Heart Of The City [Paperback]

Mark Tatulli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2000

Heart is a precocious girl whose adorably energetic presence attracts everyone around her. She loves dressing up, playing with her Karlie and Ben dolls, and dreaming of the day she can finally get her ears pierced. Her best friend, Kat, shares her pal's hopes and dreams-and believes she'll someday marry Leonardo DiCaprio. Heart's mom, an overworked and underappreciated single mother, showers her girl with love, but resolutely resists Heart's attempts to find her a man. Mrs. Angelini rounds out the cast as the matriarch who takes care of Heart while Mom's at work.This first Heart of the City book collects strips from the cartoon's first successful year, a debut that attracted legions of loyal fans. Created by Mark Tatulli, Heart of the City has a gentle presence, exemplifying the sweet and sassy realities of modern, urban child-rearing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (April 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740705768
• ISBN-13: 978-0740705762
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,608,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Tatulli is an internationally syndicated cartoonist. He was awarded the National Cartoonists Society's Best Newspaper Comic Strip award in 2008 for Lio and is also known for his popular comic strip Heart of the City, both syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. He lives in a Spielbergian development in New Jersey with his wife, Donna, three children, and three nefarious cats, all of whom supply endless ideas for Lio.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bravo! <clap> <clap> <clap> <clap>, April 28, 2000

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Zube "Zube" (Fort Collins, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heart Of The City (Paperback)

In a world where the comic pages have become increasing trite and bland, Mr. Tatulli's Heart of the City is both a surprise and a delight. The characters (Heart, her Mom, her friends) are complex and funny, but most of all believable. No other comic characters are more alive than Heart of the City's, and this first book refects that.

Not since early Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) and early Amend (Foxtrox) have I been this pleased with a comic book.

This one is a winner. Don't miss it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Watch out world - here comes "Heart"!, May 1, 2000

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Karen "Believe with TOPS" (Anaheim, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heart Of The City (Paperback)

Mark Tatulli enticed me from the beginning a year ago with this insightful character and I've been hooked ever since. The comic stays fresh, warm, witty and a delight in my day. Mr. Tatulli is gifted with an incredible imagination that brings the characters to life for me in a way no other writer has since the early work of Lynn Johnston. This first book is a treasure trove of fun family reading.

Kudos to Mark Tatulli for a wonderful book - I look forward with anticipation to many more.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GIRL POWER AND SHOW BIZ!!!, September 28, 2000

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R. Garcia "Beeyotch" (Brockport, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heart Of The City (Paperback)

What a CHARMING little comic strip!!! But it's so sad it isn't printed anywhere except in this nifty little book that I suddenly came upon at my college bookstore. Drawn in this adorable, whimsical cartoony style rather like Calvin and Hobbes (ooh...how I HATE imitations, but this seems to work here), it's all about a very spunky little girl who likes to dress up, play make-believe, dance in a glittery pink tutu and ragged stockings, bawl at sad movies on the tube, and tease her divorced mom about getting another man! Very girlish, yet it's got plenty of wit and a very insightful view about what it's like to be a single young mother living by herself with an very imaginative child and her hyperactive buddies in the very middle of a city as well as those terrific movie take-offs (especially of Star Wars) featuring our plucky young heroine in her famous demin bonnet and ballerina slippers!