The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner: Cartoons

by Hunt Emerson, Samuel Coleridge

Overview

The great narrative poem rendered into comic strip form. The book includes the complete original poem with Coleridge's notes and humour added by Hunt Emerson is absolutely hilarious. With an introduction by Gilbert Shelton. Now in its sixth edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780861660650
Publisher:	Bantam Books
Publication date:	10/22/2019
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	892,059
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Hunt Emerson has drawn cartoons and comic strips since the early 1970s. He has published around 30 comic books and albums, mainly with Knockabout Comics (London), including Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Casanova's Last Stand, and Dante’s Inferno. His latest book is Calculus Cat, a hilarious collection of stories about The Cat That Hates Television. He has been awarded UK Humorous Cartoonist of the Year and in 2000 he was chosen for inclusion in the exhibition "Les Mâitres de la Bande Dessinéee Européenne" by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the CNBDI, Angoulême.

Editorial Reviews

"The best production of its kind to date” —Times Educational Supplement


“I so enjoyed your comic book” —Lord Coleridge, descendant of the poet


"Strange and hilarious” —The Independent


“Manic energy…a nightmarish power… dreadful puns” —Raymond Briggs

 


“Hunt Emerson stands alone” —The Comics Journal

From the Publisher