Bluffton: My Summer with Buster HC (2013 Candlewick Press) comic books 2012-2014
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Jul 2013 by Candlewick Press.$9.00
$9.00
1st printing. By Matt Phelan. In the summer of 1908, in Muskegon, Michigan, a visiting troupe of vaudeville performers is about the most exciting thing since baseball. They're summering in nearby Bluffton, so Henry has a few months to ogle the elephant and the zebra, the tightrope walkers and - lo and behold - a slapstick actor his own age named Buster Keaton. The show folk say Buster is indestructible; his father throws him around as part of the act and the audience roars, while Buster never cracks a smile. Henry longs to learn to take a fall like Buster, "the human mop," but Buster just wants to play ball with Henry and his friends. With signature nostalgia, Scott O'Dell Award-winning graphic novelist Matt Phelan visualizes a bygone era with lustrous color, dynamic lines, and flawless dramatic pacing. Hardcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 240 pages, full color. Cover price $22.99.
