Francis Rothbart! : the tale of a fastidious feral / drawn and composed by Mr. Thomas Woodruff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodruff, Thomas, 1957- author, artist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boys--Comic books, strips, etc.

Boys.

Imaginary places--Comic books, strips, etc.

Imaginary places.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Stories in rhyme.

Fantasy comics.

Physical Description:

292 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books Inc., [2022]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE OUTING

pt. TWO THE SONG

pt. Two The Hummingbird Chorus

pt. Three An Orchestral Interlude

pt. Four The Magpie Pas De Deux

pt. Five The Fauna Feeding March

pt. THREE SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD

pt. Two Nightmares

Divertissement A Legends of the Mysterious Rocks

pt. Three The Awakening

pt. FOUR THE APPEARANCES

pt. Two The Get-ups

Fashion Plate One

Fashion Plate Two

Divertissement B In the Kingdom of Shadows

Fashion Plate Three

pt. FIVE SHOWTIME!

Divertissement C Festa Di Primavera

Divertissement D Lullaby in G

pt. SIX TELEPATHIC CHOREOGRAPHY

pt. Two An Intermezzo for a Frankensteinish Brow

pt. SEVEN HOT MESS MELODIES

pt. Two Totem Pole Tableau

pt. Three Sortie!

pt. Four Coda.

Notes:

"Francis Rothbart! follows a feral child who is raised by magpies and other creatures and is repeatedly struck by lightning. Because of the phenomena, the child develops eccentric talents, which he then abuses, leading to his ultimate destruction by the same natural world that once nurtured him. Written mostly in rhymed verse, Francis's picaresque saga unfolds in an allegorical environment, much like the topographical constructions behind renaissance religious paintings. Referencing both the Venetian landscapes of Bellini, Pierro di Cosimo and Carpaccio, mixed with the unlikely animated backdrops of Jay Ward and Chuck Jones, Woodruff's images recall the fictive gardens of a paradise lost that lingers somewhere deep in all our souls, moist and dark like the caves of the pious saints."--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

9781683966494

168396649X

OCLC:

1305915552