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loonyboi's review against another edition
4.0
A very cool book for fans of Alice and comics. Some of the stories in here are better than others, but there are some real gems - specifically the ones by Walt Kelly, Dan DeCarlo and Kurtzman/Davis. The rest...well, they're interesting, but not great. The Superman story in particular is just weird...it's very typical of the Golden Age incarnation of the character. The story by Alex Thoth is interesting, but not among his better work.
I did find the lack of context for the stories a little disappointing. There are two essays at the front, and then just the stories. I'd have liked to know more about some of these.
But anyway, it's a handsomely designed book (the cover is gorgeous...it's die cut and has to be seen up close to appreciate fully), and easy to recommend if you fall in that Alice/comics vent diagram like I do.
I did find the lack of context for the stories a little disappointing. There are two essays at the front, and then just the stories. I'd have liked to know more about some of these.
But anyway, it's a handsomely designed book (the cover is gorgeous...it's die cut and has to be seen up close to appreciate fully), and easy to recommend if you fall in that Alice/comics vent diagram like I do.
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