Francis Rothbart!: The Tale of a Fastidious Feral Patrick McDonnell This long out-of-print first volume

This long out-of-print first volume of the multiple Harvey and Eisner award-winning Complete Crumb Comics series has been one of our most demanded reprints of the last several years

and some serious chutzpah bordering on hubris to reinvent a profession that has lost much of its fun and insolence since the early 20th century

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This is the definitive Scrooge McDuck for longtime fans and collectors

Francis Rothbart!: The Tale of a Fastidious Feral Patrick McDonnell This long out-of-print first volumeA stunning, head turning, graphic opera masterpiece from an acclaimed painter and illustrator. Francis Rothbart! follows a feral child who is raised by magpies and other creatures and is repeatedly struck by lightning. Because of the phenomena, the child develops eccentric talents, which he then abuses, leading to his ultimate destruction by the same natural world that once nurtured him. Written mostly in rhymed verse, Franciss picaresque saga unfolds