Alberto Varanda

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Thanks to Netgalley and Lion Forge for a copy of this book to read and provide my honest review.

Description

Little Pierrot is a young boy with a very large imagination and his head forever in the stars. Joined by his snail buddy, the aptly named Mr. Snail, he sets off to explore the boundaries of space in a series of magical and surreal adventures: first to reach the Moon, and then the Stars… Classic comics storytelling for young readers in the vein of Calvin & show more Hobbes.

Available Editions
EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781941302590
PRICE $14.99 (USD)

MY BOOK REVIEW:

The illustrations in this book deserve a 5 out of 5 stars, or even some kind of award. They are probably one of the best I’ve come across lately out there. Endearing, sweet, and expressive. You can’t help but fall for the relationship between a boy and his snail because of the drawings.

With that being said… I did not like the writing. Forgive me, but a lot didn’t make sense to me and I felt a lot of the words used might be more directed to adults than to children. The humor was dry and confusing at times. It’s unfortunate too because of how wonderful the illustrations are. Mind you, every now and then, one of the snippets of humor did shine through. When that happened, the illustrations and words connected and seemed to work, although, still not age appropriate.

If you are more interested in illustrations, then this book is for you. If you are looking for the whole package, then I’m afraid this book failed to deliver, or at least, it did for me. show less

Little Pierrot: Infantile universal introspection

I am thankful this #lionforge release was only 50 pages. Any more and my eye rolling may have caused permanent injury

Pierrot is the classic genericized ‘sad clown’ in French culture. Used iconically by hundreds of artists, Pierrot is frequently paired with imagery of La Luna, picnics, and non-technological scenery.

I dislike Pierrot, and associate him with strong feelings of annoyance. Had my brain put 2 and two together that Little Pierrot show more was a chibi version of Pierrot, well, I can advise I would have skipped this entirely. But It didn’t, so I put on as non-biased a face possible and read it anyway

Little Pierrot was a mixed bag. Cute as hell artwork, lots if deep detail and beautiful scenery. Disjointed story, like a series of sometimes related vignettes. LP is a kid, a little kid.. he has a talking snail as a friend. As they talk LP and the snail drop bombs of deep introspection that fail to explode.. They are half formed marketing slogans for wheat paste wall posters.

Little Pierrot was a beautiful book that wished desperately to be Calvin and Hobbes, knowing all the time that it doesnt hold a candle show less

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