Time is money: It's time to pre-order Eddie Campbell's LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF!
March 1, 2012
One of the greatest cartoonists in the game, the man behind Alec: The Years Have Pants, The Playwright, and From Hell, is back -- with a gorgeous new hardcover graphic novel. And it's on the most fundamental of topics: MONEY.
“One of the premier cartoonists of his generation.” — Publishers Weekly
“No one else in the medium combines emotional truth, literary intelligence, and formal daring with such adroitness and elegance.” — Booklist
Eddie Campbell's THE LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF is a delightful autobiographical voyage into the financial wilderness, ranging from the imaginary wealth of Ponzi schemes to the all-too-tangible stone currency of the Micronesian island of Yap.
This is no dry and dusty treatise on finance; any complexities are pleasingly reduced to the level of bubblegum trading cards. In here you will hear about the corporation that Campbell keeps under his bed; you will meet colorful historical characters and be taken on dangerous shark-infested sea adventures; and after that, we will all plunge to the depths to retrieve our loose change.
Campbell's wry eye and vivid full-color artwork imbue the proceedings with real humanity, making THE LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF an investment that's worth every penny.
It's being offered in the current Diamond Previews catalog, so pre-order now!
THE LOVELY HORRIBLE STUFF by Eddie Campbell
-- 96-page deluxe hardcover
-- 6.5" x 9", full-color graphic novel
-- For mature readers (16+)
-- ISBN 978-1-60309-152-7
-- Diamond DM code: MAR12-1193
-- $14.95 (US)
-- Co-published by Top Shelf Productions (US) and Knockabout (UK)
Also re-offered in Diamond Previews this month are two of Eddie's most amazing works: the autobiographical epic Alec: The Years Have Pants and the colorfully quiet comedy about the creative life, The Playwright. Take the chance to fill out your Eddie Campbell library!