Monday, February 28, 2011

The Psychedelic Horror of Frank Asch

Linda by Frank Asch, McGraw Hill, 1969
Summary: A girl named Linda wakes up and goes for a morning stroll in her neighborhood. On her way, she encounters some locals, including a shirtless bearded man whom she calls "Santa".
This is Frank Asch's second children's book. He is best known for his Moonbear series from the 1980's-90's.
Posted by ahoi! at Monday, February 28, 2011
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3 comments:

annie said...

these are evidence of the multitudes contained by artists + illustrators... i'd never have guessed the moonbear creator could have drawn these. such marvelous scribbly detail—! i love these. thanks. :)

February 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM
Reference Library said...

Also get "Gia and the One Hundred Dollars Worth of Bubblegum".

March 1, 2011 at 1:19 PM
ahoi! said...

Thanks Andy! I'll keep a look out.
I also have his 3rd book, Elvira Everything: Girl gets a robot doll for christmas and the doll proceeds to replace her in the family. Girl runs away, but is brought home. Girl kills the doll in the bathtub.
wtf

March 3, 2011 at 9:49 AM

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