Since we are talking about Beards what better time than now to introduce this awesome new book:
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, by Stephen Collins
Cartoonist Collins' debut graphic novel is filled with black-and-white sketches, which are funny, whimsical, bittersweet, and darkly visually.
Collins's fable-like graphic novel details what happens when borders collapse and stories have no tidy endings.” this graphic novel is the perfect Archetypal parable that appreciates the value of eccentricity in a world of overwhelming uniformity and the thought of what could happen with just the appearance of one unruly facial hair.”
This Off-beat ambitious writing style of Stephen Collins novel has put this work in a class worthy of the names Roald Dahl and Tim Burton – being a darkly funny meditation on life, death, and what it means to be different. And oh did I mention a timeless ode to the art of beard maintenance. Now add to that the pages of crosshatched art panels, rich with nuances of black-and-white interiors put's the artwork in this book in a class with Aubrey Beardsley.
If Collins stylistic fable is no more than what Collin calls – “Stories are necessary lies.” - Then I hope this awesome juiced up writer/artist has got a lot more lies to tell us.