Catch as Catch Can

by Greg Cook

What starts innocently enough as an underage quest for cigarettes turns into a full-blown citywide man hunt for the ever-elusive Gingerbread Man. Careening ice cream trucks, wistful pig girls and sharp -- eyed wolves combine in this riotous fable. Through all the injuries and destruction, the story reveals the sometimes tense, sometimes tender bonds of family, of friends, and of lovers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966536363
• ISBN13: 9780966536362
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Highwater Books
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Funny and Whimsical

Greg Cook is known for the curly, fun elegance of his simple, stripped down drawing style, usually showcased in hard-to-find minicomics and high-end, artsy comix anthologies. "Catch As Catch Can" is Cook's first real-live solo book, I think, and it does not disappoint.The story and the art both are a bit more complex here than in some of Cook's other stories. The pictures pulse with swirls and wacky shifts of perspective. One main character is a Gingerbread Man... driving an ice-cream truck... and smoking cigarettes. Suffice to say, he is not the best influence on the youngsters who patronize his truck. Eventually we are pulled into a car chase with the cops. This story is sometimes a bit edgey and is meant for adults and older kids, preferably with a slightly twisted sense of humor.Greg Cook is a young, up-and-coming alternative comic artist with a literary and sometimes historical bent. Here we get nothing but good old fun. Fans of quality non-superhero comics owe it to themselves to check him out. A recommended romp.