A review by cantordustbunnies
The Frank Book by Jim Woodring

5.0

With hardly any dialogue and relying almost entirely on images, these cartoons are fascinating and enigmatic pieces of art. They are highly open to interpretation which is part of what makes them so special. To me, the characters within represent metaphorical versions of archetypes that exist within the human mind (perhaps nature more generally) and express themselves both in wider human society and in the deep recesses of the psyche. The short stories have far reaching, albeit mysterious, implications and have numerous applications including but not limited to philosophy and spirituality. This is literature in the form of a comic book. The art style itself is deliciously psychedelic. The juxtaposition between the generic and the profound within the Frank comics evokes the banality of every day reality in stark contrast to an intensive drug trip or religious experience.