The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil
  • Published: 16 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9780224096287
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00

The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil

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1 Aug 2013
Hardback
16 May 2013
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A book for anybody who’s ever had a beard, thought about a beard, seen a beard, not had a beard...

The job of the skin is to keep things in…

On the buttoned-down island of Here, all is well. By which we mean: orderly, neat, contained and, moreover, beardless.

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. It is about life, death and the meaning of beards.

(*We mean a gigantic beard, basically.)
  • Published: 16 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9780224096287
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins is a cartoonist and illustrator. His first book, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, was published by Cape in 2013. Praised by the likes of Raymond Briggs and described as ‘a future classic’ by the Observer, it became the first graphic novel to be shortlisted for Waterstone’s Book of the Year and won the Edinburgh Festival’s inaugural 9th Art Award. Stephen previously won the Jonathan Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story Prize. His work has appeared in many publications worldwide, and he contributes regular comics to the Guardian Weekend and Prospect magazine. He lives near Hertford with his wife and son. For up-to-date news and work, visit www.colillo.com

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