Product Description

"In his surrealist impulse and draftsman's brio, Millionaire is the closest thing we have to George Herriman of Krazy Kat."—The New York Times Book Review

Drinky Crow may be the drunken star of the weekly comic strip Maakies, but more often than not, he plays straight man to the hapless ape, Uncle Gabby. Here is the newest collection of Tony Millionaire's strip, never before published in book form. The suicide jokes may come less frequently than in earlier years, but the comedy and superb drawing style are at their peak, as is the volume of triple-X cartoon booze consumed. Catch the new animated The Drinky Crow Show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim starring the voices of Billy West, Dave Herman, Becky Thyre, and Tom "Spongebob" Kenny.

Maakies features the comical adventures of a drunken crow on the high seas, blending vaudeville-style humor and a breathtaking line that harkens back to the glory days of the American comic strip. Designed by publishing's foremost graphic designer, Chip Kidd, Maakies with the Wrinkled Knees features over two years of strips in a beautiful, deluxe, landscape hardcover format that complements the strip's elegant and classical style.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #671757 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 120 pages

From Publishers Weekly
With a Drinky Crow Show cartoon in development, the popular Sock Monkey kid's series to his name, and several Eisner Awards to his name, Millionaire is well positioned for multichannel success. That said, his strip—the last two years' worth of which are collected in this book, elegantly designed by Chip Kidd—remains something of an acquired taste. Although Millionaire's gorgeously ornate and lively art (also his habit of filling space at the bottom of the strip with a second, even looser story) recalls early 20th-century newspaper strips, his subject matter, perverse and scatological when not strictly non sequitur, is strictly out of the late 20th-century hipster ironist's school. The main character is mostly perpetually sozzled Drinky Crow (eyes usually rendered as Xs) and occasionally his enabling Uncle Gabby. The strips themselves go for the one-off joke more often than not, getting plenty of mileage out of Crow's aggressive boozing (he briefly encounters sobriety, declaring it to be horrifying, a hideous sack of pain, anguish and terror before returning to the joyous world of the drunken), as Millionaire knows quite well at this point just how many laughs he can get from the site of an angry, drunk bird. (Apr.)
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From Booklist
The new Maakies collection continues Millionaire’s amusingly misleading practice of honoring a historic work of illustrated children’s literature in its title. Misleading because, of course, there is no more scabrous comic strip going these days. Sure, Millionaire uses Maakies stars Drinky Crow and Uncle Gabby in real children’s books, but no parental unit in its right mind would let anyone younger than itself peruse Maakies, despite the fact that striplings start getting Millionaire’s jokes at tenderer and tenderer ages, it seems. Best not to steer them that way, while simultaneously indulging Millionaire’s totally sick humor and peerless draftsmanship oneself. --Ray Olson

About the Author
Tony Millionaire is a multi-Harvey and Eisner Award winner, and the creator of Maakies. He lives in Pasadena, CA, with his wife and two daughters, and continues to create new Maakies strips as well as Billy Hazelnuts and Sock Monkey books.

Customer Reviews

Let the rest of the world remain upright.
Maakies is a perfect combination of self-confessed horror and failure in life and self-motivated artistic brass.

Smart people who loved Bukowski will probably like Maakies very much, and Millionaire deserves to make lots of money for his inspired work, so buy several copies.

Tony Millionaire is a messed up sicko--and totally hilarious!
I don't know what Tony Millionaire is smoking or drinking, but he is some kind of sick, twisted genius. His cartoons are simultaneously revolting and gut-busting funny. Drinky Crow and Uncle Gabby are two totally messed up characters, and their pain is our pleasure. Perhaps the best part of Tony Millionaire's comics is his linework -- he has a detailed style that harkens back to the likes of Winsor McCay. Maakies is a mature work, not for the faint of heart; but for those willing to try something unique, you won't regret it.

Aquired Taste
Just like a good scotch, Maakies is an aquired taste. DOOK DOOK DOOK.

Drinky crow is my hero! And Unkle Gabby needs a shower.

I'm amazed that anyone would fund Tony Millionair, but I'm glad they do. As twisted and unpolitically correct as Maakies is, it's my favorite cartoon and this is a great collection. Well worth the duckets!