{"product_id":"mr-twee-deedle-hardcover-by-johnny-gruelle","title":"Mr. Twee Deedle Hardcover by Johnny Gruelle","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-06-11)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e128\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781606994115\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spectacular re-presentation of a lost classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second Marschall Books collection from Fantagraphics is a magnificent collection of \u003ci\u003eMr. Twee Deedle\u003c\/i\u003e, Johnny Gruelle’s masterpiece, unjustly forgotten by history and never before reprinted since its first appearance in America’s newspapers from 1911 to 1914.  The title character in the Sunday color page, Mr. Twee Deedle, is a magical wood sprite who befriends the strip’s two human children, Dickie and Dolly. Gruelle depicted a charming, fantastical child’s world, filled with light whimsy and outlandish surrealism. The artwork is among the most stunning ever to grace an Amercian newspaper page, and Gruelle’s painterly color makes every page look like it was created on a canvas.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nGruelle’s creation was the winning entry out of 1500 submissions to succeed \u003ci\u003eLittle Nemo\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/i\u003e was losing at the time to the rival Hearst papers. With such import, the Herald added a $2000 prize, a long contract, and arguably the most care devoted to the reproduction of any color newspaper comic strip before or since. Yet the wood sprite and his fanciful world have been strangely overlooked, partly because Gruelle created Raggedy Ann immediately after the strip’s run, eclipsing not only Mr. Twee Deedle but almost everything else the cartoonist ever did.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMr. Twee Deedle\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a bizarre time-warp: at a time when most children’s literature and kids’ comic strips were somewhat violent or starkly moralistic (the Brothers Grimm; the Katzenjammer Kids; and even Little Nemo itself, which often depicted nightmares, fears, and dangers), Twee Deedle was sensitive and whimsical. Instead of stark moralizing, it presented gentle lessons. It reads today like a work for the 21st century… indeed for all times, all ages.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMr. Twee Deedle\u003c\/i\u003e is edited and includes an introduction by comics historian Rick Marschall. The volume will present the first year of the forgotten masterpiece and selected episodes from later years, as well as special drawings, promotional material, and related artwork.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohnny Gruelle\u003c\/b\u003e was an American artist, magazine cartoonist, and writer of children’s books, best known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. He was born in 1880 and died in 1938.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Marschall\u003c\/b\u003e, called by \u003ci\u003eBostonia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e “perhaps America’s foremost authority on popular culture,” has written or edited more than 60 books. He co-founded \u003ci\u003eNemo: The Classic Comics Library\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHogan’s Alley\u003c\/i\u003e magazines and is President of Rosebud Archives. He also has taught comics history at the School of Visual Arts and Rutgers University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Millionaire\u003c\/b\u003e is the creator of the award-winning weekly syndicated comic strip \u003ci\u003eMaakies\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eBilly Hazelnuts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Hazelnuts and the Crazy Bird, Der Struwwelmaakies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDrinky Crow's Maakies Treasury\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaakies with the Wrinkled Knees\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMighty Mite the Ear Mite\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePremillennial Maakies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Maakies on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe House at Maakies Corner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen We Were Very Maakies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e500 Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSock Monkey\u003c\/i\u003e series of comics and storybooks. 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