Archy and Mehitabel

 
Archy and Mehitabel
by Authors: Don Marquis
Released: 17 April, 1970
ISBN: 0385094787
Paperback

Sales Rank: 7,238
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Archy and Mehitabel > Customer Review #1:
A Relatively Unkown American Humor Classic

Ive done humorous writing about animals myself (most recently, Scratching the Net: Web Sites for Cats) and I think Ive packed in some laughs. But Archy and Mehitabel, while very funny, rises above the level of mere humor to be quite touching. Having a common cockroach, which we ordinarily think of as disgusting, as the hero is a brilliant device. This viewpoint allowed Marquis to write in a way that was very emotional and sentimental but never became saccharine. Do yourself and favor and discover a wonderfully unique humor reading experience.

Archy and Mehitabel > Customer Review #2:
Can a cat and a cockroach be friends?

A number of years ago, my college drama department performed a musical, theater-in-the-round version of "archy and mehitabel." It delighted the audience with Archys lower-case, cockroach philosophies and Mehitabels wildcat antics. The book by don marquis is equally charming, revealing the human condition--no matter what the species! Especially humorous are chapters vii and xxxiv, "archie interviews a pharaoh" and "archie hears from mars."

Archy and Mehitabel > Customer Review #3:
".....transmigration is the game..."

metthinks
the vers libre of
archy literate cockroach
and mehitabel krazy kat s kouzin
are amazing and amuzing
good thing amazon.com has most
of the cocroaches volume via marquis

herriman s drawings captures
marquises tone and surrreality
and hyperreality perfectly
like a cross between a glorious
post apocalypse a goofy sat
morning cartoon and an unkept roadside
chuck wagon i believe we
all should keep
cockroach farms

just in
case just in
case

ygsgs



 
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