<p><b>The first full-length graphic novel from the author of <i>Shrimpy and Paul</i>: Who will win the All-Star Schnauzer Band song contest?</b><br><b></b><br><b></b>Enter the strange and wordplay-loving world of the cartoonist and fine artist Marc Bell (<i>Shrimpy and Paul, Hot Potatoe</i>), where the All-Star Schnauzer Band runs things and tiny beings hold signs saying &quot;It's under control.&quot;<br>Our hapless hero, Stroppy, is minding his business, working a menial job in one of Monsieur Moustache's factories, when a muscular fellah named Sean blocks up the assembly line. Sean's there to promote an All-Star Schnauzer Band-organized songwriting contest, which he does enthusiastically and at the expense of Stroppy's livelihood, home, and face. Hoping for a cash prize, Stroppy submits a work by his friend Clancy the Poet. Mishaps and hilarity ensue, and Stroppy is forced to go deep into the heart of Schnauzer territory to rescue his poet friend.<br><i>Stroppy</i> is Bell's triumphant return to comics; it's also his first full-length graphic novella, one that thrums with jokes, hashtags, and made-up song lyrics. Densely detailed not-so-secret underground societies, little robots, and heavyweight humdingers leap off the page in full color. With <i>Stroppy</i>, Bell continues to explode the divide between fine art, doodling, and comics.</p>