08/14/2026
Quacky is available now at the shop, and our web-store. One of Wessâ favorite artists - Jim Woodring pays homage to the classic Big Little Book format to put Frank through his most transformative adventure ever.
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Jim Woodring has been drawing the otherworldly, allegorical adventures of his cartoon Everycreature, Frank, for three and a half decades. These stories are a singular rarity in the comics form â both bone-chillingly physical in their depictions of Frankâs travails and profoundly metaphysical at the same time. Not since George Herrimanâs Krazy Kat has the comics language been so exquisitely distilled into pure, revelatory aesthetic expression.
With Quacky, James Woodring adopts the format of 1930s Big Little Books to deliver a text story with illustrations, in which the typically nonplussed Frankâs reactions are told to us explicitly, through narration and his own thoughts. Frank is buffeted by generosity, anguished to see how loving friends perceive him, distraught by the process of aging and physical transformation in a beloved pet, delighted by nature and physical experiences shared with others, and ultimately sees a path toward radical acceptance in the face of trauma.
Frank cast regulars Pupshaw, Pushpaw and Manhog are here, along with new entries to Frankâs world of the Unifactor. And, in a backup feature, we meet a cast of toontown pigs in a story that undercuts the kiddie book format: âHoggy Goes Hogwild.â Cunningham, the clever pig who helps all his friends, and his confirmed fiancĂŠe, Porceline, are called on to assist local pal Hoggy â who turns out to have gone on a violent crime spree, presaging a possible psychotic break.
