McConey Vol. 1: "harum Scarum"

By Lewis Trondheim

by Lewis Trondheim $10.95 STAR07449 Join the cynical rabbit McConey and his erratic funny-animal pals as they blunder and wisecrack their way through a monstrous mystery that could destroy mankind as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560972882
• ISBN13: 9781560972884
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.6" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher

Customer Reviews

loved it

Had a great time reading it! too bad it doesn't last longer!! creative, hilarious (but not stupid) and easy to read.

The Best Ever

I love both of these books. I wish they would hurry up and translate some more, already!! I discovered them by accident and am finding myself giving them to all my friends. They are funny, silly, and wonderfully surreal, and totally satisfying. I keep reading them over again.In Harum Scarum, I am reminded of Blood Music, the book where some strange scientific experiment goes waaaay out of control. Except this is much less nihilistic, and in fact the story goes totally over the top in just the right way. It's a kind of anti-Scooby Doo thing: instead of pulling the mask off of old man Carlson -- aw, you gotta read it yourself. I loved it. It was hilarious, a total find.

The plot tightens

What makes a comic book a chef-d'oeuvre ? Suspense ? Action ? Humour ? Pretty pictures ? Witty dialogues ? Well, everything and much more appears in Harum Scarum, by one of the best European cartoonists. - The scene takes place in France at the beginning of the century. The someday-famous McConey, a naive student, is unwillingly attracted in zillions of adventures : he'll meet a mad scientist, an ambitious journalist, a rather curious police officer, as well as burglars, snipers, lizard-looking monsters, time-travel machines, terrorists and so on. Amazingly enough, this all makes sense in Trondheim's World, where characters never lose neither their self-control nor their sense of humour. This book may please children of every age, and also adults (even more, maybe) : there's MUCH more in this comic book than in an usual cartoon. You'll be amazed !