The Complete Funky Winkerbean, Volume 9: 1996-1998
Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. A newspaper staple since its debut, Funky Winkerbean is one of the few comic strips that allows its characters to grow and age. With this ninth volume of the collected Funky Winkerbean, containing strips from 1996 through 1998, time continues to pass and events take place that will forever alter the lives of the core characters, even as new characters take the stage with stories to tell.
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| Publisher | The Kent State University Press, Black Squirrel Books |
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| Publish Date | February 18, 2020 |
| Language | English |
| Page Count | 500 pages |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Dimensions | 7.5 x 1.5 x 10 inches |
| ISBN-10 | 1606353926 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1606353929 |
Balancing humor with sensitivity to tell stories we need to hear
Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. A newspaper staple since its debut, Funky Winkerbean is one of the few comic strips that allows its characters to grow and age. With this ninth volume of the collected Funky Winkerbean, containing strips from 1996 through 1998, time continues to pass and events take place that will forever alter the lives of the core characters, even as new characters take the stage with stories to tell.
Tom Batiuk’s narrative humor style now grows to encompass such diverse events as retirement, weddings, treatment of immigrants, dating abuse, and post office bombings. Some of the stories can be told over a cup of coffee, while others require a full-on Roman feast. As the stories become more universal, the humor in Funky continues to become an integral part of the ongoing narrative.
