Billy Hazelnuts
Tony MillionaireTony Millionaire, creator of Sock Monkey and one of America’s most popular weekly comic strips, Maakies, delivers his first original graphic novel for Fantagraphics, Billy Hazelnuts. Billy Hazelnuts transmutes nursery rhymes and the golem myth into a storybook about Becky, girl scientist, her friend Billy Hazelnuts (who was created from cooking ingredients by tailless mice), and their journey to find the missing moon while battling an evil steam-driven alligator with a seeing-eye skunk.
Millionaire fuses the darker spirit of older fairy tales with an absurdist adventure story, throws gender politics into the mix, and brings it to life with his dementedly charming and meticulous drawing style that is utterly transporting. Billy Hazelnuts features all-new characters, a first for Millionaire after building a tremendous following for his Sock Monkey and Maakies characters, which is sure to delight existing fans as well as introduce an entirely new audience to his breathtaking line and imagination. Black-white comics throughout
| status | Copy #1 (5114): in |
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| genre | Humor and Satire » General Humor |
| publisher | Fantagraphics |
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| popularity | checked out 3 time(s) |
The humor and subject matter get progressively darker & weirder as the story goes on. Tony Mllionaire is a bizarre fellow. The world he creates is fantastical and unpredictable, with caricatured characters and wild monsters, topsy-turvy science and magical inventions. The art seems reminiscent of old, classic 50’s cartoons such as the original Loony Tunes, Mickey Mouse or Popeye, augmenting the story’s eeriness.