The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 15: 2014-2016
The latest chapter in The Complete Funky Winkerbean saga covers the years 2014-2016 and begins five years after the strip’s most recent time-jump. The Funky gang are now in their late forties and raising teenagers of their own. The Starbuck Jones storyline continues as Holly searches for the final five issues of the comic book to send to Cory in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, there is a memorable class reunion, the character of Mason Jarr is introduced, and the cast decamps to Hollywood as Lisa’s Story is about to be adapted into a movie.
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| Publisher | The Kent State University Press, Black Squirrel Books |
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| Language | English |
| Page Count | 520 pages |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Dimensions | 7.6 x 1.7 x 9.7 inches |
| ISBN-10 | 1606355007 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1606355008 |
Since its newspaper debut in 1972, the comic strip Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the journey through life of a group of students from the fictitious West View High School. This fifteenth volume presents strips from 2014, 2015, and 2016. Mixing humor with serious, real-life issues, this volume of The Complete Funky Winkerbean demonstrates that comics that entertain us can also help us comprehend and navigate life’s most difficult challenges.
In this latest volume, I continue to explore the roots of comic books and newspaper comic strips and provide some unique insights into the evolution of my own creative process. Beginning five years after the strip’s most recent time-jump, the Funky gang are now in their late forties and raising teenagers of their own. The Starbuck Jones storyline continues from the previous volume, as Holly searches for the final five issues of the comic book to send to Cory in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, there is a memorable class reunion, the character of Mason Jarr is introduced, and the cast decamps to Hollywood as Lisa’s Story is about to be adapted into a movie.
