- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; Ill edition (14 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0810957922
- ISBN-13: 978-0810957923
- Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 24.4 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 128,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Plucker is a dark and twisted tale about a Jack-in-the-Box, aptly named Jack, who must fight for the life of his "human boy owner" against an evil force, called the Plucker (because he plucks your eyeballs out and sucks out your life force). One by one the Plucker and his minions, called Foulthings, capture the toys in the boy's room, and carry them off to the bowels of the earth, deep beneath the boy's house. There the toys are tortured and have their mojo extracted. The toy's mojo comes from the boy's love and his belief that the toys are real, so as the Plucker sucks up all the toys's mojo, he begins to take over the boy's body. Only Jack can save the boy, with the help of the boy's nanny, Mabelle, who practices the dark arts. Spine-tingling and creepy, the story is for all ages, but especially for those in love with graphic novels, fantasy, and sci-fi. http://www bromart.com
About the Author
At the age of twenty, Brom started working full-time as a commercial illustrator. By 21, he had two national art representatives and was doing work for such clients as Coke, IBM, Columbia Pictures and CNN. In 1993 Brom has been working feverishly on hundreds of paintings for every facet of the genre, from novels (Terry Brooks, R.A.Salvatore, E.R.Burroughs), Role-playing (TSR, White Wolf), comics (DC, Chaos, Dark Horse), Games (Doom2, Sega, Activision), and film (Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Galaxy Quest, Scooby Doo.) Brom has been active in the 3d world as well with a line of Brom fetish toys from Fewture and a series of bronzes from the Franklin Mint.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is no book for children! It's dark and it's scary and it's absolutely wonderful! The illustrations are like a nightmare vision of Alice in Wonderland - rich, sumptuous and twisted. It's a real visual experience. Not only that, but the pictures illustrate a fantastic story that is well written with characters that really come alive as you're reading.
There's something compulsive about this tale of the toys' love for the little boy who breathes life into them, even when they have been forgotten and relegated to the realms of Underbed. There's magic; a battle between good and evil; and a heroic journey involved as the toys fight for their boy. I would dearly love to see this adapted for the big screen by Tim Burton - Johnny Depp would be wonderful as jack, and Christina Ricci perfectly suited to Angel, and Tim Burton's Gothic touch would be perfectly suited to portray this deeply satisfying story.
This is so stunning that I'm going to have to get hold of The Devil's Rose, as if the few pictures I've seen on the website are anything to go by, it promises to be every bit as exquisite as this.
There's something compulsive about this tale of the toys' love for the little boy who breathes life into them, even when they have been forgotten and relegated to the realms of Underbed. There's magic; a battle between good and evil; and a heroic journey involved as the toys fight for their boy. I would dearly love to see this adapted for the big screen by Tim Burton - Johnny Depp would be wonderful as jack, and Christina Ricci perfectly suited to Angel, and Tim Burton's Gothic touch would be perfectly suited to portray this deeply satisfying story.
This is so stunning that I'm going to have to get hold of The Devil's Rose, as if the few pictures I've seen on the website are anything to go by, it promises to be every bit as exquisite as this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
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'Pain. It could feel pain. Pain racked its entire body. And it was good to feel the pain. Good to feel anything other than the endless darkness. IT also felt hate. But this wasnt new. It had sat in that dool for over two centuries with hate its only companion. But mostly it felt hunger, a deep, ravenous clawing in its stomach. And there were so many sweet smells coming form the little boys room. So it waited for the night, waited for the little boy to fall asleep, waited for the toys to come out and play.'
This is a wicked book with great story and pictures in brilliant detail, it is a bit like a darker side of Toy Story the film. With a new scary monster hidden under the bed.
'Pain. It could feel pain. Pain racked its entire body. And it was good to feel the pain. Good to feel anything other than the endless darkness. IT also felt hate. But this wasnt new. It had sat in that dool for over two centuries with hate its only companion. But mostly it felt hunger, a deep, ravenous clawing in its stomach. And there were so many sweet smells coming form the little boys room. So it waited for the night, waited for the little boy to fall asleep, waited for the toys to come out and play.'
This is a wicked book with great story and pictures in brilliant detail, it is a bit like a darker side of Toy Story the film. With a new scary monster hidden under the bed.
Format:Paperback
The art of Brom is one of haunted imaginations of a restless mind, beautiful in its boldness and haunting. The story might seem weak to some, but the quality of a fairy tale idea of a child's toys coming to life due to the power of the child's imagination, just to be assaulted by an ancient horror from a distant land is rather harrowing and may very well touch on one's childhood nightmares or fears, bringing about a sense of nostalgia and lost innocence.
Overall this is a very touching book that fully utilizes Brom's excellent art and his maddening imagination. A great read and a real treasure to own.
Overall this is a very touching book that fully utilizes Brom's excellent art and his maddening imagination. A great read and a real treasure to own.
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Great art, story somehow lacks
This is the second book I read by Brom, the first being The Child Thief, which is a revisualized Peter Pan story. Read more
Published 11 months ago by K. van Oosten
Terrifying but beautiful
I really enjoyed 'The Plucker', it was just so weird and wonderful, the artwork was amazing, the story fantastic, I loved the idea of the toys and their lives. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2009 by Weave
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