The Envious Siblings: and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes

Comics & Graphic Novels, Literary
Cover of the book The Envious Siblings: and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes by Landis Blair, W. W. Norton & Company
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Landis Blair ISBN: 9780393651638
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: October 8, 2019
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Landis Blair
ISBN: 9780393651638
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: October 8, 2019
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

Eight gleefully macabre vignettes by an award-winning comics artist, as delightful as they are deadly.

Inspired by the dark imagination of Edward Gorey, Envious Siblings is a twisted and hauntingly funny debut. Comics artist Landis Blair interweaves absurdist horror and humor into brief, rhyming vignettes at once transgressive and hilarious. In Blair’s surreal universe, a lost child watches as bewhiskered monsters gobble up her fellow train passengers; a band of kids merrily plays a gut-churning game with playground toys; and two sisters, grinning madly, tear each other apart. These charmingly perverse creations take ordinary settings—a living room, a subway car, a playground—and spin them in a nightmarish direction.

Envious Siblings heralds a brilliant new cartooning talent, and will captivate readers who have thrilled to the lurid fantasies of Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake, Charles Addams, Shel Silverstein, and Tim Burton.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Eight gleefully macabre vignettes by an award-winning comics artist, as delightful as they are deadly.

Inspired by the dark imagination of Edward Gorey, Envious Siblings is a twisted and hauntingly funny debut. Comics artist Landis Blair interweaves absurdist horror and humor into brief, rhyming vignettes at once transgressive and hilarious. In Blair’s surreal universe, a lost child watches as bewhiskered monsters gobble up her fellow train passengers; a band of kids merrily plays a gut-churning game with playground toys; and two sisters, grinning madly, tear each other apart. These charmingly perverse creations take ordinary settings—a living room, a subway car, a playground—and spin them in a nightmarish direction.

Envious Siblings heralds a brilliant new cartooning talent, and will captivate readers who have thrilled to the lurid fantasies of Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake, Charles Addams, Shel Silverstein, and Tim Burton.

More books from W. W. Norton & Company

Cover of the book Figures in Stone: Architectural Sculpture in New York City by Landis Blair
Cover of the book A Way of Looking at Things: Selected Papers, 1930-1980 by Landis Blair
Cover of the book The Rules: The Way of the Cycling Disciple by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Visual Note-Taking for Educators: A Teacher's Guide to Student Creativity by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Beirut Hellfire Society: A Novel by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea by Landis Blair
Cover of the book What Goes On: Selected and New Poems 1995-2009 by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Have I Got a Story for You: More Than a Century of Fiction from The Forward by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Where the Money Is: True Tales from the Bank Robbery Capital of the World by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Deep in the Shade of Paradise: A Novel by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs by Landis Blair
Cover of the book Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life by Landis Blair
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy