When We Were Maakies

When We Were Maakies

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<p><strong>A new hardcover collection of one of America's most popular weekly comic strips.</strong></p> Tony Millionaire's <em>Maakies</em> is one of the best and most popular weekly comic strips in America, running in over a dozen of the largest US weekly newspapers including the <em>Village Voice, L.A Weekly</em>, and Seattle's <em>The Stranger. Maakies</em> features the comical adventures of a drunken crow on the high seas, blending vaudeville-style humor and a breathtaking line that harkens back to the glory days of the American comic strip. Designed by publishing's foremost graphic designer, Chip Kidd, <em>When We Were Very Maakies</em> is our second hardcover collection and features over two years' worth of <em>Maakies</em> in a beautiful, deluxe, landscape hardcover format that complements the strip's elegant and classical style. Dave Eggers, the bestselling author of <em>A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius</em>, contributes the introduction to <em>When We Were Very Maakies</em>. Reading Maakies is like reading a beautifully illustrated diary. If you pay attention you can watch the evolution of the cartoonist as he grows from a drunken penniless ne'e'r-do-well to a drunken million-dollar-less som'tim's-do-well. This book collects the latest of Tony Millionaire's weekly strips, and includes such gems as the story of a pregnant butterfly,a motorcycle-riding leprechaun and a worm who lives inside the bowels of a frozen dead monkey in a NASA space capsule orbiting the Orion constellation. Of course Drinky Crow, as always, steals the show. <em>Maakies</em> suggests a contemporary collaboration between E.C. Segar, creator of Popeye, and seafaring novelist Patrick O'Brian (<em>Master and Commander</em>). Millionaire has won multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards and <em>Maakies</em> has appeared as a series of animated segments on NBC's <em>Saturday Night Live</em>. He is also the creator of the popular <em>Sock Monkey</em> line of comics and children's books.