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His graphic novels invite readers into strange, often whimsical worlds filled with recurring characters that challenge conventional storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom evocative, atmospheric tales like \u003cem\u003eOne Beautiful Spring Day\u003c\/em\u003e to imaginative creations such as \u003cem\u003eQuacky\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWeathercraft\u003c\/em\u003e, Woodring’s unique blend of the mysterious and the beautiful captivates those drawn to visionary, unconventional narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jim-woodring-2026-wall-calendar-by-jim-woodring-9798875000744","title":"Jim Woodring 2026 Wall Calendar","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the last 40 years, Jim Woodring has been one of America's most visually distinctive artists, translating his subconscious into compellingly surreal imagery. He has proven himself a master of many forms and media: painting, drawing, ink wash, writing, sculpting, toy design, comics, mail art, animation, stereoscopic printing, autojournals... even gallery work drawn freehand with a bespoke five-foot-long dip pen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWoodring's dream-like visions and masterful skill translate to medium after medium, and in this oversized 12-month calendar, he brings his otherworldly images from his hand and brain to your kitchen and office wall. Each is rich and strange enough to reward a month's repeated viewing, and perhaps revealing enough of your own subconscious that each page turn on the first of the month will be a weight lifted, making room for new discoveries both visual and interpretive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted using high quality inks on matte stock, this beautiful calendar is an eye-popping delight. 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The result is a seamless, 400-page graphic narrative that forges a new and even more poignantly realised single story that takes readers deep into the hidden meanings of the previous stories and offers the most full, complete, astonishing exposition of Frank and his supercharged world to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrank's curiosity and risk-taking, mixed with a dose of, let's face it, wanton recklessness, takes him on a series of terrifying peregrinations that often leave his soul and body shattered, and the reader in a state of creative exaltation. Suffice it to say that if you are a friend to Frank, you will find \u003cem\u003eOne Beautiful Spring Day\u003c\/em\u003e to be a thousand-course feast of agonising bliss, soul-stirring mystery, and luminous depth. 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He wishes to ascend to celestial realms but instead altruistically returns to the Unifactor to undo a wrong he has inadvertently caused: the transformation of the malevolent politician Whim into a mind-destroying plant-demon who corrupts and enslaves Frank and his friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe newly enlightened and metaphysically expanded Manhog sets out for a final confrontation with Whim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47995665285356,"sku":"9781606999776","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781606999776-weathercraft.jpg?v=1784899172"},{"product_id":"quacky-by-jim-woodring-9798875002335","title":"Quacky","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Woodring has been drawing the otherworldly, allegorical adventures of his cartoon Everycreature, Frank, for three and a half decades. 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