num_pages: 200
description: A visionary work of comic art for all-ages! Readers who havent discovered Jim Woodrings Frank stories have a colossal treat waiting for them in this all-ages gem collecting the characters greatest adventures. Frank is a unique visionary comic exquisitely drawn and so fully realized that adults and children alike find themselves drawn deeply into Woodrings hallucinatory mindscape. The stories almost entirely wordless unravel like a good puzzle rewarding re-reading providing an experience as immersive as that first love affair that first samadhi  or that first breath. Simply put the world of Frank must be experienced to be understood. Frank is an 11-year-old generic anthropomorph who lives in a force-laden landscape called the Unifactor. He is curious but not smart naive but not noble and his most outstanding character trait is his ineducability. Along with Pupshaw Franks semi-subservient housedog-like godling the two traipse across their surreal landscape occasionally encountering Manhog the bloated bladder of sin with a heart of radiance who exists to thwart their prosperity. And then theres the platonic Jerry Chickens and the lachrymose Lucky as well as Franks Real Pa and Faux Pa each a part of one of the great cartoon achievements of the 20th century. For all its mystery the world of Frank is a simple delightful mesmerizing example of world-building at its most fanciful surely to delight parents and children alike.
language: English
title: The Portable Frank
publisher: Fantagraphics