Portable Frank is mind-boggling. It has a feel of the golden age cartoons, like Krazy Kat and Tex Avery; the drawing has clean line and a exquisite hatch work. The story goes from innocent to lovecraftian, from childish to surreal. ( )

A fine exercise in craft, but can't say I felt moved, or I will reread, or I'll remember in the future. ( )

Short, wordless black and white tales from the strange and terrible world of Frank. Disney's dream debased, indeed. ( )

It's hard not to love Jim Woodring's greatest creation, the mysterious and yet all-too-familiar Frank. Although all of the pieces in the volume have been previously published elsewhere, The Portable Frank is nonetheless an ideal distillation of what the fuss is all about. If you haven't already encountered Frank elsewhere, you're missing out on one of the most important pieces of the contemporary world of comics, and this volume is a fine place to pursue the correction of your mistake. ( )