Publisher Description

For over a decade (1991-2004), Joe Ollmann has made his way through the indy comics scene with Wag!, his micro-books of fictions and comics. Influenced by artists such as Ben Katchor, Edgar Allen Poe, Ralph Steadman and Edward Gorey, Ollmann draws the inhabitants of his world with remarkable craft and an eye for detail, making each character unforgettable. The Big Book of Wag! is a large format compilation filled with hilarious, poignant, and eclectic tales in Ollmann's trademark warts-and-all style.

Author Biography

Joe Ollmann is a cartoonist who lives, and speaks french poorly, in Montr al, Canada, where he breeds with the dedicated rapidity of an Angora rabbit. He is the author of two other books, Chewing on Tinfoil, in 2001, and The Big Book of Wag! in 2006. Other comics and animation may be viewed by visiting the web co-ordinates He is the same joe ollmann who is the art director at ascent magazine, Canada's only yoga magazine.

Review

"An Infections Amalgam of Disarming Style and Pointed Imagination."

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