Get Ziggy With It [Paperback]

Jim Wilson (Author), Tom Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2000

Ziggy's countless fans feel as though the lovable character with the big head and the generous heart has been with them all their lives as well. Every day, the quintessential little guy in a big world speaks to more than 75 million faithful readers who identify with his hopes and insecurities. Their diminutive hero, who relates better to his animal friends than he does to other people, always manages to find the bright spot, inspiring us to do the same. Get Ziggy with It collects gems from the past year and classics from the seventies and eighties to celebrate the new millennium.

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About the Author

Cartoonist Tom Wilson originally created Ziggy when he was a card designer at American Greetings; Universal Press Syndicate began syndication of Ziggy in 1971, and the rest is history. A native of West Virginia and Pennsylvania, Wilson now lives in Cleveland. His son, Tom Wilson Jr., collaborates with his father on Ziggy; he lives in Cincinnati.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition (May 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740704591
• ISBN-13: 978-0740704598
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Wilson began drawing Ziggy in 1987. The cartoonist's lifestyle came very naturally to Tom, whose father created the cartoon and whose family includes many artists. Tom studied graphic design at Miami University and fine art and illustration at Boston University. Although he is no longer involved in the day-to-day drawing of Ziggy, he continues to have an ongoing passion for creative development as president of Ziggy and Friends, Inc.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drowning Mime..., December 19, 2000

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Randolph J. Pings (Anadarko, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Ziggy With It (Paperback)

Ziggy's abortive foray in world of hip-hop is a cautionary tale for toeless cartoon characters everywhere. Though assisted in the studio by such rap impresarios as Big Daddy Kane, Sir Mix-A-Lot, and the ugly guy from 3rd Bass, Ziggy's "Get Ziggy With It" was a mish-mash of conflicting styles, meaningless lyrics, and a curious tendency toward mandolin samples. Without the virtuosic production of Tom "Dre Money" Wilson, the album fails like a drowning mime...not "so-bad-it's-good," but merely "so-bad-it's-terrible." With the repetitive shout out, "Zig Zig, mack mack Schmig!" we feel a deep embarassment for an artist that, like David Hasselhoff, should have stuck to his forte.

The $20 million "Get Ziggy With It" video for the album's title track and first single was the greatest failure since Ziggy's use of Rogaine. The opening scene, shot on the Sultan of Brunei's luxury yacht in the middle of the Ganges River, took 14 months to film and cost the lives of 12 different Ziggy stunt stand-in midget balding eunuch albinos (with no toes). The remaining 26 scenes had to be shot in Tom Wilson's cousin's rec room in Battle Creek, Michigan. The disjointed feeling of the video echoes Ziggy's entire putrescent late '90s repetoire.