"With one hell of a title, Stephen Collins' graphic novel makes an immediate impression, and the interior contents are just as gripping as the name.It's a poignant parable about the value of individuality and going against the grain, presented with a charming art style that brings a smooth animated quality to the story without losing sight of the darker aspects of the plot." - The A.V. " The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil has the tone of a playful fable, from the cracked syntax of its title onward.For a book about the liberating joys of disruption, though, it's exceptionally disciplined: Collins renders several hundred pages of immaculately ruled buildings and bean-faced people (and the fuzzy curlicues that interfere with them) in meticulous, microdetailed pencil textures." - (Sunday Book Review) it's kind of Roald Dahl-it's very funny, dark, fable-like and about exactly what it's title says." - Linda Holmes, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour "Slyly exquisite.What happens over the course of the next 200+ pages is a dilemma Roald Dahl would have relished: The roiling anarchy of There erupts on Here-specifically, on poor Dave's previously clean-shaven cheeks-in the form of a great, snarly, twisting, unstoppable beard.If Collins is right-if, as he says, stories are necessary-then let's hope this wry young writer/artist has got a lot more lies to tell us." - Glen Weldon, NPR
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