{"product_id":"let-us-be-perfectly-clear-paul-hornschemeier-9781560977520","title":"Let Us Be Perfectly Clear","description":"\u003cem\u003eLet Us Be Perfectly Clear\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of Paul Hornschemeier's full-color short stories and shows off his playful experimental side and his protean stylistic verve. \u003cem\u003ePerfectly Clear\u003c\/em\u003e brings back into print stories that Hornschemeier published prior to his \u003cem\u003eThree Paradoxes\u003c\/em\u003e Fantagraphics debut from a variety of sources--his own self-published \u003cem\u003eForlorn Funnies\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as strips that originally appeared in independent magazines and papers--none of which has been available to the book trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book is designed as a flip book in the tradition of the old Ace paperbacks, with one side featuring comedic work (or as comedic as Hornschemeier's mind allows), and the other decidedly more morose. With almost every page, we see a new style, a new direction; with the resultant effect being that of an anthology by creators of vastly contrasting sensibilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On the funny menu, we are treated to Dr. Rodentia (an unfortunate-looking fellow with only apathy as his weapon), a detailed artist's catalogue exploring such modern masterpieces as Accidental Late-Night Sex With a Radiator, musings on the cancerous nature of civilization as observed by a deceased cat and a cotton-based airbus, the scatological Feelings Check, the ever pathetic Vanderbilt Millions and his fantasies of self-worth, and the multi-narrative story that started the Forlorn Funnies comics series: The Men and Women of the Television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Clearly, there is a fine line in the Hornschemeier lexicon between funny and morose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On our forlorn plate we are served the cold examination of the dyslexic narcoleptic and his bungled plans of murder, a sea creature's balancing of morality and sustenance, the Western romance Wanted, a metal man's self-destructive search for meaning, and the story the alternative website Ain't It Cool News describes as delivering a complicated mixture of disgust and pity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLet Us Be Perfectly Clear\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates Paul Hornschemeier's versatility and breadth in an elegantly produced book that will appeal to connoisseurs of contemporary, cutting-edge cartoons and graphic novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Hornschemeier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1560977523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781560977520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.68h x 7.30w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2006 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 37","brand":"Paul Hornschemeier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46173009903871,"sku":"9781560977520","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af4e2eef-9f52-4253-86d8-c717c419aa4d.jpg?v=1727179715","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/let-us-be-perfectly-clear-paul-hornschemeier-9781560977520","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}