SIX HUNDRED PAGES! THE ONE AND ONLY ULTIMATE ROOBARB & CUSTARD BOOK PUBLISHED BY IDEA AND RELEASED TODAY. THE ENTIRE FIRST 1974 EPISODE PLAYS INSIDE AS A SUPER COOL FLIPBOOK. WILD STYLE ANARCHY ON 70'S TV. LOOK OUT! YOUR NEW FAVOURITE BOOK HAS LANDED WITH A BUMP.
Seven inches square, two inches thick and packing a powerful punch at six hundred pages. The middle section, when flipped with your thumb, re-animates the entire first episode of the much loved 1974 kids cartoon: half of it on the right hand page and the other half the other way up on the left hand pages. The result is something very like this...
Hit play on that video and wait for the spin in the middle. Incredibly satisfying that is to watch.
There are 100 pages either side of the flip book section in which we have found space to include every single visual aspect and element of the first series that is not in the first episode. That way you get EVERYTHING from bees to boxing kangaroos.
Please note that you can't actually open the book and watch cartoons per se (cool as the above GIF is). We don't recommend giving up your TV license just yet! It is the most fabulous and nearest approximation of a 1970s cathode ray tube telly that is ever likely to be made. Somewhat lighter than one of those TV sets too.
You know that at £35 this is pretty much the best, mouse drawing by mouse drawing, book in the world! The sheer number of felt tips Roobarb & Custard creator Grange Calveley put into this book...
We are also totally honoured to have a foreword by our favourite cultural commentator, Paul Morley. Many of you will hopefully know Paul from the fact that he created the FRANKIE SAYS T-shirts. In a few more words, this is some of what Paul wrote for Roobarb & Custard...
ROOBARB SWEATS INSIDE LOAF OF BREAD. THIS HAS TO BE THE SEASON'S MOST RANDOM SWEATSHIRT. IF NOT, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR MONEY BACK.
Inexplicable, yes. Also super cool and on 100% organic sweatshirt of deluxe capabilities.
Moonshine. Utterly bewitching night time scene with Custard and his two crow cronies. Screenprinted felt tip style drawing effect painstakingly achieved. A classic already.
Two tees on heather grey organic cotton. Custard awaiting an explosion that may never happen.
MISCHIEVOUS NATURE. THE SOLD OUT MOOMIN BOOK OF ALL THE DRAWINGS FROM THE TOVE JANSSON NOVELS BUT NONE OF THE WORDS. IT IS BACK! AT £35 IN LIME LINEN GREEN SOFTCOVER. YOU CAN ADD TO CART WITH ROOBARB & CUSTARD!
Sold out last year in the slipcase edition. Now back in action in still very substantial 288-page super-sized softcover edition.
The book presents all 500 of the illustrations in consecutive order and some of them (as shown above) continue over the page turn in very charming fashion.
It is completely adorable and completely complete! But you knew that because we published it before. The best thing about today's news is that... it's back!
PALOMA ELSESSER AND ZORA SICHER'S TREASURE BOOK LAUNCH AND SIGNING IN PARIS. THE GUESTLIST IS FULL BUT RESERVE SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE. YOU CAN BUT TRY!
Wednesday of next week. Lafayette Anticipations. 6pm-8pm.
We are juggling the numbers. If you missed this invite and want to get the book and get the book signed by Paloma and Zora hit the button below now and we will do our best to confirm you.
