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American Elf Volume 2: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka

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ISBN13: 9781891830853
ISBN10: 1891830856
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Kochalka invented the daily diary comic strip, spawning a grass roots comix movement that has swept across the globe. Every day Kochalka draws a little comic strip about something that happened to him that day. As simple as that concept might seem, in Kochalka's hands it becomes something astounding and surprising; wickedly funny at times and deeply moving at others. This volume prints all the strips from 2004 and 2005 in gorgeous full-color.

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"Rock star and indie comics savant Kochalka (Monkey vs. Robot) is back with his second collection of 'sketchbook diary entries' from his popular Web comic. Some strips depict a working cartoonist's life: signings at comic book stores, teaching at the Center for Cartooning and cleaning up eraser dust before company comes over. But most are sharply observed vignettes that magically, day after day, grow into an offbeat but affecting story of family life in Burlington, Vt. Kochalka is at his best chronicling the various coughs, cold sores and warm, throbbing ear fevers he and his child contract, wondering where the cat has thrown up this time and coping with the consequences of a vow he makes never to be unhappy again. (It wasn't his fault — he got carried away while shoveling extra-fluffy snow.) Kolchaka's art takes advantage of the fact that these strips are supposed to be entries in a 'sketchbook diary.' It's rough and kinetic, using vivid colors and surreal figures (his best friend is a dog; an acquaintance may turn out to be a cyclops). The result is surprisingly realistic, but also versatile, able to handle poop jokes and late-night worries with equal weight." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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9781891830853
Subtitle:
The Collected Sketchbook Diaries of James Kochalka
Author:
Kochalka, James
Publisher:
Top Shelf Productions
Subject:
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Kochalka, James
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Publication Date:
March 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
7.20x8.44x.63 in. 1.27 lbs.

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