Staff Picks (October): Pippi Longstocking: The Strongest In The World!

Thank heavens for krumalura pills. They look like peas, but if you eat one you can keep on playing until you’re a hundred! It’s true! Just look at Pippi Longstocking. She’s 70 this year and she’s still the strongest girl in the world.

She’s also the most relevant life coach in the world. Drawn & Quarterly has collected all the Pippi Longstocking comics in one book to help show us the way. Anti-authoritarian, free-thinking, free-spirited, self-sufficient, and an animal rights advocate of the fiercest sort, Pippi is an ideal role model for independent people. Don’t let anyone stifle you, Pippi! Not the old ladies drinking coffee; not the angry police officers; not the grouchy school teacher; not even the hungry sharks and wild boars.

Admittedly, very few of us can take Pippi’s life lessons literally. The girl fought a tiger barehanded, after all.  However, we can aspire to her level of confidence. We can rejoice in her soaring whimsy.  We can admire the graceful way she accepts new facts and circumstances into her life and adapts without anger.  And we can try those things for ourselves and stay young at heart, playing until we’re a hundred. So pick up a copy Of Pippi Longstocking: Strongest In The World, get a glass of water, and take your krumalura pill with me.  Just say, “Dear little krumalura, I don’t want to grow up, never ever!”

—Sarah Martinez

Publisher: Drawn & Quaterly Item Code: OCT151401 Release Date: 11/18/15 SRP: $19.95