Synopsis
A loving time capsule of midcentury Canadiana
The 2008 debut of The Collected Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist introduced the world to the charms of Canada's mischievous little kid Nipper, who appeared in newspapers across the country in the mid-twentieth century. Nipper is the first in a series of paperback annuals that will collect two years' worth of Wright's ingenious and...
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12 October 2010
9781770460195Reviews
“Working without dialogue and in the rigid confines of the ‘mischievous little kid' genre, Wright was able to capture the idyllic look and mood of mid-twentieth-century suburban life, as well as the way children inflict casual anarchy on the world their parents have planned out so carefully.” —The Onion A.V. Club
“Doug Wright's works are a sure pleasure for lovers of elegant cartooning, and remain work worth preserving in a readily available format.” —Publishers Weekly
“There is a realism about Wright's strips that is far superior to many of the efforts created in his day.” —Terry Mosher, The Gazette (Montreal)
