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HIS NEXT BOOK:

ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS
 "It's big and it's thick"- Evans



"It's the biggest I've ever seen, and I've seen some big ones"- White



He talks about it in this recent interview at Comicsreporter



and more recently at Forbidden Planet International



HIS PREVIOUS, still available:

THE AMAZING REMARKABLE MONSIEUR LEOTARD





    Included in Amazon's top ten comics for 2008: This year we've put our editors' picks and our year-end bestsellers for each category on the same page together, so you can easily compare.



    JOG:"This is a splendid, sad lark of a book, filled with odd amusements and formal horseplay, all keyed toward sifting through several fundamental ponderings of life and living; it's as playful as it is melancholic, a work that deems even the most storied life a ride of dips and jumps, its lowest lows and highest highs perhaps bringing us close to the very borders of the present - history and dreams and spirits lurking just above and below us, where we cannot routinely occupy the page."



    Brick Weekly:

    ""There is some historical fact in the book.(but) It just does not matter, because history would only get in the way of the fun love of storytelling the artist displays here."



    Bookforum:

    "Apparently, all of this madness can’t be contained in the four-panel grid, so Campbell fills the margins with comments, pantomime, a cameo by the authors themselves, and an ill-fated human cannonball who periodically whizzes by. Nor is a typical page-to-page sequence sufficient for the restless authors, who insert “facsimiles” of circus posters, popular prints, and excerpts from Etienne’s crudely yet charmingly illustrated diary."



    City Pages.com

    "A sweet, romantic comedy/fantasy might not be what you'd expect from the artist of From Hell, but Eddie Campbell has stayed in his recent experimental mode and produced (with co-writer Dan Best) a graphic novel that could almost be called delicate."



    Readaboutcomcs.com

    "A book like The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard would have been good had only half of the effort gone into it, but Campbell and Best have instead gone all-out and created a comic masterpiece."



    Indie Pulp

    "With Campbell, you get the whole package; not a page of the book gets wasted, and there's something to entertain at every glance."



    Omnivoracious.com:

    "Campbell's light touch with the art--beautiful yet often disturbing watercolors--proves supple and fluid enough to convey scenes of whimsy and scenes of horror. This might just be my favorite Campbell yet--I can't recommend it highly enough."



    Alan David Doane at Comic Book Galaxy

    "You will love rediscovering the joy of a wild adventure comic that you can't stop reading. You will love laughing at each inevitable change of fortune that makes Leotard's life so amazing, so remarkable... you will love once again letting Eddie (and Dan Best) take hold of your consciousness and imagination and turn them inside out and upside down on the wildest ride you'll find in comics this year."



    The North Adams Transcript "Campbell's artwork, meanwhile, is beyond beauty ... his color work here... crosses styles and genres and employs some brilliant panel placement as well."



    Newsarama

    "Eddie Campbell’s books are becoming, with each passing year, more stunning."



    comics waiting room

    "It’s a terrific piece, and a sweet return to form for Campbell ..."

    Aint it cool.com: "First Second has made a name for itself by producing quality material, but this book outdoes all of its previous endeavors."



    Comic Book Resources: "it's a first class tour-de-Campbell whimsy"



    Comicmix: "it's a fine Eddie Campbell book, in the style that no one else could replicate, and a joy to read."



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