Mike Mignola (creator of HELLBOY) and Lemony Snicket (author of A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS) invent an entirely new vision of PINOCCHIO—a bizarre and riveting new adventure through a beloved tale.
An oversized slipcase art book elaborately illustrated by Mignola and extensively annotated by Snicket—in the form of inserted typewritten missives from the brink of madness. An old marionette given startling and charming new life in an edition like no other.
Carlo Collodi's classic stands as one of the strangest and darkest texts ever to be beloved by generations of children worldwide. Now, in this new Illuminated Edition from Beehive, it receives a full-text annotation from one of our great contemporary authors, and a vast suite of over fifty illustrations from one of the modern masters of illustration and visual storytelling. Together, Mignola and Snicket walk us through the wilds of Collodi's masterpiece and reintroduce us to its odd, wonderful music.
Snicket's annotations are presented on typewritten sheets, inserted by Snicket as his confrontation with Carlo Collodi's text drives him slowly mad. Across over one hundred annotations, and sixty two removable pages slipped in amongst Collodi's text, a parallel story of a writer’s journey through this great Italian fable unfolds. Snicket isn’t here to explain PINOCCHIO, or to give you historical context—he is encountering the text alongside you, speaking with it in the lyrical, hilarious, and poignantly insightful voice that makes him one of one of the great storytellers of our age. Mike Mignola's artwork populates Collodi's shadowed puppet-world with wonders, horrors, helpers, enigmas and everything in between, breathing new life into the charm, gloom and chaos of this beloved tale.
A stunning new entry in Beehive Books' celebrated, award-winning Illuminated Editions series, this volume is housed in a shimmering die-cut sculpturally embossed slipcase, printed on uncoated acid-free paper, and published in an oversized 9x12" trim format.
CHAPTER 1: How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
CHAPTER 2: Mastro Cherry gives the piece of wood to his friend Geppetto, who takes it to make himself a Marionette that will dance, fence, and turn somersaults.
CHAPTER 3: As soon as he gets home, Geppetto fashions the Marionette and calls it Pinocchio.
CHAPTER 4: The story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, in which one sees that bad children do not like to be corrected by those who know more than they do.
CHAPTER 5: Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook himself an omelet; but, to his surprise, the omelet flies out of the window.
CHAPTER 6: Pinocchio falls asleep with his feet on a foot warmer, and awakens the next day with his feet all burned off.
CHAPTER 7: Geppetto returns home and gives his own breakfast to the Marionette.
CHAPTER 8: Geppetto makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet, and sells his coat to buy him an A-B-C book.
CHAPTER 9: Pinocchio sells his A-B-C book to pay his way into the Marionette Theater.
CHAPTER 10: The Marionettes recognize their brother Pinocchio and greet him with loud cheers.
CHAPTER 11: Fire Eater sneezes and forgives Pinocchio, who saves his friend, Harlequin, from death.
CHAPTER 12: Fire Eater gives Pinocchio five gold pieces for his father, Geppetto; but the Marionette meets a Fox and a Cat and follows them.
CHAPTER 13: The Inn of the Red Lobster.
CHAPTER 14: Pinocchio, not having listened to the good advice of the Talking Cricket, falls into the hands of the Assassins.
CHAPTER 15: The Assassins chase Pinocchio, catch him, and hang him to the branch of a giant oak tree.
CHAPTER 16: The Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair sends for the poor Marionette, puts him to bed, and calls three Doctors to tell her if Pinocchio is dead or alive.
CHAPTER 17: Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine. When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better.
CHAPTER 18: Pinocchio finds the Fox and the Cat again and goes with them to sow the gold pieces in the Field of Wonders.
CHAPTER 19: Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and, in punishment, is sentenced to four months in prison.
CHAPTER 20: Freed from prison, Pinocchio sets out to return to the Fairy; but on the way he meets a Serpent and later is caught in a trap.
CHAPTER 21: Pinocchio is caught by a Farmer, who uses him as a watchdog for his chicken coop.
CHAPTER 22: Pinocchio discovers the thieves and, as a reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty.
CHAPTER 23: Pinocchio weeps upon learning that the Lovely Maiden with Azure Hair is dead.
CHAPTER 24: Pinocchio reaches the Island of the Busy Bees and finds the Fairy once more.
CHAPTER 25: Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, as he is growing tired of being a Marionette, and wishes to become a real boy.
CHAPTER 26: Pinocchio goes to the seashore with his friends to see the Terrible Shark.
CHAPTER 27: The great battle between Pinocchio and his playmates.
CHAPTER 28: Pinocchio runs the danger of being fried in a pan like a fish.
CHAPTER 29: Pinocchio returns to the Fairy’s house and she promises him that, on the morrow, he will cease to be a Marionette and become a boy.
CHAPTER 30: Pinocchio, instead of becoming a boy, runs away to the Land of Toys with his friend, Lamp-Wick.
CHAPTER 31: After five months of play, Pinocchio wakes up one fine morning and finds a great surprise awaiting him.
CHAPTER 32: Pinocchio’s ears become like those of a Donkey.
CHAPTER 33: Pinocchio, having become a Donkey, is bought by the owner of a Circus, who wants to teach him to do tricks.
CHAPTER 34: Pinocchio is thrown into the sea, eaten by fishes, and becomes a Marionette once more.
CHAPTER 35: In the Shark’s body Pinocchio finds whom? Read this chapter, my children, and you will know.
CHAPTER 36: Pinocchio finally ceases to be a Marionette and becomes a boy.
MIKE MIGNOLA is best known as the award-winning creator/writer/artist of Hellboy. He was also a production designer on the Disney film Atlantis and visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on both Hellboy and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army films. Mignola lives in southern California with his wife and cat.
LEMONY SNICKET is the author of far too many books, including the four-volume All The Wrong Questions, the thirteen-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events, and the single-volume Poison for Breakfast, and has won several dubious and/or notorious awards, most recently the Charlotte Zolotow Award for The Dark, and the Peabody Award for an alleged television adaptation of his work. He is represented in all legal, literary and social matters by Daniel Handler, the author of seven novels, including We Are Pirates, All The Dirty Parts and Bottle Grove.
CARLO COLLODI was an Italian author, humorist and journalist, widely known for his beloved fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, a book which has been translated into more languages than any book besides the Bible.
