When We Were Maakies

A new hardcover collection of one of America`s most popular weekly comic strips.Tony Millionaire`s Maakies is one of the best and most popular weekly comic strips in America, running in over a dozen of the largest US weekly newspapers including the Village Voice, L.A Weekly, and Seattle`s The Stranger. Maakies features the comical adventures of a drunken crow on the high seas, blending vaudeville-style humor and a breathtaking line that harkens back to the glory days of the American comic strip. Designed by publishing`s foremost graphic designer, Chip Kidd, When We Were Very Maakies is our second hardcover collection and features over two years` worth of Maakies in a beautiful, deluxe, landscape hardcover format that complements the strip`s elegant and classical style.Dave Eggers, the bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, contributes the introduction to When We Were Very Maakies. Reading Maakies is like reading a beautifully illustrated diary. If you pay attention you can watch the evolution of the cartoonist as he grows from a drunken penniless ne`e`r-do-well to a drunken million-dollar-less som`tim`s-do-well. This book collects the latest of Tony Millionaire`s weekly strips, and includes such gems as the story of a pregnant butterfly, a motorcycle-riding leprechaun and a worm who lives inside the bowels of a frozen dead monkey in a NASA space capsule orbiting the Orion constellation. Of course Drinky Crow, as always, steals the show.Maakies suggests a contemporary collaboration between E.C. Segar, creator of Popeye, and seafaring novelist Patrick O`Brian (Master and Commander). Millionaire has won multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards and Maakies has appeared as a series of animated segments on NBC`s Saturday Night Live. He is also the creator of the popular Sock Monkey line of comics and children`s books. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.