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The Adventures of Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey [Paperback]

Tony Millionaire (Author)
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Sock Monkey
A mischievous sock monkey named Uncle Gabby and his bumbling pal Drinky Crow are the heroes of this funny, unsettling, and oddly endearing collection. Written and drawn by Tony Millionaire, best known as the creator of the successful alternative comic strip, Maakies. Follow Uncle Gabby and Drinky Crow as they try to find a home for a shrunken head, play matchmakers between the bat in the doll's house and the mouse in the basement, hunt salamanders, and try to get to heaven. Delights! Happy endings and random destruction are guaranteed!


Product Details

  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Dark Horse (September 12, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1569714908
  • ISBN-13: 978-1569714904
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,044,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in the fishing town of Gloucester Massachusetts, a town full of fishermen and seascape painters. My grandparents were artists, they taught me how to use ink pens and oil paint. My grandpop showed me lots of old newspaper comics he had saved, old ones, Roy Crane, Lionel Feininger, Winsor McKay. When I was in college I discovered R. Crumb and S. Clay Wilson. I drew a lot of perverted comics, until one day I discovered George Herriman, the grandfather of American comics. The true master. People often ask me if comics are "art." Whatever, I don't care what you call them, but when you're immersed in a collection of Herriman Sundays you understand what they're getting at.
I love funny comics but I love moving, emotional, poetical comics, too. Preferably a mixture of both.

 

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Extravaganza Of Merry Mayhem, September 16, 2000
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This book is a compilation of the four "Sock Monkey" comic books. I am not a true comic book afficianado, but really enjoyed this unusual book. The illustrations are superbly executed, and the stories are truly unique. Throughout the tales runs an underlying theme ....that catastrophes can result from unsolicited attempts to 'fix' the problems of others. The humor is a bit grim but spirited, the characters beyond unique. An added treat are the single page pieces at the end of each story..as entertaining as the stories themselves: "Daddy Long Legs Went on a cruise, He drank some booze, Got hit by a squall 'But I'm so small The sharks aren't Eating me at all' He was eaten by a sardine"
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If Edward Gorey was A.A. Milne's editor..., October 2, 2003
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Jackson Landers (Charlottesville, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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An instant classic, Tony Millionaire's collection of Sock Monkey comics is ideal for adults who have not become too sensible and for children who are too good for the usual antiseptic, focus-group oriented fare that passes as children's entertainment these days.

Do you remember John Bellairs' 'The House with a Clock in it's Walls'? Imagine that atmosphere meshed with pre-Disney Winnie the Pooh, with touches of 'The Wind in the Willows' in the dialogue. Filter that through an Edward Gorey illustrative sensibility (although Tony Millionaire is the better artist) and you have a good idea of what to expect here. Except it's also a comic book and its funny.

Buy this book for your children. It will delight them and scare them a little bit, which I assure you builds character.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gadzooks! Sock Monkey is here!, December 13, 2001
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Bob Cronin (Belmont, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This book is a collection of stories from Tony Millionaire's astounding comic book Sock Monkey. Disturbing, hilarious, and lovingly rendered in antiquey black and white are your favorite sock monkey, Uncle Gabby, and his oft drunken pal Mr. Crow. Together they "traipse the constellated wildreness" of a chandelier, attempt to return a shrunken head to it's home in "The Borneo," burn down the house, and much more. The illustrations are painstakingly realistic and quite beautiful, while the stories are charming, touching and surreal. Uncle Gabby and Mr Crow speak like refined 19th century gentlemen (quite quotable) and occaisionally come to existential revelations. Reads like an obscure 110-year old publication.

This is the next best thing in comic literature. If you like underground comix this is a must-read. Appropriate for kids, though there is some violence (you could say the same for The Brothers Grimm).

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