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Wimbledon Green
by Seth
Sub-titled, "The Greatest Comic Book Collector in the
World," this is a book sure to appeal to collectors and readers
of all stripes. The story it tells will be equally appealing to
long time comic
fans for its endearing portrait of the obsessive collector mindset and
to the general reader with its entertaining story and cast of
characters. And the production of this
book is a delight for the senses. You really have to pick it up
and
hold it in your hands to fully appreciate what a fine job they did
with this one.
Seth has clearly been absorbing the work of his peers
as well as his precursors and is finally moving beyond his trademark
schtick of melancholy loners -- although he's certainly not
abandoning it, as it permeates this work as well, only now it's moved
below the surface. The dense repetitive layouts of Chris Ware are
here combined with the device pioneered by Dan Clowes in the last two
issues of Eightball of creating a crazy quilt narrative of a series of
sequentially juxtaposed short pieces. Within this structural
framework Seth has built an entertaining narrative that is highly
reminiscent of some of the classic Uncle Scrooge tales by Carl Barks as
well as the longer Little Lulu and Tubby adventures by John
Stanley. In other words: If you like comics, you'll like
Wimbledon Green.
retail price - $19.95
copacetic
price
- $16.95
prices and
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