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    <body><![CDATA[My desert island book.  Possibly even my dessert island book.  It's <em>that,</em> good.<br/><br/>My copy is signed, too, which is like having The Bible signed by Peter, Paul and Mary. So, that's something.<br/><br/>Seriously, tho... this is my Favorite Book of All Time.  Go to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://jimwoodring.com">jimwoodring.com</a> and buy a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7780060">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Is this philosophy or madness? I was collecting them separately when the hardcover came out. I bought it and immediately read it from cover to cover. It’s savage and beautiful. <br/><br/>It’s what I love most about comics. <br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Much as I liked <em>Seeing Things</em>, reading something with a narrative, like <em>The Frank Book</em>, puts Woodring's abilities in a whole new light. It's part Carl Barks and part <em>Fritz the Cat</em>, only without that icky feeling the latter gives me. Frank is a creature of pure id, moving in a world that is held toge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31212190">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Throwback looking comics (60's trippiness &amp; innocence pureed w/ menace) yet timeless for the open mind on edge dipping into platters of happiness with one eye on the vicious squigglies and massive sky stomps. Most of Woodring's comics are set in the shapeshifting inner void of dark dream shudderings...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21469987">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book tucks me in at night.  I have developed a way to read the stories aloud to my wife although there is no text. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>A visionary work of comic art for the ages.</strong>  Readers who haven't discovered Jim Woodring's &quot;Frank&quot; stories have a colossal treat waiting for them. Since 1991, these lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled comics readers the world over. Now, for the first time, Fantagraphics will collect all the Frank stories in one massive and deluxe tome, <em>The Frank Book</em>.  Between its handsome cloth covers are 344 pages of Frank comics, drawings and oddities. A fancy dustjacket, swoon-inducing endpapers and ribbon bookmark make this book a decorative object as well as a repository of storytelling genius.  <em>Frank</em> is a unique, visionary comic, exquisitely drawn and so fully realized that readers find themselves drawn deeply into Woodring's hallucinatory mindscape. The stories, almost entirely wordless, are told with brilliant, candy colors that people of all ages find alluring.   Is <em>The Frank Book</em> a book for children? For some children, certainly: smart, secure children who enjoy a good puzzle and aren't too upset by a little grim mayhem. This is strong stuff, in places. What are the stories about? It's impossible to say... clued-in readers all agree they are about something, but the world of Frank must be experienced to be understood.<p> Who is Frank? Another unanswerable question. Does it explain him to say that he is an 11-year-old generic anthropomorph who lives in a force-laden landscape called the Unifactor? That he is curious but not smart, naïve but not noble? That his most outstanding character trait is his ineducability? What of Pupshaw, Frank's semi-subservient housedog-like godling? Or Manhog, the bloated bladder of sin with a heart of radiance? Who can explain the platonic Jerry Chickens, or the lachrymose Lucky? Does it explain things to say that Frank has a Real Pa and a Faux Pa, and that they are indistinguishable? The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget <em>The Frank Book</em>. This definitive collection is the very best way to give, receive and experience one of the great cartoon achievements of the 20th century. 9g pages full color.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The goopy insides of Jim Woodring's brain scare me and some day may eat us all.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Picked this book up from the library because I recognized Woodring's art from several Bill Frisell album covers. The stories and art simultaneously entertained and repulsed me. Much in here is very scary -- my 7 year old stepson couldn't look at it past the first few pages, where a bunch of fantasti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36727283">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bizarre, enigmatic, and incredible.  Completely unique.]]></body>
    
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