xm4Hr [Read and download] Weathercraft: A Frank Comic Online [xm4Hr.ebook] Weathercraft: A Frank Comic Pdf Free Jim Woodring DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #1049852 in Books 2010-06-08Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.80 x .80 x 7.30l, 1.30 #File Name: 1606993402104 pages | File size: 70.Mb Jim Woodring : Weathercraft: A Frank Comic before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Weathercraft: A Frank Comic: 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Deeper than you might think...By KevFor those unfamiliar with the Frank series here's the basic idea...The stories are wordless and take place in a dreamlike world inhabited by a cast of strange characters, each one being a unique archetype (see the back cover for a brief description of each). FRANK is a cat/mouse-like anthropomorph, who is typically the central character. In Weathercraft, Man Hog is the star and Frank is a background character....I have long been a fan of this series and my appreciation for Jim Woodring's draftsmanship and depth of storytelling continues to grow. Before actually reading Weathercraft, I was lucky enough to attend a book signing event where Jim Woodring gave a slide show presentation on his art. In response to a question during the QA he spoke at length about the meaning of a scene in the middle of the story where Man Hog sees a series of weird visions (or tableaus). I won't go into detail on what he said, but what he demonstrated is that far more thought and meaning is embedded in this story than the casual observer will realize.I have since bought and read Weathercraft. I read it closely and slowly. Then again.... and now three times, taking 45 minutes to an hour each reading. If you wanted to, you could read this story in ten minutes. But did you look at the creatures dressed as royalty, did you notice how their manipulations from afar affected Man Hog? Did you see that creature in the background? Did you notice the clues, the relationships, the recurring symbols, the causes and effects...?Sure, there are plenty of funny and cute and simple scenes in Weathercraft, but much like the films of Stanley Kubrick or David Lynch, readers willing to really delve deep will find this to be a rich work, executed with meticulous technical skill.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. HoorayBy Michael LiskaThis is one of my favorite comics of all time. Woodring's work isn't so weird as all that - only the FORMS have changed, the essence is the same as our reality, which is to say, the reality. It is another wrinkle in the mind of god. Whatever we can imagine must be. Weathercraft is at once entirely familiar and utterly alien, owing to Woodring's imaginative forms disguising things we would otherwise immediately recognize. Manhog goes through one cycle, hits the top, and returns to the beginning. What fun!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. holy $#!%By edcercThis was really great, I loved everything about this book. This guy Woodring must be a genius, because for a comic with no words its pretty much just as good as any other comic that i loved. The imagery in this book is so stylish and original, plus the storytelling is impeccable. I am a big fan of good comics and this is one of the most creative comics i've ever read. I look forward to checking out other releases by Jim Woodring. The first graphic novel from a master of the form, co-starring his beloved “Frank” character.For over 20 years now, Jim Woodring has delighted, touched, and puzzled readers around the world with his lush, wordless tales of “Frank.” Weathercraft is Woodring’s first full-length graphic novel set in this world?indeed, Woodring’s first graphic novel, period!?and it features the same hypnotically gorgeous linework and mystical iconography.As it happens, Frank has only a brief supporting appearance in Weathercraft, which actually stars Manhog, Woodring’s pathetic, brutish everyman (or everyhog), who had previously made several appearances in “Frank” stories (as well as a stunning solo turn in the short story “Gentlemanhog”).After enduring 32 pages of almost incomprehensible suffering, Manhog embarks upon a transformative journey and attains enlightenment. He wants to go to celestial realms but instead altruistically returns to the unifactor to undo a wrong he has inadvertently brought about: The transformation of the evil politician Whim into a mind-destroying plant-demon who distorts and enslaves Frank and his friends. The new and metaphysically expanded Manhog sets out for a final battle with Whim...Weathercraft also co-stars Frank’s cast of beloved supporting characters, including Frank’s Faux Pa and the diminutive, mailbox-like Pupshaw and Pushpaw; it is both a fully independent story that is a great introduction to Woodring’s world, and a sublime addition to, and extension of, the Frank stories.Weathercraft will be a defining graphic novel of 2010. 104 pages of black-and-white comics From Publishers WeeklyStarred . A book that sticks with you like a virus, Woodring's newest collection of tales of vague morality and definite oddity keeps intact his status as one of comics most eccentric auteurs. The surreal universe of Frank, "the ignoble innocent who bends with the breeze, rolls with the punches and never learns tomorrow what he has already forgotten today," focuses here on Manhog. Formerly a sideline character, the squat, piggish, and eternally suffering Manhog gambols and charges through the landscape, eating most everything he comes across and suffering mightily for it. The malevolently grinning character half-moon–faced Whim particularly has it in for Manhog (capturing and torturing him) as do the Fates-like creatures Betty and Veronica, who conduct strange spells and experiments on the clueless creature. Woodring's wordless story is a looping and circumstantial affair, concerned more with fantastically rendered backgrounds--his starkly layered landscapes play like minimalist woodcuts of the deepest unconscious--than matters of plot and story. There is a creeping message of sorts, about the wages of greed and what happens to curious cats, but it's mired in a universe of deeply strange beauty and not always easy to divine. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.From BooklistMost of Woodring’s wordless, dreamlike stories center on the simple, catlike Frank, but this one features Manhog, his brutish, porcine nemesis, who undergoes a series of Job-like torments at the hands of the satanic, moonfaced Whim. After enduring these afflictions, Manhog achieves enlightenment and redemption; but his deliverance is short-lived as the newly altruistic creature must rescue Frank—and perhaps the universe—from Whim, who has been transformed into a mind- enslaving plant-demon. Other inhabitants of Woodring’s bizarre universe make brief appearances as well, notably Frank’s loyal pets, Pupshaw and Pushpaw. It’s all even stranger than that description makes it sound, but Woodring manages to make it all somehow convincing and compelling. There’s a consistent internal logic at work, and his cartoony-but-detailed drawing style, loaded with surreal imagery (think Walt Disney meets Carlos Castaneda) is the ideal vehicle to convey this hauntingly peculiar tale. And if it doesn’t all make perfect—or even imperfect—sense, its mysteries and subtleties reward repeat readings. Over the past two decades Woodring has created a dense and distinctive universe, and Weathercraft is perhaps its most rewarding portrayal yet. --Gordon Flagg “Over the last few decades, Jim Woodring has been drawing a series of wordless, blissfully cruel slapstick fables, set in a world of grotesque entities and psychedelic minarets: half unshakable nightmare, half Chuck Jones cartoon filtered through the Bhagavad Gita.” - Douglas Wolk, The New York Times Book “Starred . A book that sticks with you like a virus, Woodring's newest collection of tales of vague morality and definite oddity keeps intact his status as one of comics most eccentric auteurs.” - Publishers Weekly“There’s a consistent internal logic at work, and [Woodring's] cartoony- but-detailed drawing style, loaded with surreal imagery (think Walt Disney meets Carlos Castaneda) is the ideal vehicle to convey this hauntingly peculiar tale. … Over the past two decades Woodring has created a dense and distinctive universe, and Weathercraft is perhaps its most rewarding portrayal yet.” - Booklist“There’s not much point in trying to sum up the story of this comic. There’s no text, the art is beautiful, and you’re totally consumed by the world he’s created and you exist inside it while you’re reading it.” - Nick Gazin, Vice“Part theater of cruelty, part joyous liberating revolution, Jim Woodring's freakishly beautiful Weathercraft is at once the most direct and most elliptical of his Frank comics that I can remember reading.” - Sean T. Collins, Attentiondeficitdisorderly“Without a single word, Woodring tells an enormous tale of redemption and heartbreak. Weathercraft crackles with the power of myth, and it extends far beyond its pages with a life of its own… You've never read anything quite like Weathercraft, but at the same time it feels eerily familiar, like a dream you had last night.” - Paul Constant, The Stranger“Weathercraft paints small moments of beauty and mystery on a huge canvas of twisted wonder.” - Jason Michelitch, Comics Alliance“The Frank stories have a meditative, hallucinatory feel... They tap into a universal consciousness of archetypes.