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Scatterbrain
Here in the wild-n-wacky pages of "Scatterbrain" is an assembly of comics and children's book talent like no other ever produced. This praised anthology features the monocular adventures of Steve Guarnaccias American Illustration Award-winning Kid Cyclops, along with delightful tales from the honed, silly minds of Jim Woodring, Sergio Aragons, Steve Parkhouse, Kilian Plunkett, Evan Dorkin, Jay 'Jetcat' Stephens, Dave 'Weasel' Cooper, and more. Plus, the whole jolly, head-spinning affair is headlined by ABU Gung from perennial award-winner Mike 'Hellboy' Mignola, and lovingly wrapped in a new cover by Craig Thompson, along with comics and illustrations by this award-winning creator of 'Goodbye, Chunky Rice. Don't miss it!
128 pages, Hardcover
First published November 2, 2001
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March 6, 2025
I'm a sucker for anthologies, so that's definitely a +1 for me.
A wonderful, large, colorful book with a lot of zany stories from the fresh talent of the late 90's gathered by Dark Horse. I found the volume to be a great time capsule - it features a nice mix between the grungy, postmodernist visuals of the 90's and a colorful, wacky childish attitude of the early 2000's. Digital art was still at the beginning, but some of the explorations in this volume are pretty nice.
The authors that stand out are Dave Cooper, Mike Mignola, Pat McEown, Evan Dorkin and Chris Garbutt in his Spumco-heavy beginning.
Extra applause goes to Craig Thompson, who has provided the most art (the cover and some one-pagers) and thus, created some minimal visual coherence in this book. I only knew of Thompson from his very beautiful and very sensible novel Blankets, so it was a nice surprise seeing his more absurdist and unhinged side.
A wonderful, large, colorful book with a lot of zany stories from the fresh talent of the late 90's gathered by Dark Horse. I found the volume to be a great time capsule - it features a nice mix between the grungy, postmodernist visuals of the 90's and a colorful, wacky childish attitude of the early 2000's. Digital art was still at the beginning, but some of the explorations in this volume are pretty nice.
The authors that stand out are Dave Cooper, Mike Mignola, Pat McEown, Evan Dorkin and Chris Garbutt in his Spumco-heavy beginning.
Extra applause goes to Craig Thompson, who has provided the most art (the cover and some one-pagers) and thus, created some minimal visual coherence in this book. I only knew of Thompson from his very beautiful and very sensible novel Blankets, so it was a nice surprise seeing his more absurdist and unhinged side.
September 9, 2022
A mid-tier collection of short comics by Darkhorse mainstays. Most of the contributions I've seen elsewhere.
I think the Mignola story is unique though, the book is worth it just to get a new Mignola comic. Hopefully they've reprinted that story somewhere else as well, but it was new to me. It's called "Abu Gung and the Beanstalk".
Dave Cooper is nice to see. The Jim Woodring story is quite different from what he usually does, it's a goofy western story with animal characters.
Most of the art here did not need to oversized format.
I think the Mignola story is unique though, the book is worth it just to get a new Mignola comic. Hopefully they've reprinted that story somewhere else as well, but it was new to me. It's called "Abu Gung and the Beanstalk".
Dave Cooper is nice to see. The Jim Woodring story is quite different from what he usually does, it's a goofy western story with animal characters.
Most of the art here did not need to oversized format.
December 15, 2024
Got this for the Sergio Aragonés story. A couple more are interesting, but overall not a great collection
May 5, 2015
Most of the stories were pretty mediocre. A few nice pieces in this anthology, though.
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