Big Top by Rob Harrell

Big Top by Rob Harrell

Harrell's work combines pop culture, innocence, friendship, and some of the seamier side of the circus background that only adults can appreciate.

Come one Come all . . . to the exciting world of Big Top Rob Harrell's three-ring comic strip has already packed the house with fans eager for his hilarious take on the circus and those who bring it to life.

The circus and its colorful cast-led by 10-year-old Pete and his happily reformed performing bear, Wink-are a perfect metaphor for life. It's not always what happens on the surface, Big Top reminds us, but what takes place backstage that delivers the lessons and the humor. Pete and Wink keep plenty of odd company, including Kingston, coolest king of the jungle; Stucco, a mute clown who still manages to make his point; Manfred, the bookish monkey; Dusty, the wisecracking tell-it-like-it-is trained poodle; Andrea, the new acrobat girl who's caught Pete's eye; and Hairy Mary the Bearded Lady, a mother figure to them all.

Take this crew on the road and you get an endless array of situations and relationships, care and impatience, honesty and intolerance. It's like one big Big Top family . . . one that welcomes all readers for the mere price of a ticket.

Rob Harrell is the creator and illustrator of the long-running daily comic strip Adam@Home, which appears in over 140 newspapers around the world. Before 2007, he also created and illustrated the internationally syndicated comic strip Big Top. In a starred review, Kirkus described Rob's first middle grade graphic novel, Monster on the Hill, as a delightfully cinematic...indie charmer. He and his wife live in Austin, Texas.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780740750045
ISBN 10	0740750046
Title	Big Top
Author	Rob Harrell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
Year published	2005-03-01
Number of pages	130
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.