Word: handford
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...Handford...
...portraits of famous men and women - in a Gwyneth Paltrow gown, in a Groucho jacket fold. (Good thing they hadn't named the child Hildegarde.) Eventually he placed a numeral next to his signature - e.g., "Hirschfeld 5" - to indicate how often the Ninas appeared. Forty years before Martin Handford was playing "Where's Waldo?", Spotting the Ninas was the niftiest Sunday parlor game. I recall the little thrill I felt on first hearing of the ruse, back in college in the 60s, from our Music Appreciation teacher, who was also a staff member of the Times radio station WQXR...
...Almost an activity book as well, "Little Lit" volume two contains find-the-object pages by the likes of Martin Handford ("Where's Waldo") and Richard McGuire. My favorite is Louis Trondheim's "A-Maze-ing Adventure," about a little guy who gets lost. The panels are arranged like a maze, not only presenting the story as a reflection of its contents, but also, by choosing different paths, creating different narratives. Hey kids, comix theory...