| Late Bloomer Contributor(s): Tyler, C. (Author), Crumb, R. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1560976640 ISBN-13: 9781560976646 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books OUR PRICE: $26.06 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2005 Annotation: - Tyler is one of the American underground's few first-generation female creators - This is Tyler's first book in 15 years |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 8.66" W x 11.36" (1.57 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Carol Tyler has been a professional (and highly acclaimed) cartoonist for over 20 years, appearing in such venues as Robert Crumb's Weirdo, Wimmen's Comix, and Drawn & Quarterly magazine. But over the years her status as a working mother has drastically curtailed her ability to set aside time for her cartooning. Thus each rare new story from her pen has been greeted with hurrahsas well they should be, because she's one of the most skillful, caustic, and emphatic cartoon storytellers of her generation. This new book presents the biggest, richest and most delightful collection of Tyler's work to date featuring many new and previously unpublished works. In Migrant Mother Tyler tells the grueling story of a cross-country trip with the flu and her terrible twos toddler using her trademark combination of rueful humor and emphathy. The full-color Just A Bad Seed is a meditation on a problem child who might not be such a problem after all, while The Return of Mrs. Kite chronicles a family crisishow her widowed grandmother fell in with a beau of questionable character. Gone (also in full color) is a stirring meditation on all kinds of loss, and Why I'm A-gin' Southern Men is a classic rant that dissects that particular breed of maleor at least a certain subspecies of exeswith pitiless wit. Other stories include Sweet Miss Lee (a reminiscence of an immigrant roommate and her fate), There's Something Wrong with a Perfect Lawn (a tale of suburban obsessiveness), Little Crosshatch Mind (where artistic impulses come from), and Uncovered Property (discovering the power of sexuality at an early age). Tyler works equally well in delicately crisp black-and-white penstrokes and lushly watercolored paintings (this book will feature 60 pages of her stunning full-color work). All told, the three-dozen stories here will cement Tyler's reputation as a cartoonist to be reckoned with. 136 pages, 60 pages in color. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tyler, C.: - Carol Tyler was born and raised in Chicago and now a resident of Cincinnati. She was one of the first women to emerge from the underground comix movement. Her collection Late Bloomer, created after abandoning comics for nearly 20 years, was named in several end-of-the-year "best of" lists, as was the first volume of You'll Never Know, which was also nominated for two 2010 Eisner Awards (Best Writer/Artist and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist).Crumb, R.: - Born in Philadelphia, R. Crumb is the author of numerous comic works and one of the pioneers of underground comics and arguably one of the most famous cartoonists in history. His books include The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb, and many more. He lives in the south of France with his wife, the artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb. |