MEANWHILE

by Jules Feiffer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30, 1997

Ignoring his mother's increasingly irritated summonses, and noting that a boxed ""meanwhile"" in his comic hooks always signals a change of scene, Raymond tries writing the word on his bedroom wall--and drops into an exciting pirate adventure. Forced to walk the plank, he uses the trick again, and this time he's being chased by a posse. Things begin to spiral out of control; in the next ""meanwhile,"" his spacecraft is blown apart by Martians, then he's back on the plank, then facing a cougar . . . where will it end? Excitedly, he shouts, ""THE END!"" and then hurries out of his room to do whatever his mother bids. Feiffer (A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears, 1995, etc.) uses a watercolor comic-strip style for the illustrations, which are more simply drawn than his cartoons for adults; with few large panels per page, Raymond has ample space to express pop-eyed dismay in the face of flying bullets, toothy sharks, and other menaces. Children will chortle.

Pub Date: Sept. 30, 1997

ISBN: 0062059335

Page Count: 32

Publisher: HarperCollins

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1997

Categories: CHILDREN'S