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The Complete Cul de Sac Pasta blanda – Print, 6 mayo 2014

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&;The complete library of all Cul de Sac cartoons and more! In addition to every Cul de Sac cartoon ever published, selections of Thompson's pre-syndication Cul de Sac art are included in this affordable, paperback boxed set.

Cul de Sac began newspaper syndication in September 2007 and ended in September 2012, when creator Richard Thompson retired to focus on treatment for Parkinson's disease. In its too-short time on the comics page, Cul de Sac garnered an avid fan base, a Reuben and a Harvey Award, and remarkable admiration from the cartooning community. In tribute to the strip, all the published cartoons are gathered here--as a bonus, there are selections of Richard Thompson's pre-syndication Cul de Sac watercolored Sundays.

&;If you haven't discovered Richard Thompson's wonderful Cul de Sac comic strip, you are in for a real treat. Cul de Sac is noted not only for its humor and intelligence, but also for creator Richard Thompson's fun, imaginative watercolor artwork. Thompson's drawings, along with his pitch-perfect timing and gentle humor, made the cartoon an instant classic.

Cul de Sac is brought to life through manhole-dancing Alice Otterloop, a curious four-year-old who discovers life's ups and downs in suburbia. Along with her Blisshaven Preschool classmates, Alice charms fans of all ages with her escapades. From crafting projects in a cloud of glitter and glue or just trying to comprehend a completely incomprehensible world, Alice is a creature of pure and indomitable will, an irresistible force.

&;Alice describes her father's car as a "Honda-Tonka Cuisinart" and talks to the class guinea pig, Mr. Danders. Alice is joined by her family: her older brother Petey who is intent on being the King of the Picky Eaters; her dad, who's the Assistant Director of Pamphlets at the U.S. Department of Consumption, Office of Consumer Complaints; and her mom, who is capable of doing a million things simultaneously (about five of them well).

&;This library of cartoons and art will both delight longtime fans and provide a fantastic introduction to new readers.

&;Includes an introduction by Art Spiegelman.

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Andrews McMeel Pub
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6 mayo 2014
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21.59 x 5.08 x 28.7 cm
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1449438822
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978-1449438821
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&;Richard Thompson is the creator of Cul de Sac and winner of the 2011 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications, including U.S. News & World Report, National Geographic, and The New Yorker. He announced in 2009 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and has since rallied other cartoonists and illustrators to contribute to the Team Cul de Sac project to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation. In September 2012, Thompson retired from creating Cul de Sac.

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Editorial ‏ : ‎ Andrews McMeel Pub (6 mayo 2014)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1449438822
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1449438821
Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 21.59 x 5.08 x 28.7 cm

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Expensive Paberbacks but Awesome Comics

Reseñado en los Estados Unidos el 7 de mayo de 2014

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Richard Thompson's "Cul de Sac" is the comic you've been missing in your life. It is funny, true, and amazing. You want to read these. ALL of these. They are excellent.

I purchased the physical slipcased two paperback set of The Complete Cul de Sac . I love physical books and this strip is worth every penny.

The paperbacks are very readable and very clear reproductions. The color Sunday strips (and watercolor original strips) are beautiful!

History: CUL dE SAC started in The Washington Post on February 8, 2004 and became syndicated on September 10, 2007. The strip ended in September 2012 because the creator/artist/writer suffers from Parkinson's disease and he wanted to focus on his health (a very valid reason).

WHAT'S NEW IN THIS SET:

1) Per the write-up on the slipcase "Annotations giving NEW insight into individual strips and story lines." I know some of these were in the previous Cul de Sac Golden Treasury, but there are a lot of new ones. This includes a very long multi-paragraph annotation on the "last" strip (which was a reprint).

2) Some newly collected strips. Per the box, "All the cartoons that were ever published are in here" (I think some haven't been previously collected since the last collection was released in May of 2012 and the strip didn't fully end until September 2012). I think this might only be talking about the syndicated strips because it also says this set includes "SELECTIONS of pre-syndicated Cul de Sac water-colored Sundays that appeared in the Washington Post." With THAT kind of wording, I don't know if ALL of the ones that exist are actually in here or not. They MIGHT actually all be in here though.

3) A lengthy introduction by Art Spiegelman (written in May of 2013) (I have mucho respect for Art Spiegelman, his Maus: A Survivor's Tale series is a must-have for every reader)

4) An acknowledgements section by Richard Thompson (written in September 2013). A small write-up at the beginning of Volume 1.

I do, however, have a problem with this set. Namely: At $75.00 SRP (suggested retail price), why aren't these longer-lasting hardcovers?

This needs to be a hardcover set! If the Complete Calvin and Hobbes [BOX SET ] can came out in hardcover (and paperback), why can't this?

About Cul de Sac's $75 price: A box set of 2 paperbacks for $75.00 SRP is not my idea of "affordable" (to use Amazon's word from the description of this set). That is $37.50 per oversized paperback! Even if it's on sale for around $52.34, that is STILL $26.17 per oversized paperback (plus a slipcase). I don't like to spend $25.00 on a hardcover and I've never, until now, spent that much on a paperback. Why Andrews McMeel Publishing? Why? I thought the "paperback" thing was a typo at first, but I was wrong.

At $75, this 645 page set is about 11.6¢ a page. At its current sale price of $52.34, that is 8.7¢ a page. Which isn't "bad," but I had to save up for a while to be able to afford it.

This is available for Kindle for only $9.99 per volume ( The Complete Cul de Sac Volume One and The Complete Cul de Sac Volume Two ) That is $19.98 total for all 645 digital pages. A tremendously good deal at about 3¢ a page... as long as the images are clear and easily zoomable on your Kindle.

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Shooshie

The Final Last Greatest Comic Strip of All Time, Forever, at least for now.

Reseñado en los Estados Unidos el 21 de febrero de 2016

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Richard Thompson deserves a place right up there with the other greats, namely Al Capp, Walt Kelly, Bill Watterson, Berkeley Breathed, and Garry Trudeau, in no particular order, and no particular degree of completeness, for Cul de Sac does what all those other great comics do: capture the human spirit at its most vulnerable, pitiful, wonderful, hilarious, touching, moving, and memorable moments, right there on paper, making you laugh out loud, bond with imaginary characters, and causing you to seek it out daily for your little fix of humanity presented by these gifted writers and artists who seem to understand things the rest of us are still figuring out.

If you thought Calvin & Hobbes was the last and final great strip forever, or Pogo, or Bloom County, or any other strip, you're going to be pleasantly surprised to find that Cul de Sac is the real last and final great comic strip forever. Until another last, greatest strip emerges, this one is surely the last great comic forever.

The strip's little pre-school aged girl, Alice, is the central character, though her middle-school aged brother Petey is nearly as often featured. Petey is the cynical introvert with a dry wit, while Alice is the id-driven narcissist, perhaps with a touch of ADHD. Their father is somewhat distant, but good natured, while the mother is the foundational cornerstone of the family, the one who always seems to know what they need, who offers wisdom and solace, but not too much. Nobody in this strip is particularly wiser or more insightful than the others; it's just a blisteringly funny portrayal of a family, each with age-appropriate reactions and intelligence, as they muddle through life with their own twists on observation and understanding, while dealing with the very odd situations we all remember from various times in our lives.

Few comics ever make me laugh out loud, literally. This is one of them. Petey's practicing of the oboe has got to be one of the most hilarious portrayals of musicians in history. His propensity for out-of-body experiences seems strangely familiar. So does his off-the-tracks friend, Ernesto, whom we can never completely be sure is real or imaginary.

Perhaps the scene stealer of the whole strip is Alice, dancing on her manhole cover, which she is convinced is a stage on which she performs for the whole world to admire. She also believes that Mother Nature lives under that manhole cover, and that she has blessed Alice's dancing with her approval. (You'll see why)

If any character borders on the unreal, it would have to be the class's totally ego-driven, helpless pet hamster, whose other-worldly adventures are legendary in his own mind. Like most objects of Alice's attention or affection, the pet hamster soon bores her, annoys her, and then drives her to the brink of a tantrum until the attention is properly refocused upon Alice herself.

And by this time, I'm sure my review is similarly annoying to you, so let me stop here, and you just go buy the books and enjoy the final, last, greatest comic strip of all time at least until the next one comes along.

But I assure you, the brilliantly witty, self-effacing Richard Thompson, whose career has been cut way too short by his advancing Parkinson's disease, is most certainly destined for the comic hall of fame.

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Uncle Bill

Richard's artistic style and uncanny insights into the personal world of Alice, a redheaded pre-schooler, are amazing and FUN!

Reseñado en los Estados Unidos el 29 de mayo de 2018

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This is a wonderful comic strip about a naive feisty little redheaded girl named Alice, her parents and brother, her collection of friends and their pre-school. It is full of hilarious insights into the kids and the adults as well. It had me literally laughing out loud at times. If you are familiar with the strip, you know it is good. If you have come across this by chance or coincidence believe me, this is a terrific read. Tragically, the author/artist passed away way too early with a condition that affected his ability to draw even before his death. There are a very few duplications here and there with color and black and white repeats but that is what makes it a Complete Cul de Sac. The running jokes and themes are twisted fun. Her dad's tiny car, her brother's picky eaters rating, her mother's calm stoicism, her teacher's flaky boyfriend - "You can't tie down a banjo man..." - her buddy's big brothers' dangerous contraptions, and many others are all woven into a really great story. As you may have gathered by now, I loved this collection.

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characters and the environs easily become exaggerated and outsized- like a child's dream

Reseñado en los Estados Unidos el 23 de septiembre de 2014

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Cul de Sac is a precious, unique world created by Richard Thompson. It is a descendent of Krazy Kat and cousin to Calvin and Hobbes in that Mr. Thompson has carved out a niche (or at least a shoebox diorama!) in the pantheon of memorable comics. Centering on the life of the Otterloop family, especially the self-motivated daughter, Alice. Although it maintains an adult sensibility, it has the vision of a child, characters and the environs easily become exaggerated and outsized- like a child's dream. The crow quill scratch style adds an abstraction to the proceedings of the Otterloops and their encounters with the denizens of Cul de Sac. For those that have followed this comic, the running commentary by Thompson is a revelation to the struggles of doing a daily strip. For anyone new to this comic, try to ignore the commentary as it will be a distraction. Nevertheless, a highly enjoyable read is ahead for everyone.
I hadn't realized Mr. Thompson had to discontinue the strip due to health problems until I received this set. I admired his work in my local paper and was incensed that it disappeared suddenly without any warning. He has a unique vision that will be greatly missed. I hope that he will recover from his disabilities, I know there are successful recoveries, my prayers go out to him and his family.

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We are all Cul de Sac! Buy it so you can read about yourself!

Reseñado en los Estados Unidos el 5 de julio de 2016

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The best comic strip of the 21st century, as well as any other century you might care to name! Richard Thompson created characters that you can say "Hey, this character is a lot like me! But so is that one! And that one! And that one! I'm so very, very Petey. But I also have quite a bit of Dill in me. (Burgers for dinner. Wait - no, wrong Dill.) I have so much Peter Sr., right down to making strange noises in the car. I can even be Alice, but I don't like to think about that. Mostly, I identify with poor, put-upon bucket-headed Kevin. I hate rhythm clapping game time - I keep missing!
We need a cure for Parkinson's and we need it now! The genius trapped in Richard Thompson's body needs to be freed so that we don't miss any more of it.

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