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Worse Things Happen at Sea: Leporello Spiral-Bound | June 24, 2014

Kellie Strøm (Illustrated by)

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In this intricately illustrated concertina book—a thrilling adventure across the seven seas—man confronts monstrous sea beasts.


Across twenty pages of this intricately illustrated concertina book, Kellie Strom's fantastical seascape boils with monstrous sea beasts and sailors in peril. Inspired by tales of mythical creatures attacking ancient mariners, Strom has created the ultimate showdown between sailors and creatures from the deep.

Kellie Strom is a Danish artist and master of his trade. He has worked on film design for Jim Henson's Creature Shop and owns his own film company.


Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 20 pages
ISBN-10: 190770485X
Item Weight: 0.3 lbs
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.06 x 9.0 inches

"Nobrow has quickly become a leading publisher of high-quality illustrated publications and graphic novels, and Kellie Strøm’s Worse Things Happen At Sea (Nobrow) is a breathtaking example of Nobrow’s standard of excellence...Taking over two years to create, Worse Things Happen At Sea is one of Nobrow’s finest examples of finding power in silence, presenting panel after panel of naval disasters that hit with overwhelming force thanks to Strøm’s artistic expertise." - The AV Club

"It’s a superior work of draftsmanship and imagination." - Bleeding Cool

"Strøm uses his serious illustration chops to recreate the mythical world his imagination seems to innately conceive.… Whether used to inspire the imaginations of children, as a mantlepiece artwork or as inspiration for a nautical tattoo, "Worse Things Happen At Sea" is a collectible treasure in illustrated form.” - Cool Hunting

Kellie Strøm was born in Denmark, raised in Ireland, and now draws and paints in London. He has just completed a Leporello format book for Nobrow, titled Worse Things Happen at Sea, a frieze of sea monsters and doomed sailors down the ages. Kellie is also the author of Sadie the Air Mail Pilot, a children’s book of dangerous flying, and the illustrator of Het zeemans-ABC (A Sailor’s ABC), a Dutch children’s book depicting more dangers of the sea. He cannot swim.