Ricardo Liniers. Candlewick/Toon Books, $12.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-9351-7932-0
Argentinean cartoonist Liniers makes his U.S. debut with a story that presents an up-close view of a tender sororal friendship. For optimistic and strong-willed Matilda, nothing beats a Saturday. “This is how you wake up on a Saturday,” she tells...
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Liniers, trans. from the Spanish by Elisa Amado. Groundwood (PGW, dist.), $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-55498-385-8
In an about-face from The Big Wet Balloon, his sweet-tempered English-language debut, accomplished Argentinian cartoonist Liniers presents an unsettling look at nighttime fears. A boy lies in bed at bedtime, staring at the ceiling. Shadowy,...
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Liniers, trans. by Mara Faye Lethem. Enchanted Lion, $19.95 ISBN 978-1-59270-154-4
Argentinean cartoonist Liniers made his English-language debut last fall with his acclaimed children’s book, The Big Wet Balloon. This first collection of his daily adult-aimed comic strip (which is hugely popular in Argentina) to be released in the
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Liniers. Toon (Consortium, dist.), $12.95 (64p) ISBN 978-1-935179-90-0
As this story-within-a-story begins, Henrietta has just received a new box of colored pencils. She starts right in, drawing and writing a story she calls “The Monster with Three Heads and Two Hats.” In the uproarious, childlike style Liniers (The...
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Liniers. Toon, $12.95 (36p) ISBN 978-1-943145-20-1
On a fall afternoon, a girl plays with her stuffed animal, a fawn named Planet. He looks like an ordinary toy, but he leads a double life. After the girl says good night to him and falls asleep, Planet sits up. He’s thin and gangly, and he gives the
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Liniers. Toon, $12.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-943145-53-9
After a plane crash, three sibling survivors—two seemingly older girls and a younger one sporting glasses and a pair of yellow boots—find marvels exploring an island’s jungle in this early reader graphic novel. “Look at these exotic plants,” says...
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Liniers. Fantagraphics, $24.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-68396-556-5
Eisner Award–winning Argentinian cartoonist Liniers (Good Night, Planet) enchants with this whimsical, wistful collection of his daily comic strip, published in La Nacion since 2002 and syndicated in English by King Features. In delicate brush lines
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Liniers. Toon, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-6626-6529-5
Following a contextualizing introduction from David Bowles, Liniers (Wildflowers) retells a trio of lightly scary Latin American folktales via this seriocomic graphic novel. In the book’s frame story, two bored, wide-awake siblings tell each other...
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