Jean-Thomas Ungerer, también conocido como Tomi, fue un ilustrador francés célebre por sus ilustraciones provocadoras y de carga política, así como por sus libros infantiles. Sus obras exploran con frecuencia los límites del gusto y la moral con una imaginación visual única. El arte de Ungerer es rico en ironía y comentario social, presentado con franqueza intransigente y un estilo distintivo.
A Toni Zarpas no le gustan los besos, y Mamá Zarpas no lo entiende. Ella lo trata como si fuera un bebé, y Toni no lo soporta, pues él es el gato más travieso de la clase, quien más disfruta con las bromas pesadas, y jamás rechaza una pelea. Pero un día todo cambia y, aunque no habrá besos para mamá, los dos conseguirán algo mucho más importante.
Eight classic picture books by the legendary author, brought together in one lavish slipcased volume This glorious treasury brings together eight iconic tales by Tomi Ungerer, featuring well-known classics (The Three Robbers, Moon Man, Otto), acclaimed recent works (Fog Island), and lost gems (Zeralda's Ogre, Flix, The Hat, and Emile), some of which are being published for the first time in 50 years! Special features include a personal letter from Tomi, new quotes and anecdotes about each story, an exclusive interview, photos and previously unpublished materials from the making of some of his most celebrated works, such as storyboards, sketches, photographs, and images that inspired him.
This collection of drawings and one-page cartoons by the internationally infamous cartoonist (and beloved children's book author) is a universal condemnation of human rottenness.
Papa Snap relates a series of zany, fantastical tales about such colorful characters as Zink Slugg, Mr. and Mrs. Kaboodle, Bunny Buson Brittle, and the four Tremblance brothers--Fester, Fister, Faster, and Foster.
A teddy bear tells his life story, beginning with his creation in Germany prior to World War II, and continuing through the war and on to America, where eventually he is miraculously reunited with his original owner
Originally published in 1964, Tomi Ungerer’s infamous Underground Sketchbook became a notorious aesthetic talisman among in-the-know cartoonists and fan connoisseurs, revered for its audacious visual wit and coruscating and absurdist humor, spoken about with awe among the tribe of cartooning lovers. It is the first book in which the award-winning children’s book illustrator let loose, a blast of social commentary, dada-esque observations, and existential angst. Jonathan Miller, in his introduction to the original book, described the work as “an iconography of this bewildering, centrifugal universe. Ungerer illustrates a world where things are coming apart, where the old unquestioned entities are at best provisional arrangements, loosely thrown together and never to be relied upon.” Sound familiar? Underground Sketchbook is, among other things, a relentless rage against avarice, unfettered consumerism, alienation, the exploitation of everything, the mechanization of human experience, and the public acquiescence to the worst instincts that fuel a modern economy — as timely now as it was then, if not moreso. This is as powerful a dose of visual ingenuity, moral outrage, and bemused disgust at the human comedy that you are ever likely to experience by an artist of international renown.