It brought a renewed interest in the golden age of american animation. Wolf later said that he got the initial idea for who censored roger rabbit. Censored is a lean, short book with a bunch of sight gags. In the world here, you see, there are humans and there are toons. Not just a writer but a renowned humorist and a very good fiction writer as well. Wolf in 1981 which would later inspire the creation of the film who framed roger rabbit in 1988 plot. Who censored roger rabbit roger rabbit, book 1 by gary k wolf. In which our detectives take on another case, this one a little more complicated. Wolfs cult classic, highly praised novel is the basis for the blockbuster walt disneysteven spielberg film who framed roger rabbit. Wolf has created a wonderfully skewed and totally believable world compounded of equal parts raymond chandler, lewis carroll, and walt disney. First, a bit about the book that inspired the film.
Isbn 0345303253 who framed roger rabbit by martin noble is the novelization of the film of the same name. Listen to books in audio format instead of reading. Wolf creates a wonderfully skewedand totally believableworld made up of equal parts raymond chandler, lewis carroll, and walt disney. Wolf created a wonderfully skewed and totally believable world made up of equal parts raymond chandler, lewis carroll, and looney tunes.
Eddie doesnt like toons those cartoon characters who live sidebyside with humans. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and. He is best known as the author of who censored roger rabbit. Explore the origins of the roger rabbit story through the eyes of roger s hired private investigator, the.
If you would like to read all the spoilers and ruin the mystery for yourself please visit here. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. So says eddie valiant, narratorshamus of this very silly, very overextended, and sometimes very funny mysteryfantasy weirdness by sf writer wolf the resurrectionist. This cult classic and highly praised book kickstarted the whole resurgence of movie animation. This version includes an authors sketch of roger rabbit plus autographs of gary k. Roger rabbit is sure that clark gable has not more. In the book, roger is a secondbanana in popular comic strip, baby herman. From first page to last, who censored roger rabbit. Editions for who censored roger rabbit 0345303253 mass market paperback published in 1982, kindle edition published in 20, 0312870019 hardcover. This riotously surreal spoof of the hardboiled detective novel is packed with action and laughs.
The franchise started out as a book titled who censored roger rabbit. This is my channel i talk about books their adaptations. Around the same time, i discovered that who censored roger rabbit. Eddie valiant is a hardboiled private eye, and roger rabbit is a secondbanana cartoon character. Eddie will work for a toon if his cash supply is low enough. So he reluctantly agrees when roger rabbit, a toon who. Who censored roger rabbit who censored roger rabbit. Its more famous film adaptation, who framed roger rabbit, made several radical changes to the story, making it much lighter. Private eye eddie valiant doesnt like toonsthose cartoon characters who live sidebyside with humans. Ppppplugged is a wandering, selfindulgent one with little but sight gags. At first it was hard to differentiate the book roger from the movie roger, because the book roger changes clothes and speaks in word balloons, like a comic book.
Read books for free from anywhere and from any device. Later, roger, a rabbit on the lam, sneaks into eddies office and begs his help. This version includes an authors sketch of roger rabbit plus. A riotously surreal spoof of the hardboiled detective novel. Its among one of the first mysteries ive read and it is a work of art, so to speak.
Wolf is the book on which the film is nominally based. His work on the comedy and the mystery novels is known as a very good work among the others. Wolf the originalfilm was released through disneys touchstone pictures banner on june 22, 1988, and became a blockbuster hit. After a nice little intro, we delve into the first chapter of who censored roger rabbit. After searching for a while, i finally purchased a copy. Use search by author, title or series to find more. When i found out that the movie who framed roger rabbit was based on a book, i searched for it. Dooms henchmen, five cartoon weasels with a homicidal streak, smash into eddies office looking for roger, wanting to kill the wabbit. Who framed roger rabbit, the film that expertly mixed cartoons with live action, is loosely based on the gary wolf book who censored roger rabbit. Wolf has created a wonderfully skewed and totally believable world compounded of equal parts raymond. Who censored roger rabbit by gary k wolf, first edition. The united states is the original publication place of the book. The novel is an affectionate parody of both chandleresque hardboiled detective fiction and classic comic strips and cartoons, frequently highlighting the formers cheesiness especially via eddies overthetop gumshoe patois and the latters gruesomeness and violence. Between watching way too much tv, gaming, and trying to catch up on a backlog of books i already had stacked up in my apartment, my purchase collected digital dust for a year and a half.
Wolfs cult classic and highly praised novel who censored roger rabbit. Wolf has created a wonderfully skewed and totally believable world compounded of equal parts raymond chandler, lewis carroll, and warner brothers. The gritty, original version of the classic wbdisney crossover film. This is another book that was selected for a road trip with a car full of mixed sexualitiesi. Roger rabbit is a fictional animated anthropomorphic rabbit character.
It was later adapted by disney and amblin entertainment into the critically acclaimed 1988 film who framed roger rabbit. The book who censored roger rabbit is in as good condition as the seller said it would be. Wolf and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Not the way they look, and especially not the way they talk. A little older, and wiser in his own unique way, he is still running through the kaleidoscopic events of our times and straight into the age of greed and. Hello everyone, this is son of herodotus presenting you a 1 minute glimpse of my next project.
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