A review by redeyedandhungry
The Frank Book by Jim Woodring

4.0

One of the best art books in existence. Jim Woodring is a genius - one who proves himself time and time again in this work of sequential art, one which ventures directly into the unexplainable in the most devilishly 'readable' style possible. It is genuinely disturbing, genuinely scary, and (in general) quite humorous, a bizarre mix of psychidelic imagery and body horror and humanity that culminates in a tone and genre that is unlike anything else out there. It is one of the most original works of art I've born witness to, on par with the greats of film and literature while standing out as a collection of stories that can only work in this medium. In that sense, I believe that this, more than any of Eisner's works, is the best proof of comic books as a distinct artistic medium, and I think it has quickly become one of my favorite books of all time, and perhaps my favorite 'graphic novel'.