Jim Henson's Tale of Sand
Hardcover, 1 v. (unpaged), Pgw, List Price: $29.95 | purchase
Book Summary
An original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced, feature-length screenplay follows scruffy everyman Mac, who wakes up in an unfamiliar town and is chased across the desert of the American Southwest by all manner of man and beast.
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Critics' Lists: Summer 2012
Lit, Illustrated: Five Fantastic Graphic Novels
With its sturdy binding, thick paper stock and Moleskine-like elastic bookmark, Tale of Sand is the perfect book to take to the beach. Ramon Perez's stunning adaptation of an unproduced screenplay by Muppets mogul Jim Henson and his writing partner Jerry Juhl has garnered five Eisner Award nominations this year, and they're well deserved. With little plot or dialogue, Henson and Juhl's script is an abstract journey through the American Southwest, following an unnamed man as he
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