Good-Bye Chunky Rice HC SEE PIX Craig Thompson Blankets OOP! Top Shelf 5th print

by Craig Thompson

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Good-bye, Chunky Rice Hardcover by Craig Thompson (Author) 5th print. This copy was stored wrong and has damage. Please review pictures carefully. Binding is intact. This here be the first ever “graphical novel book” by Craig Thompson. It was winnning a Harvey Award, no less. It documentates the once upon a time in our fishing village town and a short turtle lad name of Chunky, last name Rice. Mister Chunky Rice be living in the same rooming house likewise myself, only that boy be restless. Looking for something. And he puts hisself on my brother Chuck’s ship and boats out to sea to find it. Only he be departin’ from his bestest of all friends, his deer mouse, I mean, mouse deer chum Dandel. Now why in a whirl would someone leave beyond a buddy? Just what be that turtle lad searchings for? I said you best read the book to find out. Merle said, “Doot doot.” Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Top Shelf When you take a look at ‘Good-bye, Chunky Rice’ with it’s almost comical style of illustrations and cute, talking animal characters, for the first time, you will be almost duped into believing that this is a children’s book and give it a pass; this nearly happened for me. After reading through a few pages, I was so engrossed in this tale of friendship, loss and longing for lost companions in life, that I sat still for a long time after finishing the book contemplating and choking over emotions that the book evoked in me. ‘Good-bye, Chunky Rice’, written in 1999 is the debut graphic

• ISBN: 1891830090
• Condition: Very Good

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