Gleem

By Freddy Carrasco. Published by Drawn & Quarterly (originally published by Peow Studios).

Softcover, 199 pages, B&W and 4-Colour, 2024 (Peow edition published 2019). 

The steely coolness of humanity, the loneliness of the masses, and the comfort found in solitude. It blinds and reveals, hurts and heals. Brace yourself for what you’ll find on the other side of . . . Gleem.

Freddy Carrasco brings a new world to life in this collection of three stories ("Born Again," "Swing," and "Hard Body") that are science fiction, but not really.

☆ ☆ ☆ 2020 Doug Wright Award winner for Best Small- or Micro-press Book* ☆ ☆ ☆

☆ ☆ ☆ 2020 Ignatz Award winner for Outstanding Collection ☆ ☆ ☆

(Debuted at the 2019 Small Press Expo)

". . . the itchy energy of youth is ready to burst forth, right off the page."

Ayoola Solarin, Hyperallergic

"Why isn't this on more end-of-the-year books lists...?"

Kris Mukai

". . . Carrasco has such a singular style of art that is unlike anything else out there . . . confident and kinetic . . . The future he portrays . . . might not be perfect, but at least the clubs are still open, and the drugs are good."

Ryan, Goodreads review