Research Catalog

Title

The Frank book / by Jim Woodring ; [introduction by Francis Ford Coppola].

Author

Woodring, Jim, 1952-

Publication

Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939-
• Baresh, Paul
• Yarger, Dale
• Thompson, Kim, 1956-2013
• Groth, Gary
• Fantagraphics Books publisher.

Description

351 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Summary

• Readers who haven't discovered Jim Woodring's Frank stories will find a treat waiting for them in the pages of this book. Since publication in 1991 of the award-winning, epoch-making Frank in the River, these lusciously hypnotic fables have dazzled cartoon lovers the world over. Frank is a generic anthropomorph who lives in a world of mysterious and dangerous beauty. Propelled by forces beyond his control, including his own unquenchable curiosity, he finds himself in one bizarre escapade after another, frequently involving the loathsome Manhog or the power-hungry Whim. Luckily, Frank has a protector and ally in the form of his feisty godling companion, Pupshaw. Frank's adventures are told in a series of nearly wordless cartoon stories that draw readers deep into a hallucinatory mindscape governed by a profound interior logic that raises the Frank Book to a level above fantasy. As Francis Ford Coppola says in his introduction, "The ancient myths and folk tales of all cultures which have been preserved.
• For so many centuries have meaning for us today because the fantastic elements in them are rooted in immutable reality. The Frank stories belong to this class of literature." Book jacket.

Uniform Title

Frank (Comic strip). Selections

Alternative Title

Frank (Comic strip).

Subjects

• Anthropomorphism > Comic books, strips, etc
• Woodring, Jim
• Frank (Comic book character from Woodring) > Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Comics (Graphic works)

Genre/Form

• Comics (Graphic works)
• Graphic novels

Note

• "The stories in this volume originally appeared in BUZZ, Dramatis Personae, FRANK, Heavy Metal, Hyena, JIM, Measles, The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog, Pictopia, PULSE!, Snake Eyes, The Stranger, and Tantalizing Stories between 1991 and 2001"--T.p. verso.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Frank in the river -- Frank in the house of the dead -- Frank acquires Pupshaw -- Frank's faux pa -- Frank's real pa -- Bliss -- Frank in the wilderness -- Frank in the mood -- Frank's fish -- Frank and the yams of iniquity -- Frank visits the palace of horrors -- Frank and the truth about plenitude -- What to do -- Frank in the ruse garden -- Frank and the appalling perfidy of Manhog -- Frank in the cave of his ancestors -- Frank as a tool of conscience in the hands of Whim -- Manhog beyond the face -- Authorized only -- Pushpaw -- Ask the sea -- Pupshaw -- Frank and the toy without pity -- Gentlemanhog -- Hi-rise hopper -- Frank and the sugar of vengeance -- Frank obeys the rule of five -- Frank and how it got there -- Frank and why it's good to be clever -- Frankincense -- Peeker -- Sprank -- Frank and the blessing of reverse containment -- Frank's feast -- Frank and the mystery of the instrument -- Frank and the way of all flesh -- Frank's high horse.

ISBN

• 1560975342
• 9781560975342

OCLC

• 52627107
• SCSB-12562579

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library