A review by jsjammersmith
Congress of the Animals by Jim Woodring
5.0
And lo Frank started working a shitty job to cover an expense and ended his journey by getting a girlfriend.
Jim Woodring defies clear and plain review. It defies the reader to try and honestly explain what the hell is actually happening. Frank moves through the world, observing oddity, reacting when this strange world tries to touch him, breaking things because they're there, and enjoying the benefits of his curiosity. Congress of the Animals is yet another journey the reader should try and take, because even if they've never read a Frank comic before, that doesn't matter.
No matter where you are in life, and your reading, Frank comics remind the reader that life is not about destinations, it's about the sheer enormity of oddity that is the world. Frank watches a naked man open his stomach and spill out his guts, and even this isn't enough to stop the man from pushing onwards to the strange castle on the horizon that bears a starting resemblance to the hero.
There isn't a simple way to describe Frank that isn't "Fucking weird dude." After that you're best bet is just to say, "It's unlike anything you'll ever read in you're life." And you won't be wrong.
Jim Woodring defies clear and plain review. It defies the reader to try and honestly explain what the hell is actually happening. Frank moves through the world, observing oddity, reacting when this strange world tries to touch him, breaking things because they're there, and enjoying the benefits of his curiosity. Congress of the Animals is yet another journey the reader should try and take, because even if they've never read a Frank comic before, that doesn't matter.
No matter where you are in life, and your reading, Frank comics remind the reader that life is not about destinations, it's about the sheer enormity of oddity that is the world. Frank watches a naked man open his stomach and spill out his guts, and even this isn't enough to stop the man from pushing onwards to the strange castle on the horizon that bears a starting resemblance to the hero.
There isn't a simple way to describe Frank that isn't "Fucking weird dude." After that you're best bet is just to say, "It's unlike anything you'll ever read in you're life." And you won't be wrong.