THE CLASSICS DRAWN AGAIN

Actually, Michael Plessix, the artist, did a wonderful job with [Kenneth Grahame]'s beloved story. The art has a whimsical style that fits a tale of anthropormorphized animals perfectly. If the humans in the story look like cartoony caricatures, well, so what? (Except the jailer's daughter...

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Published inThe Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M. : 1988)
Main Author England, Terry
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Santa Fe, N.M Santa Fe New Mexican 27.01.2008
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Grahame, Kenneth (1859-1932)
Plessix, Michael
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Summary:Actually, Michael Plessix, the artist, did a wonderful job with [Kenneth Grahame]'s beloved story. The art has a whimsical style that fits a tale of anthropormorphized animals perfectly. If the humans in the story look like cartoony caricatures, well, so what? (Except the jailer's daughter who helps Toad escape from prison; she looks fairly real and fair to boot, someone to get a toadish heart a'thumpin'.) This version of The Wind in the Willows is the first of the "Deluxe" Papercutz series. If it's an example of what we can expect - - and the covers of the upcoming books suggest this will be so -- then the series will be well worth bringing back. The news release accompanying the review copy reminds us that 2008 is the 100th anniversary of The Wind in the Willows. A century later, the story still weaves its magical spell. The book does urge the reader to read the original book; but I don't know ... maybe that won't be necessary.
ISSN:1938-4068