商品簡介
The long-lost comic strip masterpiece byCrockett Johnson,legendary children's book author (Harold and the PurpleCrayon, TheCarrot Seed), collected in full and designed bygraphic novelist and Barnaby superfan Daniel Clowes (GhostWorld, Wilson).Vol. 2 collects the years 1944-1945 of 5-year-old Barnaby Baxter and his Fairy Godfather J.J. O'Malley'smisadventures.The cigar-chomping, bumbling con-artistand fast-talker O'Malley takes Barnaby on a trip to D.C. to serve histerm in Congress. Also, Gus the Ghost and O'Malley follow theBaxters to their seaside cottage,enlisting Barnaby to join them on a treasure hunt. Plus Wall St., Erminehunters, soapsalesmen and more!Adored by all ages, Barnaby's deftbalance of fantasy, timeless humor and elegant cartooning will delight even themostsophisticated reader (Chris Ware (Building Stories) loves it), much as it did inits original run, attracting fans as diverse as Dorothy Parker, Charles Schulz,W.C.Fields, Gardner Rea, Milton Caniff,Rockwell Kent and Louis Untermeyer.
