The Wizard of Op
Published on 11. February 2025
Book
Hardback
38 pages
978-1-944860-68-4 (ISBN)
Description
In 1975, more than a decade into a career that would establish him as one of the most innovative children's book authors of his time, artist and illustrator Ed Emberley followed the gothic woodcuts of his previous book, Suppose You Met a Witch, with a complete left turn: the story of a prince turned into a frog, and the bumbling wizard whose spells take the form of dizzying optical illusions. Combining the bold graphic experimentation of the 1970s Op-Art movement with the charmingly irreverent storytelling for which Emberley is renowned, The Wizard of Op is a visual odyssey like no other. On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, Anthology is proud to reintroduce this little-known masterpiece from a wizard of children's literature.
Reviews / Votes
"If nothing else, Emberley's exercises in black and white magic are an ingenious answer to the industry-wide cutback in color reproduction. Within a comic strip story of a prince turned into a frog and an incompetent wizard who tries out a bedazzling variety of spells before lighting on the one that can turn him back (meanwhile the prince becomes, briefly, a rabbit, a kangaroo, a grasshopper and a whale), Emberley subjects readers to seven double page eye-whammers to which the Wiz gives such fitting names as rectangle tingle, zig zag zowie and op tickle two. It's much fun, probably just about where the whole op art game finds its level. Wizard."- Kirkus Reviews, 1975
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Brooklyn
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Black & White Illustrations; Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 251 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-944860-68-4 (9781944860684)
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Persons
Ed Emberley is the illustrator and author of over eighty books, including the bestselling Go Away, Big Green Monster! and his enormously popular "Drawing Book" series. He has received many awards and accolades, including a Caldecott Honor in 1967 for One Wide River to Cross and a Caldecott Medal in 1968 for Drummer Hoff. Wizard of Op is his second book reissued with Anthology Editions.