Big Top

by Rob Harrell

Book Overview

""Harrell's work combines pop culture, innocence, friendship, and some of the seamier side of the circus background that only adults can appreciate.""

Come one Come all . . . to the exciting world of Big Top Rob Harrell's three-ring comic strip has already packed the house with fans eager for his hilarious take on the circus and those who bring it to life.

The circus and its colorful cast-led by 10-year-old Pete and his happily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740750046
• ISBN13: 9780740750045
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Keep it coming, Rob!

One of my favorite strips of all time, Rob Harrell's "Big Top" series is right up there with Garfield and Doonesbury. (So what's wrong with your marketing people, Rob?!) Great fun to be able to relive the early strips, and only Harrell would think up adding OUTTAKES to his book! Hilarious!!! My only question is: Why is this guy not syndicated in more newspapers? He's great! If you like strips like "Pearls Before Swine" and "Foxtrot", you'll love this book!

Probably some of the best cartooning available today

How can you not like Big Top? This comic was the best thing going for its run. Harrel's skills as a cartoonist and strip writer are reminiscent of some of the great comics over the past 20 years. This is a high-quality production.

Delightful, whimsical stories

The comic storytelling artistry of cartoonist Rob Harrel as showcased in his 'Big Top' syndicated strip, will serve to introduce newcomers to the quality of his work and enable previous fans to again appreciate the fun cartoon story of a pre-teen circus boy's coming of age. The black and white strips comprising Big Top are presented in chronological order for clarity of adventure progression and are delightful, whimsical stories.

i heart wink

this is a DELIGHTFUL strip. if it isn't in your paper, read it online at http://www.ucomics.com/bigtop/. the best thing about the book is that not only do you get the beginnings of one of the best new strips around, not only do you get to meet wink (who used to be cool), and dusty (who used to have different name), but you also get outtakes. that's right, at the end of this book are the first comic strip outtakes i've ever seen. definitely worth your money.

Life isn't a cabaret, it's a circus

I'm a big fan of Big Top and was very excited to see the first volume of collected strips - especially since I had never seen the first few months and missed some of the origins of the story and character (not that you really need it, but I enjoy starting from the beginning). Anyway, if you are a fan of strips like Get Fuzzy or Pearls Before Swine I think you'll enjoy the humor here. Great characters abound. From the main character Pete (an 11 year old boy who lives at the circus) to others like Dusty Poodle (a self-made teen idol), Wink Bear (who has a huge crush on Katie Couric), and Kingston Lion (who always has great dating advice for Pete like "bring a dead antelope") this is a comic strip that is often laugh-out-loud funny. On top of that the illustration is very well done, which just adds to the overall enjoyment of the strip. If you aren't reading Big Top, you are missing out on valuable laughs!