Overview

THE POET is a daily comic strip that celebrates life's little moments through the eyes of a poet, his spirited pigeon companion, and even - occasionally - a talking park bench. This volume collects the entire first year of the strip, inviting you to embark on a delightful and life-affirming walk in the park, sure to enchant new readers (of any age) and longtime fans alike. The charming and gentle world of THE POET is definitively presented here, with a foreword by Denis Kitchen, a new afterword, and an extensive notes section.

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Reviews

"""I think The Poet, as a body of work, qualifies as both comics and poetry, a decidedly rare hybrid."" - DENIS KITCHEN from his Foreword ""These comics are very lovely. I keep reading The Poet when I am 'supposed to be doing something else.'"" - LEMONY SNICKET ""Webb whittles and peels back layers to find more and more in these spare but vast strips. A man, a bench, a pigeon; THE WORLD. They hang out up the street from Charlie Brown, Thoreau, Bushmiller, and Cage."" - The Comics Journal, Best Comics of 2021 ""The Poet has a sense of humor about thinking hard and feeling deeply while not apologizing for such outrageous behavior. It's refreshing."" - Hal Hartley, filmmaker ""These gently funny comics strike a happy balance between dreaminess and the corporeal world... what emerges is a sense of love for poetry that's intimate enough to make space for poking fun. It also makes space for a talking bench, which is inarguably a good thing."" - Heather Christle, poet ""Todd Webb has figured out what poetry was missing all these years - PICTURES!"" - Derek Drymon, animator SpongeBob SquarePants ""Serene, existential, and self-aware, The Poet is a helpful respite from... everything."" - Adam J. Kurtz, artist ""I love The Poet. It reminds me of how we can be delicate and pompous at the same time."" - Tom Hart, founder Sequential Artists Workshop ""The Poet knows small miracles abound if you look at everything as if seeing it for the first time, which is how I feel every time I turn the page in this new collection of funny, sad, strange, and beautiful observations on art, life, friendship, and telephone poles."" - Will McRobb, co-creator The Adventures of Pete & Pete ""Poets like poems, and birds like donuts. This Poet and bird share the crumbs of their life with love, and the occassional jab in the ribs."" - John Porcellino, cartoonist ""I have been a joy-filled fan of Todd's work on The Poet for as long as I can remember. - What's that? How the heck should I know?! Now pipe down so I can finish writing thi- Oh, poop, where was I...?"" - Kevin Pollack, actor & comedian ""Every poet is dumb, especially this one. Long live dumb poetry!"" - Haydee Touitou, poet"

Author Information

"Todd Webb was born in 1981. He likes to make art about quiet moments and little things. Besides cartooning, he is fond of the ocean, monster movies, synthesizers, walking through his neighborhood at night, the sound of a clicky pen clicking, his wife Ashley and their cat Oliver Jinx Derril Mariachi Webb the First. He also performs music under the monikers of Seamonster and Oahu. Denis Kitchen was an original member of the ""underground comix"" movement of the 60's, perhaps equally known as the founder and publisher of the pioneering publishing house Kitchen Sink Press. He also founded the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, is the author of several books, a literary and art agent, a longtime editor, and a curator of comic art exhibitions in America and overseas. He was elected to the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in San Diego in 2015."

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