![]() ![]() The moment a break in the routine pattern of repetition is established is the moment a narrative is formed. It is about life, death and the meaning of beards. But Dave the artist becomes a conduit for evil when There invades Here in the form of an enormous beard which grows out of Dave’s face in the space of a few frames and resists all attempts to be shorn. ![]() Or at least it is until one famous day, when Dave, bald but for a single hair, finds himself assailed by a terrifying, unstoppable.monster*! Where did it come from? How should the islanders deal with it? And what, most importantly, are they going to do with Dave? The first book from a new leading light of UK comics, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is an off-beat fable worthy of Roald Dahl. By which we mean: orderly, neat, contained and, moreover, beardless. An off-beat fable worthy of Roald Dahl and Tim Burton, Stephen Collins' The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is a darkly funny meditation on life, death, and what it means to be different-and a timeless ode to the art of beard maintenance. On the buttoned-down island of Here, all is well. But on one fateful day, his life is an unstoppable (yet pretty impressive) beard. The job of the skin is to keep things in. Or at least it is until one famous day, when Dave, bald but for a single hair, finds himself assailed by a terrifying, unstoppable.monster*! Where did it come from? How should the islanders deal with it? And what, most importantly, are they going to do with Dave? The first book from a new leading light of UK comics, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is an off. On the buttoned-down island of Here, all is well. ![]() ![]()
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