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Toy Trunk Railroad

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If you like fun cartoons with an imaginative flair look no further, your train has arrived. Hop aboard Toy Trunk Railroad for a ride of laughs and chuckles. This book contains all the best aspects of cartooning: stylish artwork, well written jokes and imaginative storytelling. I would recommend it to anyone; in fact I am. Buy this book today and experience the ride you have been waiting for.

I really like this book a lot. These cartoons are addictive! I love the story lines and the drawings. If you know someone who is a toy railroad enthusiast, this would be wonderful gift. And it's also a great book for anyone who isn't a toy railroad enthusiast (like me.) Very highest quality!

Eric Sansom has been entertaining readers for years with his comic strip, Toy Trunk Railroad. An excellent stylist and writer, he creates an imaginary world that's a pleasure to stop and visit time and again. A "must read" for true comic strip enthusiasts.

Give me some good, old timey comics and I'm happy. Erik Sansom has done one better: a new strip full of fun adventures of Casey, Jeb and a whole cast of goofy, well-drawn, well-meaning folks. It's the kind of fun comics work that isn't being done anymore. Well worth reading by a fellow who genuinely loves cartooning.

There are two amazing things about TTR: the art is modern, while giving the impression that it was drawn by a master of years past. And when the final panel pulls into the station, the punchline equals the art.

Actually, there are three amazing things about TTR and this first collection: I have zero interest in the paraphrenalia of trains -- the consequence of being friends with a railfan -- but a complete fascination with surefooted humor. TTR may get about on a rail, but its feet are firmly planted on the ground; smartly dressed in clown shoes.

I'd mention that the main characters are sharply penned and entirely convincing, but I've already surpassed my list of two amazements; I'll leave the rest of the wonders to your discovery.

I'm very impressed by the shifts in alternate realities that take place within the strip, as the inhabitants of a model train layout come to life. It's reminiscent of "Calvin & Hobbes."

One of the highest achievements a comic strip can hope for is to create a world that the reader identifies with. Most of us at some time in our childhood believed in a minature world where toys had a life of their own. Erik has made it real in a hilarious fashion.

I have been enjoying this writer/cartoonists work, on line for a long time now and here it is, in print, and about time too. Mr. Sansom's work is a delight to read and view.

I first read this book about a year ago. Just the other day I picked it up again and re-read it. Once again I found myself laughing out loud. Erik's book is a great read (and re-read) and guaranteed laughs.