TRAGICAL COMEDY OR COMICAL TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH, THE

Original Graphic Novel in both Hardcover and Softcover formats.

Printed in both hardcover (1994) and softcover (1995), Mr. Punch is one of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's numerous collaborations and is formatted in an abnormally large volume that dwarfs a typical Graphic Novel.

A dark and frightening fully painted novella, Mr. Punch tells the tale of a young boy's loss of innocence resulting from a horrific confrontation with his past. Spending a summer at his grandfather's seaside arcade, a troubled adolescent harmlessly becomes involved with a mysterious Punch and Judy Man and a mermaid-portraying woman. But when the violent puppet show triggers buried memories of the boy's family, the lives of all become feverishly intertwined. With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unraveling, the young boy is forced to deal with his family's dark secrets of violence, betrayal, and guilt.