Glister

Product Description

Strange things happen around Glister Butterworth. A young girl living on her family's English estate, Glister has unusual adventures every day, from the arrival of a teapot haunted by a demanding ghost, a crop of new relatives blooming on the family tree, a stubborn house that walks off its land in a huff, and a trip to Faerieland to find her missing mother. Perfect for ages 8 and up! All four Glister stories collected into one new edition! (Glister- The Haunted Teapot, Glister- The Family Tree, Glister- The House Hunt, and Glister- The Faerie Host) Praise for Glister oThe art is simply a delight, perfectly capturing the quirkiness of the world Glister lives in.o-Inis Magazine oAn absolutely charming, beautifully drawn series featuring a wonderfully inventive, eccentric and downright cool female heroine. It's great for children, especially young girls, but has equal appeal to any existing fan of Watson's work, or any fan of really great comicsao -Forbidden Planet blog oWhat I really appreciate, apart from the immaculate cartooning with its incredibly sturdy architecture, is that the language is far from patronising with a vocabulary that puts most superhero comics to shameao -Page 45 oA sweet little tale with masses of quirky detail.o-Financial Times Series Overview- This collects all 4 Glister stories, Glister- The Haunted Teapot, Glister- The Family Tree, Glister- The House Hunt, and Glister- The Faerie HostStrange things happen around Glister Butterworth. A young girl living on her family's English estate, Glister has unusual adventures every day, from the arrival of a teapot haunted by a demanding ghost, a crop of new relatives blooming on the family tree, a stubborn house that walks off its land in a huff, and a trip to Faerieland to find her missing mother. Perfect for ages 8 and up! All four Glister stories collected into one new edition! (Glister- The Haunted Teapot, Glister- The Family Tree, Glister- The House Hunt, and Glister- The Faerie Host) Praise for Glister oThe art is simply a delight, perfectly capturing the quirkiness of the world Glister lives in.o-Inis Magazine oAn absolutely charming, beautifully drawn series featuring a wonderfully inventive, eccentric and downright cool female heroine. It's great for children, especially young girls, but has equal appeal to any existing fan of Watson's work, or any fan of really great comicsao -Forbidden Planet blog oWhat I really appreciate, apart from the immaculate cartooning with its incredibly sturdy architecture, is that the language is far from patronising with a vocabulary that puts most superhero comics to shameao -Page 45 oA sweet little tale with masses of quirky detail.o-Financial Times Series Overview- This collects all 4 Glister stories, Glister- The Haunted Teapot, Glister- The Family Tree, Glister- The House Hunt, and Glister- The Faerie Host
Andrew oAndio Watson (born 1969) is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels Breakfast After Noon, Slow News Day and his series Love Fights, published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics. Watson has also worked for more mainstream American comic publishers with some work at DC Comics, a twelve-issue limited series at Marvel Comics, with the majority at Dark Horse Comics.