Awards
- Short-listed for Waterstones Book of the Year 2013
- Short-listed for Waterstones Book of the Year 2013 (UK)
- Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2013.
- Winner of 9th Art Award 2013
- Winner of 9th Art Award 2013 (UK)
- Winner of 9th Art Award 2013.
Overview
A book for anybody who's ever had a beard, thought about a beard, seen a beard, not had a beard... The job of the skin is to keep things in... On the buttoned-down island of Here, all is well. By which we mean- orderly, neat, contained and, moreover, beardless. Or at least it is until one famous day, when Dave, bald but for a single hair, finds himself assailed by a terrifying, unstoppable...monster*! Where did it come from? How should the islanders deal with it? And what, most importantly, are they going to do with Dave? The first book from a new leading light of UK comics, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is an off-beat fable worthy of Roald Dahl. It is about life, death and the meaning of beards. (*We mean a gigantic beard, basically.)
Full Product Details
Author: Stephen Collins
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Imprint: Jonathan Cape
Dimensions:
Width: 21.80cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 30.30cm
Weight: 1.235kg
ISBN: 9780224096287
ISBN 10: 0224096281
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 09 May 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Collins's [book] is a love song - or is it? - to facial hair and all who get tangled up in it. -- Rachel Cooke Observer A book to make you sing with the genius of it... A book of revolution, and a beautiful story told with imagination, grace and a lot of pencil lines. And you feel the hard effort on every page. Those individual hairs don't draw themselves. -- Rich Johnston and Hannah Means-Shannon Bleeding Cool In exquisite pencil drawings, Stephen Collins pursues Dave's absurd quandary through its logical stages, from infamy to celebrity, from vast scaffolding to hot-air balloons. It's a timely fable about any government's attempt to impose conformity on the becauselessness of humanity. -- Paul Gravett Independent It's part satire, part parable, part nursery rhyme and part disaster movie, and it's an utter joy to read. -- Tom Gatti The Times Clever, funny and beautiful to look at. A fairytale for adults that children will also adore, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is surely destined to become a classic. -- Rachel Cooke Observer
It's part satire, part parable, part nursery rhyme and part disaster movie, and it's an utter joy to read. -- Tom Gatti The Times My pick of next season's graphic novels. The Bookseller
Author Information
Stephen Collins was born in 1980 and grew up in Penge, South London. He began cartooning for The Times in 2003, and has since won several awards, including the Jonathan Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story Prize 2010. His work has appeared in many publications worldwide, and he contributes regular comics to the Guardian Weekend and Prospect magazine. He lives near Hertford with his wife and a well-charged beard trimmer. For up-to-date news and work, visit www.stephencollinsillustration.com
