In the Floyd Archives: A Psycho-Bestiary

In the Floyd Archives is a cartoon novel (with footnotes!) lightly based on Freud's famous case histories - the Wolf Man, the Rat Man, Dora and Little Hans.

Publisher Marketing: If Freud had a bad dream, it would probably be Floyd . . . a wildly clever collection in which little animals stand in for Sigmund Freud's most famous cases and for the doctor himself." jenny ly n bader, New York Times "The ingenious Sarah Boxer has charmingly -- and with great fun -- assembled a furred and feathered repertory company." edward koren "Like the early Sunday pages of Krazy Kat, boxes and circles play off each other, as the shifting borders of the panels mimic the fluid emotions of the characters. . . . Funny and disturbing at the same time." jeet heer, The Comics Journal "Smart, droll, original" m.g. lord, The New York Times Book Review "As the story unfolded, it got funnier and funnier, and funnier, and funnier. Suddenly it was very painful." david levine Brief Description : In the Floyd Archives is a cartoon novel (with footnotes!) lightly based on Freud's famous case histories - the Wolf Man, the Rat Man, Dora and Little Hans. But in this wildly inventive comic, the analyst is a bird and his patients are animals too: Wolfman is a passive-aggressive wolf with identity issues, Rat Ma'am, an obsessive-compulsive rat, Lambskin a depressed lamb (or lambskin), and Bunnyman is paranoid. Publisher Marketing : In the Floyd Archives is a cartoon novel (with footnotes!) lightly based on Freud's famous case histories - the Wolf Man, the Rat Man, Dora and Little Hans. But in this wildly inventive comic, the analyst is a bird and his patients are animals too: Wolfman is a passive-aggressive wolf with identity issues, Rat Ma'am, an obsessive-compulsive rat, Lambskin a depressed lamb (or lambskin), and Bunnyman is paranoid. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2019 (EAN 9781949093186, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 06/04/2001 pg. 65 (EAN 9780375714429, Paperback) New York Times 08/05/2001 pg. 7 (EAN 9780375714429, Paperback) New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 65 (EAN 9780375714429, Paperback)

Format: Paperback | Pages: 160 | Publication Date: 2019-05-17