Science and cartooning whiz Jay Hosler, he of Clan Apis and The Sandwalk Adventures fame, has a new book out. It’s titled Optical Allusions and follows the adventures of Wrinkles, the anthropomorphic brain as he takes a fantastic adventure and, in the process, learns about not only how our eyes work, but also about the power of natural selection and evolution.
If it sounds like the sort of didactic “edutainment” videos they used to foist upon us back in elementary school, rest assured that Allusions is the sort of charming, hilarious that readers of Hosler’s work have come to expect. Luckily, Hosler gave me permission to post the first few pages from the book here so the uninitiated have a chance to see for themselves.
The book apparently won’t be available through Diamond, but you can order copies here.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Sweet stuff. Hosler’s books are always fun and so well drawn. I’ll have to order it for sure.
peace,
Herc
February 15th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Just a note to say that book distributor Brodart is in the process of adding Optical Allusions to its database, so libraries will soon be able to order it from them. I know that Active Synapse does deal directly as a wholesaler to several other book distributors as well, so the book may be more generally available to bookstores and libraries than this post indicates. Not for general comics fans, no, but for retailers other than direct market and for libraries.
February 18th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Awesome. I need this book. Hosler’s comics are amazing.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
shit