Another round of what was that children's book?

March 3, 2019 4:44 PM

A close friend is trying to remember the name of (wordless?) children's book he was obsessed with when he was very little.

What he remembers:
* it's about a cowboy and takes place in the American SW
* it's like one long side-scrolling chase- the cowboy starts out on a horse, loses that, tries a bike, loses that ... etc.
* possibly done in watercolors - he remembers the palette was very sunset-y.
* possibly not an American book - might've been European?
* Possibly from the 1970s or 1980s.
It's a long shot - but if anyone has any leads, they'd be appreciated! Thanks!

posted by Geameade to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Any chance it might have been Anno's Journey?
posted by metahawk at 4:49 PM on March 3, 2019

This sounds very Glen Baxter, but I can't place it in his bibliography
posted by scruss at 5:21 PM on March 3, 2019

Hmm, not wordless and not exactly a side scroller but the color palette makes me think of Pecos Bill by Steve Kellogg.
posted by DSime at 6:49 PM on March 3, 2019

Best answer: I'm almost 100% certain that the book you're looking for is Crazy Cowboy by Guillermo Mordillo.
posted by Jelly at 3:58 PM on March 4, 2019

Response by poster: YES IT WAS CRAZY COWBOY! thank you Jelly and everyone else who answered (gonna check out those books too).
thank you boop
posted by Geameade at 7:47 PM on March 4, 2019 [1 favorite]