with cardboard redblue glasses designed by woodring himself. Nov 24, 2011 buy frank book, the reprint by jim woodring isbn. His frank stories operate on a level so particular and personal that trying to read one of them feels on some level like youre searching for a rosetta stone to unlock the meaning of his own fantastic imagination.
When reading books like jim, or woodring s recent series of graphic novels, or his collection of sketches, problematic, its clear that one is experiencing the work of a unique talent, one with a particular and specific angle on the world. A selftaught artist, his first published works documented the disorienting hell of his salad days in an illustrated autojournal called jim. He is best known for the dreambased comics he published in his magazine jim, and as the creator of the anthropomorphic cartoon character frank, who. Frank, and i say this without a shred of hyperbole, is a work of true genius by one of the alltime greats. Set in a world called the unifactor, jim woodrings wordless frank recounts the adventures of the title charactera gormlesslooking, anthropomorphic, rabbitlike creature with a nature by turns passive and perverseand his. Since 1991, jim woodrings lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled readers the world over, and the recent runaway success of the frankcostarring graphic novel weathercraft and the first true frank graphic novel congress of the animals have only whetted readers appetites for more. Readers who havent discovered jim woodring s frank stories will find a treat waiting for them in the pages of this book. Since 1991, jim woodring s lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled readers the world over, and the runaway success of the frankcostarring graphic novel weathercraft and the first true frank graphic novel congress of the animals have only whetted readers appetites for more. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An aesop jim woodring claims that every story has one. This nicely produced hardcover collects all twodozenodd frank adventures, with a few new pieces, an afterward by woodring, and an introduction by.
Oct 25, 2011 jim woodring has been drawing frank adventures for over a decade. Since 1991, jim woodring s lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled readers the world over, and the recent runaway success of the frank costarring graphic novel weathercraft and the first true frank graphic novel congress of the animals have only whetted readers appetites for more. Since 1991, jim woodrings lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled readers the world over, and the runaway success of the frankcostarring graphic novel weathercraft and the first true frank graphic novel congress of the animals have only whetted readers appetites for more. Flood watch the illumination of jim woodring, a new. No less than filmmaker francis ford coppola wrote the foreword to woodring s graphic novel, the frank book. Jim woodring s beloved frank has enjoyed one mindbending catastrophe after the other in the treacherous embrace of the unifactor, the land into which he was born where escape seemed neith. Alien geometries the strict adherence to euclidean geometries makes the jivas and jerry chickens look bizarre. Jim woodring has been drawing frank adventures for over a decade. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. Aug 25, 2018 seattle artist jim woodring presents his newest graphic novel, poochytown, at the frye art museum on saturday, august 25th. In 2003 the frank book collected nearly all of the previously published frank stories as well as the conclusion of franks high horse.
Jul 17, 2014 jim is a mindbending collection of all of woodrings best nonfrank creative work comics stories, prose stories, drawings, and paintings, with a new introduction and afterword by the man himself. Since then he has drawn enough autobiographical material to fill a book specifically the book of jim, hundreds of pages of wordless frank comics the frank book, the. Robert crumb, as well as the darker, more doubtful and angsty postmodern narratives developed by the likes of david lynch or charles burns. A fancy dust jacket, swooninducing end papers and ribbon bookmark make this book a. Jim is a mindbending collection of all of woodring s best non frank creative work comics stories, prose stories, drawings, and paintings, with. The frank book new softcover edition by jim woodring. Krazy kat, the freewheeling trippiness of underground comix vaughn bode. Jim woodring is one of the most prolific independent cartoonists in the comic book industry, a cartoonist known for his haunting, surrealist artwork as released by dark horse comics and other publishers. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one.
He mostly draws pantomime comics set in surreal, nightmarish. No less than filmmaker francis ford coppola wrote the foreword to woodrings graphic novel, the frank book. The publisher released four magazinesized blackandwhite issues starting in september 1987. Pen and ink and painted work by jim woodring, creator of frank and jim. This work was published by fantagraphics books and collected in the book of jim in 1992. The frank book hardcover edition by jim woodring video. Since publication in 1991 of the awardwinning, epochmaking frank in the river, these lusciously hypnotic fables have dazzled cartoon lovers the world over. A mainstay of fantagraphics books since 1987, woodring is the rare cartoonist to inspire revelatory experiences by several distinct methods i am a great admirer of his extraordinary autojournal comics, which demanded parity between the conscious and subconscious mind in their recounting of life as truly lived, but he may be best known for. Jim woodring s captivating and enigmatic body of frank stories is an astonishing work of imaginative splendor. To be placed on the official mailing list for jimwoodring. Frank was a regular feature in the tantalizing stories series by woodring and mark martin, and dominated that comics inaugural special issue, tantalizing stories presents frank in the river. Readers who havent discovered jim woodrings frank stories will find a treat waiting for them in the pages of this book.
A frank comic by jim woodring hardcover mint condition. Jim woodrings work is almost completely wordless, and that was initially the biggest draw. Jim woodring visionary art for adventurous spirits. Sep 18, 20 for the past 20 years or so, jim woodring s beloved trilobular chuckbuster frank has enjoyed one mindbending catastrophe after another in the treacherous embrace of the unifactor, the land into. Frank, a wordless surrealist series which began as an occasional feature within jim, became his bestknown work, eventually spinning off into its own series in 1996.
Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. This mighty tome is hardbound in purple cloth with a glossy dust jacket, starmap endpapers and ribbon bookmark and contains 350 pages in sizzling color and vibrating black and white. A comic book sized continuation, jim volume ii, with some color. Fine, issued without dust jacket, a clear archival jacket is supplied.
He is best known for the dreambased comics he published in his magazine jim, and as the creator of the anthropomorphic cartoon character frank, who has appeared in a number of short comics and graphic novels. The frank book by jim woodring 2003, hardcover for sale. Oct 25, 2011 since 1991, jim woodrings lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled readers the world over, and the recent runaway success of the frankcostarring graphic novel weathercraft and the first true frank graphic novel congress of the animals have only whetted readers appetites for more. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. James william jim woodring born october 11, 1952 is an american comic book writer and cartoonist who has written several comic books in dark horse comics aliens line. See more ideas about art, artwork and illustration. While frank stars in most of woodring s stories set in the fictional universe of the unifactor, this book stars manhog, with frank making only a brief appearance. Apr 16, 2020 jim woodring is one of the most prolific independent cartoonists in the comic book industry, a cartoonist known for his haunting, surrealist artwork as released by dark horse comics and other publishers. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The frank book softcover in honor of frank s 20th anniversary fantagraphics is rereleasing the massive, long out of print frank book omnibus, which collected all the frank material up to the midaughts, including several jawdroppingly beautiful fullcolor stories, literally dozens of lushlydelineated blackandwhite stories, and a treasure trove of covers and illustrations.
Weathercraft is a 2010 graphic novel by american cartoonist jim woodring, featuring his bestknown characters frank, manhog and whim. Jan 21, 2014 jim woodring gets frank about fran the acclaimed cartoonist talks about his newest book which continues the adventures of frank, his next project and the joy of creating disturbing oil paintings. I am extremely interested in wrapping up frank books. The comicbook artists wordless woodcutstyle images have created a world inhabited by his woodland critter frank that is both surreal and. A fancy dust jacket, swooninducing end papers and ribbon bookmark make this book a decorative object as well as a repository of storytelling. The portable frank is the perfect introduction to jim woodring s wildly inventive frank comics. He has jim woodring on as a guest and the conversation intrigued me, and duncans praise of the frank book did as well.
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