Wild Girl Wilhemina of the River Bottom and Other Tales 1897-2027 HC (2025 Iconoclassics Publishing) comic books

Add to cart Near Mint $24.95

Add to cart Near Mint $24.95

Signed - 1st Printing. Written, illustrated, and photographed by Zavier Leslie Cabarga. WILD GIRL is a rogue graphic novel with a mature theme containing eight different off-the-wall tales of wild women abandoned at birth and raised by coyotes, pigeons, magical creatures, and semi-conductors. Upon discovery, the girls struggle to maintain their secluded forest existence against encroaching civilization. All the photographs and comics are contemporary, though they lampoon classic, vintage styles. • Half the stories are fumetti (photographic comics) blending humor with gorgeous photography of live models. The rest are hand-drawn comics—such as a lampoon of the famous 1890s comic, THE YELLOW KID, a nude BETTY BOOP spoof, an hilarious Japanese-style ANIME, and a satire of the rare 1968 psychedelic comic book, Mod Love. • In the final tale, WILDERELLA (reminiscent of Barbarella), a naked, renegade cyborg girl battles A-Eye and triumphs over anti-social media! • Comics fans will enjoy the references to cartoon, film, and comics history. Female graphic novel fans who enjoy Cosplay, Wild Girl, and Savage Daughter genres will appreciate the mandala and dream catcher art actually created by the Wild Girl artists in the stories. While many readers will appreciate images of strong and beautiful women in the artful nude photography, the book is still full of laughs! • Great photography of live-action models in forest settings displays full nudity, within the natural context of their lives, in a way rarely seen in modern media. • I loved Wild Girl! Its brilliant, hilarious, and gorgeously designed! —TRINA ROBBINS (author, cartoonist, feminist icon) • A beautiful send-up of various genres that works on several levels simultaneously: Anthropological Investigation, Mythical Study, Suppressed History, Feminist Polemic, Field Document, and Humorous Origin Story Satire. In this dystopian era, Wild Girl is a welcome relief—a breath of fresh air—from the post-industrial techno-patriarchy we find ourselves in. —ERIC DROOKER, Naked City • Just received my copy of the lavish WILD GIRL masterwork by visionary artist/author Zavier Leslie Cabarga! Its a joyride though the amazing mind of a mad genius! Im woozy just glancing though its pages! —MITCH O'CONNELL, wild man of Illustration • I like the immaculate vintage spoofs, and laughed out loud a couple of times.—RIAN HUGHES, illustrator, cartoonist, letterer • WILD GIRL is the closest thing to a multi-media live event youll ever see between hard covers. Its fascinating: a silent film, a novel, a comic and lots more. You will enjoy it and marvel at it at the same time. —BRUCE SIMON, cartoonist • I had an absolutely delightful time with Wild Girl Its been a long time since Ive had so much fun with a book! My particular favorite chapters were Pink Willy, Wild Willa Whoopee, and The Wild Girl of the Golden Gate. The artwork in these chapters is superb, by the way. Leslie Cabarga has still got it! — DAVEY ESTRADA, Dark Horse book editor. - Hardcover, 10 1/2-in., x 11 1/2-in., 176 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $24.95.