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A.L.I.E.E.E.N. by Lewis Trondheim
Written in an odd alien language with a cast of even more bizarre alien characters, how is it possible that this book goes back and forth so easily from being ridiculously cute and utterly gruesome? It was the second book we published on our inagural 2006 list and we decided to design it with the idea of it being a found object—A strange alien book Trondheim found on the ground one day. Aged corners, grainy images, stains...one of the most interesting and misunderstood of all our designs. (Some booksellers were even convinced their copies arrived defective!) Luckily for us the reviewers got it right away and loved it.
Also VERY IMPORTANT to note: It has the longest running poop joke in this history of poop jokes. Seriously. That joke is like three miles long!
Here's the official-type description:
A.L.I.E.E.E.N.by LEWIS TRONDHEIM
The first extraterrestrial comic book in print on planet Earth!
At last we have an answer to the question: What do alien kids read?
Who knows how many light-years this beaten-up, weatherworn volume has traveled to land up in the hands of an earthling like you? This rare artifact from another planet is written in an entirely alien language and alphabet, which you may be the first human to decipher.
Whichever galaxy they're from, these interwoven tales prove that some stories are indeed universal — and that others are, well ... weird, bizarre, and clearly not of this world. But no matter how many eyes, legs, or tentacles they have, it's nice to know that aliens too can smile, cry, poop, make friends, be kind or be cruel, fall prey to peer pressure, and sometimes make a total mess of things while trying to do good.
Thanks to this extraordinary discovery from a world far, far away, serious ufologists everywhere are now rethinking their profession, while asking themselves: Do aliens really let their kids read this stuff?
A.L.I.E.E.E.N. by Lewis Trondheim
Written in an odd alien language with a cast of even more bizarre alien characters, how is it possible that this book goes back and forth so easily from being ridiculously cute and utterly gruesome? It was the second book we published on our inagural 2006 list and we decided to design it with the idea of it being a found object—A strange alien book Trondheim found on the ground one day. Aged corners, grainy images, stains...one of the most interesting and misunderstood of all our designs. (Some booksellers were even convinced their copies arrived defective!) Luckily for us the reviewers got it right away and loved it.
Also VERY IMPORTANT to note: It has the longest running poop joke in this history of poop jokes. Seriously. That joke is like three miles long!
Here's the official-type description:
A.L.I.E.E.E.N.by LEWIS TRONDHEIM
The first extraterrestrial comic book in print on planet Earth!
At last we have an answer to the question: What do alien kids read?
Who knows how many light-years this beaten-up, weatherworn volume has traveled to land up in the hands of an earthling like you? This rare artifact from another planet is written in an entirely alien language and alphabet, which you may be the first human to decipher.
Whichever galaxy they're from, these interwoven tales prove that some stories are indeed universal — and that others are, well ... weird, bizarre, and clearly not of this world. But no matter how many eyes, legs, or tentacles they have, it's nice to know that aliens too can smile, cry, poop, make friends, be kind or be cruel, fall prey to peer pressure, and sometimes make a total mess of things while trying to do good.
Thanks to this extraordinary discovery from a world far, far away, serious ufologists everywhere are now rethinking their profession, while asking themselves: Do aliens really let their kids read this stuff?