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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil - Wiley Miller

Description: ISBN 0747588988 / Author: Wiley Miller / Genre: Junior Books / Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC / Basil Pepperell is bored by his ... more

The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil - Wiley Miller ... life and longs to break free from the lighthouse he calls home. At the invitation of the wonderfully eccentric professor who appears at Basil's window steering a flying boat, Basil travels to another dimension where he ends up saving the fantastic city of Helios from destruction at the hands of an evil genius. Be careful what you wish for! To be compared to "Edward Gorey", "A Series of Unfortunate Events", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "The Wizard of Oz", this madcap, action-packed, beautiful book is singularly unique with its rich cast of characters and stunning art.

Newest Review: ... on world domination... Wiley Miller is a cartoonist and a creator of a very successful (and a rather good) comic strip Non ... more

... Sequitur. Basil Pepperell also started life as a full-colour cartoon strip, to the delight of audiences young and old. Not surprising, then, that artwork in Ordinary Basil is outstanding: original, quirky, bordering on sophisticated grotesque, in finely detailed line and subdued hues. The pictures have wonderful dynamism and not only capture the facial expressions and characters' individualities but also reflect the mood of each scene, from exuberant joy to spooky (almost Gothic) terror to tired sleepiness. The a...more

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil - Wiley Miller: It Should Have Been a Graphic Novel (571 words)
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Basil Pepperell lives in a lighthouse on the coast of Maine, in year 1899. You'd assume he's leading a fascinating life, but no, he is very bored by his life which he considers very ordinary. In keeping with the promise of the title, adventure looms and Basil is whisked up into the sky by an eccentric professor in a flying boat. They visit a fantastic city in the sky - it's called Helios, but it's the same place that used to be known as Atlantis, and it's from Helios that all good in the human history originated - from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. As we all know, ordinary non-Helian humans are good just for making war. Alas, an evil science, ... Read the complete review