Behold!
Macanudo's revolving cast of witches, cats, imaginative children and their imaginary monsters -- all gathered under one roof (or in one box)! Following in the distinguished footsteps of greats like
Peanuts and Argentine forebears like
Mafalda, Macanudo is a brilliant synthesis of
Krazy Kat's sophisticated and irreverent inventiveness, and
Calvin and Hobbes' expansive humanity and artistry.
Freewheeling and bustling with manic charm and sweetness, each strip builds anticipation for the next unexpected creative revelation or revivifying variation on a theme. With a masterful sense of flow, combined with show-stopping images of breathtaking beauty, the heel-clicking, childlike glee contained in these pages is matched only by the joy of splashing about an undiscovered creek or the vivid crunch of autumn's first leaves. It's no wonder Liniers has his praises sung by the likes of Matt Groening, David Byrne, and Jeff Smith.
Collecting the first three Fantagraphics Macanudo volumes, Welcome to Elsewhere, The Way of the Penguin, and Optimism is for the Brave, this fetching box set is a must-have for lovers of comic-strip-as-art, and an essential for everyone seeking the hidden wonder in life.
Language
Dimensions
Height: 188 mm
Width: 236 mm
ISBN-13
979-8-8750-0226-7 (9798875002267)
Schweitzer Classification
Born in Buenos Aires in 1973, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) became a daily cartoonist at 28 almost by accident, when other Argentine newspaper cartoonists had decamped to Spain at the nadir of a recession. He saw his role on the last page of La Nacion as offering a respite from dour news, but the strip's whimsy and humanity quickly led Macanudo to expand to papers across Latin America, and eventually beyond to Europe and North America. Three of Liniers' children's books have been published in the US, with Good Night, Planet, winning the comics industry Eisner Award for Best Publication For Early Readers in 2018. He currently lives in Vermont.
