The Mellops Strike Oil Gantala Press 2020: A Calamity

2020: A Calamity

now in one volume

By Kit Anderson

A wildly imaginative interrogation of the nuances of colonialism and complicity played out on a galactic scale

Based loosely on the artist’s own daily life

The Mellops Strike Oil Gantala Press 2020: A CalamityBy Tomi Ungerer. Published by Phaidon. Hardcover, 32 pages, 3 Colour, 2011 (originally published in German in 1978) While on a family picnic Mr Mellops notices the mountain water has an awful taste, like oil. Soon, the intrepid Mellops embark on a quest that takes them to the library, the museum and eventually an oil field! Reissued in English to inspire and delight a new generation of children. Ages 3 6