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The Mutts: Little Big Book

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If you were a kid in the 1930s or the 1940s, you remember the famous Big Little Books. Lately they have been revived by George Lucas and some of the large comic book publishers. This is something different, much slimmer, printed in full color on glossy paper... and in many ways, a work of art.

The art is done apparently freehand in ink (w/o pencilling as a guide) and then colored in with colored pencils and pastel chalks. The story? There's no story, you just meet the main characters of the Mutts strip, Earl, Mooch, Sid, Crabby, Woofy, Guard Dog, etc. They give you some advice--- verbally or by example!--- and then we move on to the next. After my wife paged through it, she said, "What a lovely little book." And it is.

yesh! a cute little collection of new material made especially for this little book. as Mooch describes it, it's a 'Chickey Shnoodle Soup For The Soul'.

i hate using phrases like "a minimalist masterpiece" but how else can you descibe this great book from mcdonnell's fertile mind? to quote jules, or as his intimates know him, shtinky puddin': "i dunno."

if you are already a fan of the strip, this book is a must. he is the true successor to herriman!

Mutts the comic gets to me, the art is understated, sometimes the humor is corny, but nontheless very touching. The middle of the book with the pumpkins is very funny. And of course, end it with SHTINKY PUDDIN' is classic.

Mutts are the cutest, funniest cartoon around. This little book gives the reader a taste of the personalities of all the Mutts caracters. The last word, as put by Shtinky Puddin' "oh, well... I dunno"

This is not a normal Mutts book. If you have ever seen those little Garfield books that are hardback, well that is the shape of this book. But anyway I bought it, read it in about one minute and twenty seconds. This a very good book though, Buy it only if you love Mutts of want to be introduced to them.

I have enjoyed Mutts and the works by Patrick McDonnell for years. My mother and I have collected all his books. Imagine my surprise to find this at Amazon...and to see that, of the 4 available, only one is "almost like new" and costs anywhere from $104 to $200+ ???? This was a $4.95 book in 1998. I find it hard to believe it would go for so much now. It's really a shame. I would love to be able to see this little book and enjoy it. I'm sure others would too. But the pricing is ridiculous. Amazon should not allow this kind of thing to happen. It's not like the book is an antique with leather binding and gilt edges!