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It is also absurdly smart and sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e Slate\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImagine a grown-up Richard Scarry turned absurdist social commentator, and a world where dogs sit in houses made of fish....irresistible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly, starred review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHanawalt's work is hilarious and sexual and weird and dark, yet always kind of cheerful and friendly, too.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e Portland Mercury\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years I've encountered Lisa Hanawalt's comics and illustrations piecemeal — in various magazines and periodicals. They're always a pleasant jolt. Now, they've been assembled into one thick, blazing bludgeon. I envy you getting walloped by them all for the first time. This is a Hanawalt assault. Succumb.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e Patton Oswalt \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomething kind of awesome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e Paste\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead this book because it's funny, because it's beautiful, and because it will nourish the inner weirdo you've been keeping under wraps for too long.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e NPR\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Dirty Dumb Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e is a zero-attention-span assemblage of surreal one-page drawings, clusters of gag cartoons (“How We Can Tell Martha Stewart’s Drunk”), short comics stories, illustrated movie reviews and garish stoner tableaus. They add up to a wildly entertaining portfolio from an artist with a masterly painting and drawing hand, obsessions with animals and genitals, and a very weird, intentionally dopey sense of humor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e New York Times\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’re not yet familiar with Hanawalt’s work, the book is a great window into her wildly colorful, off-kilter worldview; if you are, you’ll probably just be happy to be able to read the book while eating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e LA Review of Books\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHanawalt's \u003cem\u003eMy Dirty Dumb Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e is a fantastically vivid and whimsical playground, offering page after page of absurdity, humor, and charm. The artwork is stunning and the jokes are surprising and fresh. 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A master humorist and cartoonist, Hanawalt strikes the perfect balance of drawing the gorgeous and the repugnant, the fantastical and the lifelike, the bizarre and the hilarious–creating a deeply human experience that everyone can relate to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for I Want You\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHanawalt’s art has always explored the anxieties, humiliations, and vulnerabilities that come with living in a human body... 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Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 276 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUNREQUITED LOVE, UNDERAGE DRINKING, AND TEEN ANGST RULE AT A HIGH SCHOOL FOR MUTANTS AND WITCHES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e illustrator Jillian Tamaki is best known for co-creating the award-winning young adult graphic novels \u003cem\u003eSkim\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThis One Summer\u003c\/em\u003e–moody and atmospheric bestsellers. \u003cem\u003eSuperMutant Magic Academy\u003c\/em\u003e, which Jillian has been serializing online for the past four years, paints a teenage world filled with just as much ennui and uncertainty, but also with a sharp dose of humor and irreverence. 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Thankfully, we have the brilliant mind and pen of Jillian Tamaki to revive it to awe-inspiring effect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e Vulture: Top 10 Graphic Novels 2015\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of fulfilling prophecies and saving the world, Tamaki’s super-power wielding teenagers tackle crushes, teachers, board games and angst across the strip’s witty and beautifully drawn panels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e The Comics Journal\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListed In Best Books of 2015\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly Best Books 2015\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTamaki ... is a master at evoking both emotions and punch lines with minimal pen strokes, never sacrificing empathy for laughs. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccite\u003e Quill and Quire: 2015 Books of the Year\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe humor [in \u003cem\u003eSuperMutant Magic Academy\u003c\/em\u003e] is sometimes slapstick, but more often it offers ultra-dry observations on modern disengagement. 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Published in the UK by Jonathan Cape. Originally published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 160 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2011. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFEATURED ON MORE THAN TWENTY BEST-OF LISTS, INCLUDING TIME, AMAZON, E!, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHark! A Vagrant\u003c\/em\u003e is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003ecartoonist and comics sensation Kate Beaton. 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Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 204 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE EISNER AWARD-WINNING STORY ABOUT A STUDENT FIGURING OUT RADICAL POLITICS IN A MESSY WORLD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSophie’s young and queer and into feminist theory. She decides to study abroad, choosing Paris for no firm reason beyond liking French comics. Feeling a bit lonely and out of place, she’s desperate for community and a sense of belonging. She stumbles into what\/who she’s looking for when she meets Zena. An anarchist student-activist committed to veganism and shoplifting, Zena offers Sophie a whole new political ideology that feels electric. Enamored—of Zena, of the idea of living more righteously—Sophie finds herself swept up in a whirlwind friendship that blows her even farther from her rural Californian roots as they embark on a disastrous hitchhiking trip to Amsterdam and Berlin full of couch surfing, drug tripping, and radical book fairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCapturing that time in your life where you’re meeting new people and learning about the world—when everything feels vital and urgent—\u003cem\u003eThe Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e is Sophie Yanow’s fictionalized coming-of-age story. Sophie’s attempts at ideological purity are challenged time and again, putting into question the plausibility of a life of dogma in a world filled with contradictions. 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Every panel makes you want to cry and laugh simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Tillie Walden, author of On a Sunbeam \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThe Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e is] delivered in a comics style that has clarity of line and of writing, and its maturity creeps up on you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Toronto Star\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn engrossing and affecting coming of age story, Sophie Yanow’s \u003cem\u003eThe Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating study of making friends, anarchism and hitchhiking across Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Quietus\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e captures that period of trying on a self, and is by turns discomfiting and funny… Using only a few lines and a slender story, Yanow conjures the particular pleasure of wandering aimlessly around a European city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Rumaan Alam, The New Republic\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis funny and very knowing graphic novel will still strike an exceedingly loud chord with anyone who is, or has ever been, a fresher, far from home and all at sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Rachel Cooke, The Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSophie Yanow’s autofictional account of a young woman studying abroad in Paris and encountering new ideas bucks all expectations such a synopsis and genre might engender... 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And eventually, she’ll find her way to a place where she can call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e San Francisco Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Yanow's] blocky art style is sublimely beautiful and expressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly 2020 Graphic Novel Critics Poll\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppealing both to indie comics fans on the cusp of coming-of-age to those looking back decades to their own youthful follies, this assured, smart chronicle is a winner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterpiece of literary minimalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Pop Matters\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e isn't just an engaging read, it's a warming and affirming one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e NPR\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThe Contradictions\u003c\/em\u003e] tells a queer coming-of-age story of a 20-year-old who goes to Paris to study... and ends up hitchhiking around Europe with a sulky, shoplifting, vegan anarchist while grappling with what she truly believes in as she falls sway to the more compelling beliefs of others. In other words, what pretty much every young person grapples with as they try to figure out the world and themselves, and how to deal with the messiness of living in a compromised world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Marin Independent Journal\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYanow’s voice is pointed, her cartooning delightfully specific without being precious or showy. 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Along the way we meet top-hatted wannabes, art handlers, maligned piggies, violently vengeful knights, and my favorite, the inhabitants of UXOBI, ‘where fecal matter is the only artistic medium that has ever existed.’ Take me there!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Jim Drain\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA blistering take on the art world, rife with cameos from Robert Rauschenberg to Matthew Barney. 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Published by Faber \u0026amp; Faber, originally published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover, 168 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA COMEDIC MEMOIR ABOUT FANDOM, FAME, AND OTHER EMBARRASSMENTS FROM THE\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKILLING AND DYING\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-14769-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career?\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e, Adrian Tomine's funniest and most revealing foray into autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers. When a sudden medical incident lands Tomine in the emergency room, he begins to question if it was really all worthwhile: despite the accolades and opportunities of a seemingly charmed career, it's the gaffes, humiliations, slights, and insults he's experienced (or caused) within the industry that loom largest in his memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTomine illustrates the amusing absurdities of how we choose to spend our time, all the while mining his conflicted relationship with comics and comics culture. But in between chaotic book tours, disastrous interviews, and cringe-inducing interactions with other artists, life happens: Tomine fumbles his way into marriage, parenthood, and an indisputably fulfilling existence. A richer emotional story emerges as his memories are delineated in excruciatingly hilarious detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a bold stylistic departure from his award-winning\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKilling and Dying\u003c\/em\u003e, Tomine distills his art to the loose, lively essentials of cartooning, each pen stroke economically imbued with human depth. Designed as a sketchbook complete with place-holder ribbon and an elastic band,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshows an acclaimed artist at the peak of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-af943fe53a1b5fcd9f4281076bc16c33\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15748 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnormously brave and heartening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eYouth Services Book Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15738 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[Tomine's] final epiphany that his love for his wife and daughters has given him true joy elevates\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto a profound meditation on the relationship between creativity, work and fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16107 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTomine is a funny writer and an even funnier artist. If you were ever interested in the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into comics creation, this book is a window to that world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eToledo Public Library, Great Comics of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15707 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA hilarious and revealing glimpse into Tomine’s life specifically and, more generally, the life of anyone working in a creative field today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGraeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15705 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn his latest book,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eAdrian Tomine turns himself into the everyman of writerly mortification [with] brilliant and toe-curling detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRachel Cooke, The Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16058 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e is another laugh-out-loud book with self-worth issues. Here Tomine looks back at his outwardly successful career as a cartoonist via anecdotes that take in deserted book signings, mortifying radio spots and the perils of taking a cruise with Neil Gaiman, in a feast of self-deprecation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Guardian, Best of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16041 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdrian Tomine’s\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emade my pandemic times far better than they would have been otherwise, at least during the hour I spent reading it and laughing helplessly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHillary Brown, The Comics Journal\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15750 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe acclaim Tomine’s work has received is a testament to his talent as a chronicler of the human condition.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshows that the secret of his ability starts with being veracious with his own heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSpectrum Culture\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16073 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe perfect gift for comic fans or anyone trying to find their place in their chosen industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShondaland, Best Books of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15708 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe poetry of arguments, themes of alienation, a viscerally rapid descent from humiliation to fury — all the things that have come to signify Tomine’s work are abundantly present in his memoir as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eZack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15428 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA wonderful book about feeling morbidly self-conscious while also longing to connect with other people, even though it doesn’t always—i.e. usually doesn't—work out the way one wants it to. It perfectly captures what it's like to be a cartoonist, and also what it's like to be a person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRoz Chast, author of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-12 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15429 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA painfully honest and often hilarious view behind the curtain of the 'glamorous' life of a cartoonist. Tomine draws on life's stresses, embarrassments, and achievements as he goes through an evolution of self-awareness. A must-read for Tomine fans and all aspiring cartoonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRichard McGuire, author of Here\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16020 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe self-deprecating tradition of successful cartoonists writing autobio is very much in evidence here... [Tomine is] undeniably great with a punchline, and this is more apparent now that he is writing about his own life rather than one of his fictional characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Quietus\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-14 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16111 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTomine takes a biting tone to the comics industry in a snarky, ultimately sincere, graphic memoir that looks back on decades of single-minded devotion to creating innovative comics, while also navigating the mercurial indie comics publishing scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePublishers Weekly 2020 Graphic Novel Critics Poll\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16035 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis] acutely, almost painfully funny—proving even a literary comics genius can still deliver great laughs—elevated by a moving, philosophical close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePublishers Weekly, Best Books of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-16 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16072 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI don’t think Adrian Tomine set out to release a book about isolation into a world defined by it, but that’s what he did. Short, funny, and poignant, this is the sort of comic that can be enjoyed by anyone in your family who can read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePut This On, 2020 Holiday Gift Guide\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15595 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTransportingly funny... but it’s the vulnerable turn Tomine takes when a medical scare grants fresh perspective that truly got me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMeg Lemke, Publishers Weekly Summer Reads Top 10\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-18 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15676 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis merciless memoir delivers laughter with a wince, to the point of tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePublishers Weekly, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16096 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTomine's talent in communicating the intimate, minute details of his life only serves to make them universal. Even more so in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePop Matters, Best Non-Fiction of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-20 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16301 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe world is full of \"successful\" people who are both miserable and miserable to be around. With [\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e] Tomine sheds light on how those people came to be that way – and why it needn't be so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCory Doctorow, Pluralistic\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15934 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTomine explores with the precise touch of a dentist gazing perpetually into a mouth, doing the crucial work of the quotidian. It’s lonely work, indeed, but by dwelling for so long and so thoroughly in the loneliness of his art, Tomine brings us close, terribly close, to the halitosis of being human, to the emotions we might prefer to keep at a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen, The Paris Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-22 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16139 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe design alone of Adrian Tomine's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas enough to pique the interest for this stationary and notebook nerd, but I also enjoyed Tomine's wry approach to success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePanel Patter, Favourite Comics of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15718 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA boisterous and heart-meltingly tender tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-24 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16048 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTomine, now considered a master of the graphic novel form, returns in an autobiographical mode, in a book that lets vent the rage and fragility that are always just beneath the surface of his pristine drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe New York Times, 100 Notable Books of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-25 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16078 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn unforeseen event near the end unlocks a flood of emotion unlike anything Tomine has expressed before on paper. What starts out as playful self-deprecation becomes his most heartbreaking work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe New York Times, Best Graphic Novels of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-26 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15704 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Tomine has managed to do so well here is reveal something that few artists are able to discuss without sounding unaware or falsely humble: the incredibly hard, exhausting, and often can't-see-the-trees-for-the-forest kind of work involved in building a career in the arts, where there is too little funding, an overabundance of egos running rampant, and layers upon layers of gatekeeping.... The cumulative effect of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLoneliness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis mesmerizing, funny, and deeply honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIlana Masad, NPR\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-27 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15686 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdrian Tomine has gone from “the boy wonder of mini-comics” (per Daniel Clowes) to master of the form... The 26 vignettes here trace a lifetime of neuroses and humiliations, from Fresno, 1982, to Brooklyn, 2018, blurring the line between character trait and occupational hazard [with] artful minimalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEd Park, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-28 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16068 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis hilarious, moving, and raw autobiographical collection centers on the pursuit of being an artist. It’s painfully relatable to anyone who makes comics or art of any kind. Tomine’s easy line work and smart humor is on display here. This is probably our favorite work that the cartoonist has released yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNerdist, Best Comics of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-29 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16275 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver the career he reflects on, Tomine has perfected stitching together a story in brief sketches, and his pacing here is immaculate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMontreal Review of Books\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-30 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15431 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA charming, occasionally maddening ledger of our profession's unrelenting parade of indignities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMichael DeForge, author of Leaving Richard's Valley\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-31 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15432 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this deeply self-aware, darkly funny memoir, Tomine recounts the highlights of his career through a series of cringe-worthy encounters, and readers hardly need to be a world-famous cartoonist to relate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMalaka Gharib, author of I Was Their American Dream\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-32 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15687 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Tomine is exploring is the dichotomy between how we see ourselves and how we are (or are not) seen…. We are each alone in our heads. Yet the faith of memoir, or autofiction, is that this is what connects us: the expression of our humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDavid Ulin, The Los Angeles Times\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-33 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15616 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo many memoirs are about overcoming adversity. We cringe, cry, and clap for the author, knowing eventually something will resolve. Tomine, who is perhaps the John Cheever of comics (in the way they both excavate the human heart), shows how our lives are less tidy than that common memoir arc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-34 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15430 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI couldn’t put this book down. Tomine’s vulnerability and willingness to share the cringiest moments of his life (ranging from juicy to uproarious to deeply healing) are a reminder to be braver, because what have you got to lose?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLisa Hanawalt, author of Coyote Doggirl\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-35 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15609 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA hilarious, frequently cringe-inducing masterpiece from a fearless artist at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLibrary Journal, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-36 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16059 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom a less skilled creator, the litany of awkward encounters and humiliations depicted here might have become repetitive; instead, Tomine’s mortifying misadventures become funnier and more emotionally resonant in the latter part of this memoir, as professional success and a growing family find the anger and anxiety that ruled the author’s early years transformed into an insightful and profound vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLibrary Journal, Best Graphic Novels of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-37 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15613 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSubtle, provocative, and sharply drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKirkus, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-38 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15706 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrilliantly paced, Adrian Tomine’s latest graphic novel takes readers from discomfort to laughter in just a few panels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMegan Liberty, Hyperallergic\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-39 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16129 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[Tomine's novel] alternates between laugh out loud funny and cringemaking, but throughout, you’ll feel both empathy for Tomine’s experiences and intense relief that these stories didn’t happen to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter, Best Comics of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-40 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15596 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTouching, funny and sad, this memoir is for fans of Tomine, of course, but also for anybody who has ever fumbled their way through work and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Globe \u0026amp; Mail, Spring Books Preview\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-41 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16289 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe book is a catalog of decades’ worth of slights and indignations that come with being a giant in a tiny corner of the literary world, and it’s painfully funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eForbes, Best Graphic Novels of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-42 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16133 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist\u003c\/em\u003e, Adrian Tomine explores all the painful slights of the creative life while adding a big dose of heart at the end. Points to Tomine for one of the year’s best packages, as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eComics Beat, 50 Best Comics of 2020\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-43 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-16117 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis volume is one of the funniest publications from 2020, but what makes it truly remarkable is how it rises above its deft sense of humor to approach the sublime in discussing careers and family in modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eComicBook.Com, Holiday Gift Guide\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-44 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15656 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this exquisitely rendered, prodigiously articulated work, Tomine proves again why he’s still that “famous cartoonist.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBooklist, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"views-row views-row-45 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"node-15427 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this heartfelt and beautifully crafted work, Adrian Tomine presents the most honest and insightful portrait you will ever see of an industry that I can no longer bear to be associated with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAlan Moore, author of Jerusalem\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40471470997686,"sku":"longdistancecartoonist","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/ldc_shop_longdistancecartoonist1.jpg?v=1630402425"},{"product_id":"how-to-understand-israel-in-60-days-or-less","title":"How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sarah Glidden. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 212 pages, Colour, 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-11213-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE AWARD-WINNING GRAPHIC MEMOIR ABOUT ISRAEL THAT OFFERS MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ABOUT IDENTITY AND POLITICS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-11213-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Glidden is a progressive Jewish American twenty-something who is both vocal and critical of Israeli politics in the Holy Land. When a debate with her mother prods her to sign up for a Birthright Israel tour, Glidden expects to find objective facts to support her strong opinions. During her two weeks in Israel, Glidden takes advantage of the opportunity to ask the people she meets about the fraught and complex issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but their answers only lead her to question her own take on the conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimple linework and gorgeous watercolors spotlight Israel’s countryside, urban landscapes, and religious landmarks. With straightforward sincerity, lovingly observed anecdotes, and a generous dose of self-deprecating humor,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis accessible while retaining Glidden’s distinctive perspective. Over the course of this touching memoir, Glidden comes to terms with the idea that there are no easy answers to the world's problems, and that is okay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlidden’s debut book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elanded on several best of the year lists, including Entertainment Weekly; earned a YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens distinction; and won an Ignatz Award. Her second book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Blackouts\u003c\/em\u003e, which documents her experience shadowing journalists in Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria, will also come out this fall from Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-77e3d2dfa301fbcbb76c7bf7c5d1047f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12278 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmid it all, Glidden the storyteller exudes intimacy and warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12282 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[A] masterful new book of graphic nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVICE\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12279 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA primer for those who aren't aware of the complexity of issues and emotions underlying this seemingly interminable strife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12281 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the the best graphic novels of the last few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12280 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA graphic nonfiction novel of subtlety and understated wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12276 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother enduring take-away is that not only is Israel beautiful but here is an artist who has manages to create something beautiful from something painful and fractured and messy and complicated. Which is a mighty achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBookmunch\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12277 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA surprisingly disarming book—easy to read, and rewarding to contemplate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAV Club\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40514401599670,"sku":"howtounderstand","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/ldc_shop_understandisreal1.jpg?v=1631000047"},{"product_id":"night-bus","title":"Night Bus","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eZuo Ma. Translated by R. Orion Martin. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 412 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2021 (originally published 2018)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-15793-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJOURNEY THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE IN THIS MAGICAL REALIST DEBUT FROM AN UNDERGROUND CHINESE CARTOONIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTRANSLATED BY R. ORION MARTIN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-15793-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e, a young woman wearing round glasses finds herself on an adventurous late night bus ride that constantly makes detours through increasingly fantastical landscapes. Meanwhile a young cartoonist returns home after art school and tries his hand at becoming a working artist while watching over his aging grandmother whose memory is deteriorating. Nostalgic leaps take us to an elementary school gymnasium that slowly morphs into a swamp and is raided by a giant catfish. Beetles, salamanders, and bug-eyed fish intrude upon the bus ride of the round-glasses woman as the night stretches on. Night Bus blends autobiography, horror, and fantasy into a vibrantly detailed surreal world that shows a distinct talent surveying his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNature infringes upon the man-made world via gigantism and explosive abundance–the images in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare often unsettling, not aimed to horrify, but to upset the balance of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZuo Ma is part of a burgeoning Chinese art comics scene that pushes emotion to the forefront of the story while playing with action and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas translated by R. Orion Martin, a translator and publisher based in Brooklyn, New York. In 2017, he founded Paradise Systems, a small comics press publishing exemplary comics from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States. He aspires to someday own a cat.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Night Bus\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-1d58115239774b7484b93b9b5e9ca117\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16848 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e, Zuo Ma puts a surreal twist on autobiographical storytelling. The graphic novel is a series of imaginative short stories that connect to Ma’s real life. Timelines happen alongside each other, dreams seamlessly flow with reality, plants and wildlife overtake urban settings in unnatural ways. Ma’s writing style feels like reading someone’s personal memories. Memories don’t always bend to reality, and our lives intermingle with our dreams.. [T]his is an enjoyable read that will have you looking under rocks like a kid again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhite Wall Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16846 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMa [is] a structured creator producing incredibly detailed illustrations, with scenery, whether urban or rural, very important to him. His greatest artistic strength is the definition of location... [\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis] well worth dipping into. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSlings and Arrows\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16607 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will awe at Ma’s transporting visions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16795 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores] memories of a vanishing China and track[s] the dramatic changes wrought on the landscape by industrialization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16853 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeftly translated by Orion Martin, Zuo Ma's tales are literally eye-opening trips... By scrutinizing the world through 'the eyes of another,' Zuo Ma explores the porous and surreal boundary between fiction and autobiography, familiar and otherness, human and animal, untamed nature and rampant development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThuy Dinh, NPR\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16322 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLayered, poetic, deeply personal stories about a young artist and a country in transition. The dream-like, sometimes uncomfortable stories and highly rendered environments feel like echoes of Tsuge or Tatsumi updated for a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMatt Forsythe, Pokko and the Drum\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16858 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElements of reality and unreality are interwoven and fused in powerful, visceral ways, capturing intense emotions of anxiety and dread, but also evoking a sense of nostalgia.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an unsettling, riveting, and compelling collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eManga Bookshelf\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16321 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight Bus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edepicts sleepy, starry, bug swarmed countrysides, far away from the turmoil I currently experience. The book sparked far off memories of catching bugs and chance encounters with strange kids and adults doing things I found puzzling and objectionable. These memories make me want to fall into a coma and escape the oppressive stress of city life. The depictions of mundane existence, concerns about the elderly, and Zuo Ma’s own career path drift seamlessly into moody creature fantasies that at times escalate into full-on kaiju sequences. The darkened, cinematic faces linger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJesse Moynihan, Forming, Midnight Gospel, Adventure Time\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16860 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChina has a pronounced presence on these pages, its cities and countryside appearing in lush detail, vying for attention with anthropomorphized cats, giant snails, assorted insects, and huge fish that weave in and out of the anecdotes... There is a point being made here with these elements of magic realism, when lines between the quotidian and grotesque blur. It is an artist’s attempt to address an imbalance; to set right what clearly isn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBroken Frontier\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16664 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMa—a leader in China’s alternative comics scene—thoughtfully annotates each story with provenance and original publication, layering context and personal experience into his graphic memories. In this homage to familial storytelling, Ma—translated into English by small comics publisher Martin—succeeds in creating an intriguing portrait of an artistic young man showcasing his well-earned individuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBooklist\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40514480865462,"sku":"nightbus","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/ldc_shop_nightbus1.jpg?v=1631000727"},{"product_id":"rolling-blackouts","title":"Rolling Blackouts","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sarah Glidden. Published by Drawn\u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 304 pages, Colour, 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-7332-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA CARTOONIST FOLLOWS REPORTERS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST, LEARNING ABOUT JOURNALISM AND HOW STORIES ARE TOLD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-7332-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies her two friends—reporters and founders of a journalism non-profit—as they research potential stories on the effects of the Iraq War on the Middle East and, specifically, the war’s refugees. Joining the trio is a childhood friend and former Marine whose past service in Iraq adds an unexpected and sometimes unwelcome viewpoint, both to the people they come across and perhaps even themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the crew works their way through Turkey, Iraq, and Syria, Glidden observes the reporters as they ask civilians, refugees, and officials, “Who are you?” Everyone has a story to tell: the Iranian blogger, the United Nations refugee administrator, a taxi driver, the Iraqi refugee deported from the US, the Iraqis seeking refuge in Syria, and even the American Marine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlidden (\u003cem\u003eHow to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less\u003c\/em\u003e) records all that she encounters with a sympathetic and searching eye. Painted in her trademark soft, muted watercolors and written with a self-effacing humor, \u003cem\u003eRolling Blackouts\u003c\/em\u003e cements Glidden’s place as one of today’s most original nonfiction voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Rolling Blackouts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-bf73dc5a50621b5b4ddf1149996a05a2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12283 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with telling moving stories, Glidden does an excellent job of drawing our attention to the successes and pitfalls of journalism—in fact, this book—which begins and ends with the question, “What is journalism?”—could function as an innovative journalism textbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12284 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSensitively handled with subtlety and humor (not to mention Glidden’s beautiful watercolor illustrations), the result is something that never stops being curious, kind, and touchingly human...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWIRED\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12067 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Blackouts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eresembles the work of [Glidden's] great hero, Joe Sacco ... at least in the sense that it is about as serious and careful as a comic can possibly be [with] a gentleness that is all its own, perhaps because Glidden works mostly in soft watercolour, a medium that seems somehow to reflect her refusal to deal in certainties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11930 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Glidden’s remarkable\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Blackouts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadds a new twist to the  [graphic journalism] form. Glidden accompanies a team of journalists through Syria and Iraq and her muted watercolours record not only the lives of people in war zones but the way the media interacts with them. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12126 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlidden pays careful respect to the unknown: Her lucid watercolours document all she can see of concrete reality, expertly capturing landscape and body language, beneath which reside unfathomable depths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12285 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[Glidden’s] technique, combined with dozens of hand-painted snapshots of each of her subjects, feels more personal than simply text or images alone. By making these experiences feel so personal, Ms Glidden has helped to emphasise the seriousness of their struggle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12237 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious, nuanced and sprawling work of graphic nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnna Fitzpatrick, Rolling Stone\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11694 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a journalist’s eye, Glidden paints a powerful portrait of war-torn communities based on her own travels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePublishers Weekly Fall Preview\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12063 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlidden fills an important void by making foreign conflicts accessible to people who might not subscribe to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e. There’s a whimsical quality to her watercolor illustrations. Edges are round, and cheeks are rosy. The effect is friendly, welcoming and personal—nothing like the camo-and-sand anonymity in most reporting on the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12244 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe is at the forefront of a new generation of journalists using comics to tell important stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMacleans\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11929 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlidden’s clean, spare cartoons take a behind-the-scenes approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-12 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12837 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is journalism? What role does narrative and story play in reporting the news in conflict zones, and how do media makers choose the stories they tell? These are some of the central questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ccite\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBookwitty\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40514497511606,"sku":"rollingblackouts","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/ldc_shop_rollingblackouts1.jpg?v=1631000977"},{"product_id":"sleepwalk","title":"Sleepwalk","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Adrian Tomine. Published in the UK by Faber \u0026amp; Faber (published in America by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 102 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-380-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1998, \u003cem\u003eSleepwalk and Other Stories \u003c\/em\u003erepresents the beginning of Adrian Tomine's remarkable career, collecting the sixteen earliest stories from his acclaimed \u003cem\u003eOptic Nerve\u003c\/em\u003e comic series — concise, haunting tales of modern life. This is the work that garnered Tomine a comics-industry Harvey Award for Best New Talent and led \u003cem\u003eWired \u003c\/em\u003emagazine to declare, \"Tomine has rocketed to prominence among America's young cartoonists.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Sleepwalk and Other Stories\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-9582d9b92b62fb9a947fd4863ba1ea8e\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-9429 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTomine is a master of pseudorealistic stories in the tradition of Raymond Carver. This understated, black-and-white collection should satisfy fiction aficionados in any medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Library Journal \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-9430 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrilliant...we know we’re in the hands of a major young comics artist—visually gripping and emotionally challenging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40574475337910,"sku":"sleepwalk","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/image_578816a1-bd56-423a-9bb2-67ac08194c54.jpg?v=1631703499"},{"product_id":"the-city-of-belgium","title":"The City of Belgium","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Brecht Evans. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Hardcover, 336 pages, Colour, 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-13744-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAN EXQUISITELY DRAWN EXPLORATION OF THREE LOST SOULS’ EMOTIONAL TERRAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-13744-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs night falls in the City of Belgium, three strangers in their late twenties—a most dangerous age—arrive at a popular restaurant. Jona is about to move away; he calls his wife, who’s already settled in Berlin, before trying to make plans with friends for one last night on the town. No one bites—they’re all busy or maybe they just don’t want to party—but he’s determined to make this night something to remember. Victoria is lively and energetic, but surrounded by friends and family who are buzzkills, always worrying about what is best for her. Rodolphe glumly considers his own misery and then suddenly snaps out of it, becoming the life of the party. The three careen through the city’s nightlife spots and underbelly, getting ever deeper in the messiness of human existence as they chase pleasure—or at least a few distractions from their daily lives. Each has a series of misadventures that reveal them to be teetering on the edge of despair, of destruction, of becoming the people they’ll be for the rest of their lives. \u003cem\u003eThe City of Belgium\u003c\/em\u003e occupies a place between lucid dream and tooth-grinding nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for The City of Belgium\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-311f4869637bf55c7c310eaf13f124c3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15684 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough it all, the city itself looms as a character, seething with alluring colors and nightclub denizens on the prowl, and the promise of salvation (or damnation)... Fans of Olivier Schrauwen and other... avant-garde comics will be amply rewarded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16665 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut simply, it’s a trip... After reading \u003cem\u003eThe City of Belgium\u003c\/em\u003e, I felt hungover — that’s how much this graphic novel will affect you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Dan Brown, Calgary Herald\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16543 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe City of Belgium\u003c\/em\u003e delivers its readers an entrancing one-night stand in a city of wondrous beauty and lonely people. Astonishing and moving in equal turns, this is a comic not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e ComicBook.Com\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16548 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo open a new book like \u003cem\u003eThe City of Belgium\u003c\/em\u003e by Brecht Evens is the equivalent of breaking out a bottle of fine wine: It marks a special occasion, warrants careful consideration, and is best savoured slowly... It is a bit like magic, just one more addition to a body of work that has only grown stronger since \u003cem\u003eThe Wrong Place\u003c\/em\u003e made him famous over a decade ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Broken Frontier\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16492 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvens' eye-popping art and unexpected story mimic the feel of a wild night out, with readers never anticipating his next page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Booklist\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40585829548214,"sku":"cityofbelgium","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/image_0906d87c-020a-4a4b-b1da-5c5236b1e462.jpg?v=1631801538"},{"product_id":"panther","title":"Panther","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Brecht Evans. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 120 pages, Colour, 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-10743-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"EVENS IS THE FINEST AMBASSADOR FOR BELGIAN ILLUSTRATION SINCE HERGÉ.\" --\u003cem\u003eTHE GUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-10743-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrecht Evens, the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wrong Place \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Making Of\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with an unsettling graphic novel about a little girl and her imaginary feline companion. Iconoclastic in his cartooning and page layouts, subtle in his plotting, and deft in his capturing of the human experience, Evens has crafted a tangled, dark masterwork. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristine lives in a big house with her father and her cat, Lucy. When Lucy gets sick and dies, Christine is devastated. But alone in her room, something special happens: a panther pops out of her dresser drawer and begins to tell her stories of distant Pantherland, where he is the crown prince. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA shape-shifter who tells Christine anything she wants to hear, Panther begins taking over Christine's life, alienating her from her other toys and friends. As Christine's world spirals out of control, so does the world Panther has created for her. \u003cem\u003ePanther\u003c\/em\u003e is a chilling voyage into the shadowy corners of the human psyche. The Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly edition of \u003cem\u003ePanther\u003c\/em\u003e is an extended \"director's cut,\" featuring additional material not included in the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Panther\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-5864c0afe3bfce35b1b1e4c1c8359f2f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11692 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with the kind of magical thinking that powers childhood—where the unknown is exciting and terrifying in equal measures—and told with a confidence that dares you to keep up, it’s unlike anything else you’ll read this month and all the better for it. A triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Wired\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12422 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePanther [is] one of the most beautiful and disturbing narratives of childhood ever produced in the comics medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Vulture\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11693 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrecht Evens' \u003cem\u003ePanther \u003c\/em\u003eis undeniably one of the standout releases so far this year, blending astonishing watercolour art and an increasingly menacing tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Quietus\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12264 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrecht Evens manages to dream up the same kind of menacing, seductive hocus-pocus that made kid-lit curmudgeons Maurice Sendak or Roald Dahl so beloved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Globe and Mail\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11684 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant book, full of wonder both delightful and malicious, Evens has created a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Comics Journal\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11579 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dark fairy tale filled with troubling implications and haunting illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11576 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Brecht’s] pages shine bright with color, almost floral in its abundance, and they rarely use panels. But they’re not just beautiful. The mind at work here thinks about less obvious ways of achieving truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Paste\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12267 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvens illustrates the story with the panel-less flow of a picture book, and colorfully painted drawings erupt into full-page, cubist abstraction when events in the story get out of hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Mental Floss\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-11688 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e... in \u003cem\u003ePanther\u003c\/em\u003e, [Even's has] conjured up one of the great characters of contemporary comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Creative Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12266 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFigures, shadows and objects overlap as the worlds of the living and the dead coalesce; the author’s lush narrative style allows us to marvel at these apparitions and fantasies, all the while seeing past them and reading the story beneath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Broken Pencil\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12265 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA chilling twist on a little girl’s imaginary friend… [\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePanther\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003espotlights Evens’ immense range of character expressions as well as his strong understanding of how to use color to intensify those numerous emotional beats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e AV Club\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40585856057526,"sku":"panther","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/image_82db8f16-56cf-498e-b31d-1f74de1042aa.jpg?v=1631801863"},{"product_id":"poppies-of-iraq","title":"Poppies of Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Brigitte Findakly \u0026amp; Lewis Trondheim. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 112 pages, Colour, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-12505-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF AN IRAQI CHILDHOOD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-12505-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq \u003c\/em\u003eis Brigitte Findakly’s nuanced tender chronicle of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, co-written and drawn by her husband, the acclaimed cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. In spare and elegant detail, they share memories of her middle class childhood touching on cultural practices, the education system, Saddam Hussein’s state control, and her family’s history as Orthodox Christians in the arab world. \u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e is intimate and wide-ranging; the story of how one can become separated from one’s homeland and still feel intimately connected yet ultimately estranged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigns of an oppressive regime permeate a seemingly normal life: magazines arrive edited by customs; the color red is banned after the execution of General Kassim; Baathist militiamen are publicly hanged and school kids are bussed past them to bear witness. As conditions in Mosul worsen over her childhood, Brigitte’s father is always hopeful that life in Iraq will return to being secular and prosperous. The family eventually feels compelled to move to Paris, however, where Brigitte finds herself not quite belonging to either culture. Trondheim brings to life Findakly’s memories to create a poignant family portrait that covers loss, tragedy, love, and the loneliness of exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been translated from the French by Helge Dascher. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAya\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHostage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Guy Delisle, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeautiful Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Poppies of Iraq\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-194085268a9ea6ca7e2567ec7817d58e\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13058 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA captivating graphic memoir that shows how war-torn Mosul was once a thriving and religiously diverse modern city... As much as she shows the family’s incremental loss of freedoms, Findakly is nostalgic for the lost pleasures of childhood — including picnics and picking the eponymous poppies — and melancholic about her middle class family’s decline and eventual dispersal around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Winnipeg Free Press\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13012 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA quick yet tender read, with a history lesson on the side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e W Magazine\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13359 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e's] power lies in the contrast between the matter-of-fact nature of the text and visuals, and the dread and horror of the backdrop...  there is also hope to be found here — the hope that, no matter what befalls a nation, there will always be individuals who can craft something beautiful by virtue of their survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Vulture, Best Comics of 2017\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13013 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply touching... \u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e's great success is that it achieves so much with seemingly so little... Her memories, especially the more picayune, could have stemmed from any family the world over. This universal quality is what makes the graphic memoir\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003esuch vital reading, and when coupled with the co-authors' sharp writing and Trondheim's circumspect illustrations, \u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq \u003c\/em\u003ebecomes a work of near-perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Under the Radar\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13057 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e is compelling due to its mix of the significant and banal, showing how people can become used to anything, except when they can’t. It’s one of those books you read in one sitting then return to, a lot, and read it all again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Toronto Star\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13362 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis absorbing graphic memoir offers an insider’s view of the rapid cultural changes that beset Iraq in the latter half of the 20th century... Short vignettes about her family, school, and local customs are alternately bittersweet, funny, and affecting as a series of military and political coups impact her family’s life in Iraq... A moving, thought-provoking title for all collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e School Library Journal, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13360 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA plainly stated, emotionally devastating memoir... Throughout this bittersweet book, Findakly and Trondheim interweave the political and personal in a way that mirrors and heightens real life. \u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e is about big events as seen through small eyes: there’s a universalness underneath the specificity. Anyone, even with a boring childhood, should find something to relate to here... an unforgettable, devastating, sweet book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Salon\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13001 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e describes] a childhood caught between cultures [and] vividly capture[s] an oppressive regime as seen from a kid's guileless point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eSarah Liss, Reader's Digest September 2017... \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12887 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Iraqi childhood is cherished, examined, and let go in this tender look at youth amid upheaval... an ode to a lost era, to be sure, but one with its feet planted securely in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12922 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003ccite\u003e One of Publishers Weekly's Most Anticipated Fall Books\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13361 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe personal and political interweave in this sad yet charming memoir... Like snapshots, ­Findakly’s story toggles back and forth in time, depicting memories mixed with historical background and “In Iraq” vignettes about customs in that country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-12 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13089 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rich effect of \u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e... comes from the manner in which the sweet and domestic rests alongside horror. The book is packed with reminiscences that are part wholesome — playing on ancient monuments and going on class field trips — but that are scorched by political violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e LA Review of Books\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12917 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis personal portrayal of the impact of war and societal upheaval on one family will help many Western readers to see how the past half-century of conflict has devastated a region rich in ancient culture. Small in size but large in impact, this intimate memoir is a highly relevant and compassionate story of family, community, prejudice, and the struggle to love when the forces of the world push groups apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Kirkus Starred Review, Best Teen Books of 2017Kirkus Starred Review \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-14 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13085 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA likable memoir that offers a window into Iraq. Regimes come and go, touching her childhood in often bizarre ways... Bright panels give the narrative pathos as Saddam’s power grows, food becomes scarce and paranoia slides its hooks into everyday life. Findakly lives in France now, and her sweet, sad book is full of affection for the place she once belonged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e James Smart, The Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13051 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWise, touching and wonderfully vivid... Findakly’s memoir covers an extended period in Iraq’s recent history; by the time it ends it is 2016, and the cousins she left behind when her family moved to France in the 70s have finally followed her out, worn down by years of war. Yet the half century ticks by with amazing ease, its author managing to tell both the story of a (complicated, fearful) nation, and that of one family of exiles coping with a new life in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Rachel Cooke, The Guardian Graphic Novel of the Month\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-16 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13007 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA nuanced story of her relationship with her home country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Bust Magazine\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13015 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoignant and powerful... a meditation on the ache and longing for a place you can no longer return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Boston Globe\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-18 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13006 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA moving tribute to familial love in times of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Booklist Review \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12929 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful portrait of a life lived in cultural translation, its pages filled with humor and a nostalgia made complicated with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Bomb Magazine\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-20 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13008 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to grow up in Iraq? That’s the question at the heart of \u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq...\u003c\/em\u003e Although [Brigitte Findakly's] childhood seems normal, it’s peppered by the remnants of a dictatorship [and] after her family moves to Paris, Findakly finds that exile is as devastating as state-sanctioned violence. \u003cem\u003ePoppies of Iraq\u003c\/em\u003eis a beautifully drawn graphic novel that shows how growing up in Iraq is more complicated than it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Bitch Magazine\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40626528813238,"sku":"poppiesofiraq","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/image_109b279f-571d-4ebe-a607-aefc04dc875d.jpg?v=1632322187"},{"product_id":"this-is-how-i-disappear","title":"this is how I disappear","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Mirion Malle. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 208 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-16009-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAN AFFECTING GLIMPSE INTO THE WAYS MILLENNIALS COPE WITH MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRANSLATED BY ALESHIA JENSEN AND BRONWYN HASLAM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-16009-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClara’s at a breaking point. She’s got writer’s block, her friends ask a lot without giving much, her psychologist is useless, and her demanding publishing job leaves little time for self care. She seeks solace in the community around her, yet, while her friends provide support and comfort, she is often left feeling empty, unable to express an underlying depression that leaves her immobilized and stifles any attempts at completing her poetry collection. In \u003cem\u003eThis is How I Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e, Mirion Malle paints an empathetic portait of a young woman wrestling with psychological stress and the trauma following an experience of sexual assault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalle displays frankness and a remarkable emotional intelligence as she explores depression, isolation, and self-harm in her expertly-drawn novel. Her heroine battles an onslaught of painful emotions and while Clara can provide consolation to those around her, she finds it difficult to bestow the same understanding unto herself. Only when she allows her community to guide her towards self-love does she find relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with 21st century idioms and social media communication, \u003cem\u003eThis Is How I Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e opens a window into the lives of young people as they face a barrage of mental health hurdles. Scenes of sisterhood, fun nights out singing karaoke, and impromptu FaceTime therapy sessions show how this generation is coping, connecting, and healing together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for This is How I Disappear\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-cf24b8a014e499cf5faad3d230005e5f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16584 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning portrayal. Mirion Malle gives us just enough to keep going—just enough to root for Clara as we stumble with her through anxiety, depression, and a culture of shame. The journey is well worth it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eSophie Yanow, The Contradictions \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16895 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis low-key look at life in recovery has a disarming simplicity and bracing sincerity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16570 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI want to give this book to all the people I love! Malle's unique sensitivity and amazing poetic drawings are like a bandaid and a treat at the same time. \u003cem\u003eThis is How I Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e is my favourite comic of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Penelope Bagieu, Brazen \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16942 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her most recent graphic novel, Mirion Malle frankly and sensitively explores mental health through a young woman dealing with a sexual assault. With a focus on the millennial generation, Malle shines a light on coping mechanisms, community and self-love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Ms. Magazine\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16933 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalle offers a heartbreaking portrayal of depression, trauma and the shame that surrounds both. The black-and-white artwork helps readers experience Clara’s confusion, sadness and anxiety... Malle’s work exudes compassion and gives us hope for moving through the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Maisonneuve \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16585 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMirion Malle’s characters come through so vibrantly on the page. I wish they could be my friends, too! Especially Clara, the heroine of the story. \u003cem\u003eThis is How I Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e looks at mental health and how it impacts daily life. With strikingly accurate detail and a subtly political lens, the book examines issues like the obstacles to obtaining psychological support and the lasting impacts of abuse, without ever being didactic. Mirion Malle is a wonderful storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Julie Delporte, This Woman's Work... \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16946 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat stories provide us with mirrors and windows to perceive our own lives and those of others, and \u003cem\u003eThis Is How I Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e reveals plenty of both in an intensely personal meditation on coping with mental illness in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e ComicBook.Com\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16908 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Malle's] minimalist black and white images compellingly portray the weight of her character’s agony and allows the reader to experience her pain. Through Clara, Malle creates a moving portrait of a young woman trying to heal from sexual trauma. Even in the depths of inner turmoil, Clara shows how there can be light in darkness through the love and support of her friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e BUST \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16932 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this story about one young woman's struggle with depression, Malle represents an achingly relatable experience of loneliness and stagnation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Booklist, Starred Review \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16949 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI related so deeply to Clara’s difficulties talking to her friends about what she was going through, but ultimately pulling away from them because she felt like she was bumming them out... The pages of Clara sitting in bed, researching how to deal, are particularly evocative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16945 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt with a striking desolate richness and a universally harrowing narrative, \u003cem\u003eThis is How I Disappear\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-buy for any dealing with the depths of living and the continuance of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e AIPT\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40739846488246,"sku":"thisishowidisapear","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/image_6fec5da8-f7a1-4279-8a4d-1ad8c67ef553.jpg?v=1634119100"},{"product_id":"the-abominable-mr-sealbrook","title":"The Abominable Mr. Sealbrook","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Joe Ollmann. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 316 pages, 2-Colour, 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-11608-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE DARING AND DESTRUCTIVE LIFE OF THE MAN WHO POPULARIZED THE WORD “ZOMBIE”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-11608-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William Buehler Seabrook was emblematic of this trend – participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term “zombie” in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an engaged, sympathetic gentleman hoping to share these strange, hidden delights with the rest of the world. He was willing to go deeper than any outsider had before. But, of course, there was a dark side. Seabrook was a barely functioning alcoholic who was deeply obsessed with bondage and the so-called mystical properties of pain and degradation. His life was a series of traveling highs and drunken lows; climbing on and falling off the wagon again and again. What led the popular and vivid writer to such a sad state? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCartoonist Joe Ollmann spent seven years researching Seabrook’s life, accessing long neglected archives in order to piece together the peripatetic life of a forgotten American writer. Often weaving in Seabrook’s own words and those of his biographers, Ollmann posits Seabrook the believer versus Seabrook the exploiter, and leaves the reader to consider where one ends and the other begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for The Abominable Mr. Seabrook\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-94842eae1836b06b3dd1205c69a263cd\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12481 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e...the more Ollmann dug into the details of Seabrook’s life, the more salacious the details got. He discovered an unrepentant alcoholic with an equally unrepentant and sadistic penchant for bondage. Oh, and he once tried cannibalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Toronto Star\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12482 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoe Ollmann may be the Canadian comic world’s best-kept secret…Now comes \u003cem\u003eThe Abominable Mr. Seabrook\u003c\/em\u003e, a Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly production, which will likely go down in publishing history as Ollmann’s masterwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The London Free Press\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12483 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOllmann's years of research into Seabrook resulted in a detailed, compelling graphic novel...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Hamilton Spectator\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12476 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOllmann spent 10 years researching Seabrook’s strange, ramshackle life, and it shows: his book is wonderfully rich and detailed. Nothing seems to escape his attention or his compassion...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Rachel Cooke, The Guardian's Graphic Novel of the Month\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12546 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e... in Ollmann’s sweaty, ink-stained mitts, Seabrook’s life becomes a cautionary tale, character study and novelistic American tragedy all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Globe and Mail\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12477 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOllmann skillfully captures Seabrook’s ardent desire to experience life and write about it even as he’s killing himself with drink [...] As both a narrative and a story in pictures, this is an early candidate for the year’s best graphic biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly starred review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12503 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOllman presents a nuanced picture of a sadomasochistic alcoholic who drank himself to death. And he does so nicely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Paste\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12479 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Ollmann is] a world leader in the school of social-realist cartoonist\/writers, and his epic new graphic-novel biography \u003cem\u003eThe Abominable Mr. Seabrook\u003c\/em\u003e is his most ambitious and fully realized work yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Montreal Gazette\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12480 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOllmann packs in as many excursions, marriages, benders, and kinky dalliances as he can. It’s a compelling look at an interesting literary figure who is mostly forgotten today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Mental Floss\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13353 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemarkable... carefully researched... a triumph of technical cartooning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12484 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOllmann studied Seabrook’s life for seven years, cataloging his vicious cycle of falling off the wagon and getting back on in order to produce this excellent biography of a fascinating man haunted by his demons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Book Riot\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-12 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-12478 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unflinching look at Seabrook, his literary accomplishments and failures, his terrible self-destructiveness, and the awful spiral that took him from the heights of American letters to an ignominious suicide after his discharge from a psychiatric facility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Boing Boing\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40754691145910,"sku":"abominablemrsealbrook","price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/image_7b7f9f24-98d5-4a84-b8ec-1166c27696f0.jpg?v=1634395021"},{"product_id":"factory-summers","title":"Factory Summers","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Guy Delisle. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 156 pages, 2-Colour, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-15794-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE LEGENDARY CARTOONIST AIMS HIS PEN AND PAPER TOWARDS HIS HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER JOB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRANSLATED BY HELGE DASCHER AND ROB ASPINALL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-15794-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor three summers beginning when he was 16, cartoonist Guy Delisle worked at a pulp and paper factory in Quebec City. \u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003echronicles the daily rhythms of life in the mill, and the twelve-hour shifts he spent in a hot, noisy building filled with arcane machinery. Delisle takes his noted outsider perspective and applies it domestically, this time as a boy amongst men through the universal rite of passage of the summer job. Even as a teenager, Delisle’s keen eye for hypocrisy highlights the tensions of class and the rampant sexism an all-male workplace permits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the paper industry slowly began to move overseas, Guy worked the floor doing physically strenuous tasks. He was one of the few young people on site, and furthermore got the job because of his father’s connections, a fact which rightfully earned him disdain from the lifers. Guy’s father spent his whole working life in the white-collar offices above the fray of the machinery, scheduled from 9 to 5 instead of the rigorous 12-hour shifts of the unionized labor. Guy and his dad aren’t close, and Guy’s witnessing of the workplace politics and toxic masculinity leaves him reconciling whether the job was the reason for his dad’s unhappiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his days off, Guy found refuge in art, a world far beyond the factory floor. Delisle shows himself rediscovering comics at the public library, and preparing for animation school—only to be told on the first day, “There are no jobs in animation.” Eager to pursue a job he enjoys and to avoid a career of unhappiness, Guy throws caution to the wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003e was translated by Helge Dascher. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the \u003cem\u003eAya\u003c\/em\u003e series by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, \u003cem\u003eHostage\u003c\/em\u003e by Guy Delisle, and \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Factory Summers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-dbb8840c1a8eba2f404a42b8f0324bce\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16742 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDelisle’s signature greyscale line drawings, eye for architectural and mechanical details as well as his expressive caricatures bring his memories to vivid life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Winnipeg Free Press\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16922 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with the hard lessons that linger long after the job is over. It might just transport you back, body and soul, to a time when summers seemed endless, and work was just a way station to something hopefully better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Tyee\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16789 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his subtle, matter-of-fact way, Delisle has shown us that art and story can be an escape, for him and for us, not just as a temporary means of withdrawal from reality but as a means of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Comics Journal\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16739 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003e] is a superb look into the weird idiosyncracies of factory society, the strang coping strategies of the slightly trapped permenent staff, and the gradual decline of this ancient process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eStrong Words Magazine \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16705 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of an incredible accomplished cartoonist, so the art is something to glorify, especially the scenes of Quebec at night, or lovely little drawings of the factory building itself.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Slings and Arrows\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16593 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWry, illuminating... Delisle's endlessly droll observations result in a captivating, beguiling self-portrait of an artist-in-the-making as a hardworking teen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Terry Hong, Shelf Awareness\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16266 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for his keen-eyed comics travelogues, Delisle trains his witty reportage on his hometown, recalling a teenage summer laboring at a Quebec factory simmering in class tensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly, Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2021\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16378 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Delisle's] textured drawings capture the characters with insight and gentle humor, as well as terrifying close calls with dangerous machinery. [He] pinpoints the lesson learned those summers: 'You can see the benefit of staying in school.' This should please Delisle’s loyal fans with its peek into his young adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16608 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003e is the key to Delisle’s nonfiction oeuvre: It shows his growing curiosity, in those formative years, both about how things function structurally and about people—and how he learned to listen to them. Its light touch makes a big impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Hillary Chute, New York Times\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16929 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003e evokes all the formative memories associated with that first summer job—the eclectic coworkers, the long hours and the bittersweetness of clocking out for the last time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Maisonneuve\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16340 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBittersweet and elliptical... A rites-of-passage portrait of the graphic artist as a young man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-12 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16633 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest modern cartoonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16914 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this black-and-white coming-of-age graphic memoir, Delisle... recalls with poignancy and humour the class tensions that permeated the summers he spent working, starting at age 16, on the floor of the Quebec City pulp mill where his father was manager for 30 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-14 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16536 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA carefully observed portrait of a time and place, as well as a deeply personal coming-of-age tale. Not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Tom Batten, Library Journal, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16916 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat one takes away from \u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003e is more than just an insight into an artist’s development; it is a carefully nuanced memoir of a time that clearly had an impact on the young Delisle, one that required him to take the time and space required to better process that particular period of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Broken Frontier\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-16 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16663 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith smart use of a limited color palate, \u003cem\u003eFactory Summers\u003c\/em\u003e provides a personal history right alongside important lessons on work, climate, how we learn to navigate the world as a young adult, and, in the end, on the nature of family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Booklist \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16678 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamily... plays an important role in Factory Summers, as Delisle explores his relationship with his industrial designer father who has worked at the factory for decades and seems more devoted to drafting than to his kids. Overall, however, the reader sees a very different perspective, that of the young man experiencing the growth that comes from working a tough job. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e BlogCritics\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40754696913078,"sku":"factorysummers","price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/image_223c0c61-d373-4dbf-bfd3-8066a203db40.jpg?v=1634395377"},{"product_id":"moms","title":"Moms","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Yeong-Shin Ma. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 372 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-14878-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn outrageously funny book about middle-aged women that reexamines romance, lust, and gender norms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from Korean by \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.008px;\"\u003eJanet Hong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-14878-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee Soyeon, Myeong-ok, and Yeonjeong are all mothers in their mid-fifties. And they’ve had it. They can no longer bear the dead weight of their partners or the endless grind of menial jobs where their bosses control everything, down to how much water they can drink. Although Lee Soyeon divorced her husband years ago after his gambling drove their family into bankruptcy, she’s found herself in another tired and dishonest decade-long relationship with Jongseok, a slimy waiter at a nightclub. Meanwhile, Myeong-ok is having an illicit affair with a younger man, and Yeonjeong, whose husband suffers from erectile dysfunction, has her eye on an acquaintance from the gym.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBored with conventional romantic dalliances, these women embrace outrageous sexual adventures and mishaps, ending up in nightclubs, motels, and even the occasional back-alley brawl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this boisterous and darkly funny manhwa, Yeong-shin Ma defies the norms of the traditional Korean family narrative, offering instead the refreshingly honest and unfiltered story of a group of middle-aged moms who yearn for something more than what the mediocre men in their lives can provide. Despite their less than desirable jobs, salaries, husbands, and boyfriends, these women brazenly bulldoze their way through life with the sexual vulnerability and lust typically attributed to twenty-somethings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanet Hong is a writer and translator based in Vancouver, Canada. She received the 2018 TA First Translation Prize for her translation of Han Yujoo’s \u003cem\u003eThe Impossible Fairy Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, which was also a finalist for both the 2018 PEN Translation Prize and the 2018 National Translation Award. She has translated Ha Seong-nan’s \u003cem\u003eFlowers of Mold\u003c\/em\u003e, Ancco’s \u003cem\u003eBad Friends\u003c\/em\u003e, Keum-Suk Gendry Kim’s \u003cem\u003eGrass\u003c\/em\u003e, and Yeon-Sik Hong’s \u003cem\u003eUmma’s Table\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Moms\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-e5bf372d148403125752c4fbe4c9cdb4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15813 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeeming at first unconventional, one gets the sense that the women in \u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e are not necessarily so; Ma simply affords them the type of interiority not usually granted to their demographic, while providing a warts-and-all look at long-term female friendships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Winnipeg Free Press \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15814 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[A] hilarious, refreshingly honest graphic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e WePresent \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15751 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s extremely relatable, because the character work is so strong. All their hopes and flaws keep the narrative running, and its power increases when we see how badly people can treat each other... D\u0026amp;Q keeps bringing treasures from around the world to Canada. Long may that continue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Toronto Star \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16074 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA graphic novel that includes a fight scene between two women in their 50s? Yes, please. The illustrations make you feel a little bit less dead inside, and the narrative of life’s consecutive disappointments has a strange levity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e TED, Holiday Book List \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15815 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e is valuable, amusing and absorbing but, most of all, unapologetically honest... [It's] a brave and unique collaboration between a mother and son that breaks new ground for the kinds of stories that can be told not just in comics but any visual medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Spectrum Culture \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16161 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 2020 release is an instant classic... a bold and Herculean feat that humorously and sadly covers a vast array of emotions in stark detail and excellent character design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e SOLRAD's Best Comics of 2020 \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15972 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA portrait of womanhood and middle-age, where all the women are bright and brash, both victims and fighters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Sian Cain, The Guardian \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15846 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e] illuminates subjects twice overlooked: the urban precariat that every country tends to ignore, and more specifically the interior lives of middle-aged working women trying to navigate the margins of late capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Scroll.In \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15971 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat a remarkable, joyous book. Our culture, like his, is hell-bent on rendering middle-aged women invisible, and yet here are four of them, their lives not only filling every single page of this comic, but brought to us with such intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Rachel Cooke, The Guardian \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16055 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe people and events in Soyeon’s life are often disappointing but she perseveres as a sardonic, stubborn hero who finds contentment in her imperfect relationships and life’s mundane drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e NPR Best of 2020 \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15962 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e is a refreshing look at the lives of a group of gutsy middle-aged women who, in the face of adversity, hold fast to their hopes and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Montreal Review of Books \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-12 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16309 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI... just finished reading \u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e by Yeong-shin Ma. It’s a graphic novel about a bunch of women in their early 50s that I thought was really, really beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Mona Chalabi, New York Times \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15730 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing in particular that makes \u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e stand out from other manhwa in translation (and honestly many other comics in general) is the focus of its narrative—the lives and loves of mothers in their fifties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Manga Bookshelf \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-14 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15818 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffering a unique account of contemporary Korea and the world from the perspective of women who might otherwise be overlooked, [\u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e] would be a solid addition to any adult collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Library Journal \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16093 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll I ask from a comic is that it have compelling characters in interesting situations. That’s what Yeong-shin Ma does with this tragicomedy about four desperate women in Seoul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e London Free Press, Top Picks of 2020 \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-16 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15903 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book re-examines romance, lust and gender norms for middle-aged women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e International Examiner \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16300 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy centering the book around women, especially mothers, Ma asks a very powerful question: How do we exercise our potential to be so much more apart from everyone and everything we’ve ever known?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e CNMN Magazine \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-18 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16287 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e] portrays mundane lives that become extraordinary in the telling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Comic Book Resources \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15658 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[The characters'] greatest challenge, like people everywhere at every age, is loneliness—but even that can’t stop Ma’s fearsome mothers from living their best possible lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Booklist, Starred Review \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-20 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16160 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe moms in \u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e are grasping, funny, gross, weird, sad—in other words, they’re a lot more interesting and relatable than middle-aged mothers in pop culture are usually allowed to be... This is a book with bite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Book Riot Best Comics of 2020 \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15749 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoms\u003c\/em\u003e by Yeong-shin Ma... presents a very real perspective of middle-aged women often not seen... as Moms shows, these ladies experience excitement, dreams, and struggles that too often are overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e BlogCritics \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-22 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16276 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI couldn’t put it down. I literally sat in bed all day on Election Day with this book in my lap, fully engrossed and excited to see what Soyeon and her friends would do or say next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Alexandra Naughton, The Authors Gild \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15836 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeong-shin Ma writes with great sympathy of the struggles of these middle-aged women, portrayed as humans and not caricatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Asian Review of Books \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40766098768054,"sku":"moms","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/IMG_5511.jpg?v=1634656438"},{"product_id":"the-sky-is-blue-with-a-single-cloud","title":"The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Kuniko Tsurita. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 384 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-14879-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA visionary and iconoclastic feminist Garo magazine cartoonist—available in English for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.008px;\"\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Ryan Holmberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-14879-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud \u003c\/em\u003ecollects the best short stories from Kuniko Tsurita’s remarkable career. While the works of her male peers in literary manga are widely reprinted, this formally ambitious and poetic female voice is like none other currently available to an English readership. A master of the comics form, expert pacing and compositions combined with bold characters are signature qualities of Tsurita's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTsurita’s early stories “Nonsense” and “Anti” provide a unique, intimate perspective on the bohemian culture and political heat of late 1960s and early ‘70s Tokyo. Her work gradually became darker and more surreal under the influence of modern French literature and her own prematurely failing health. As in works like “The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud” and “Max,” the gender of many of Tsurita's strong and sensual protagonists is ambiguous, marking an early exploration of gender fluidity. Late stories like \"Arctic Cold\" and \"Flight\" show the artist experimenting with more conventional narrative modes, though with dystopian themes that extend the philosophical interests of her early work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exciting and essential gekiga collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/em\u003e is translated by comics scholar Ryan Holmberg and includes an afterword cowritten by Holmberg and the manga editor Mitsuhiro Asakawa delineating Tsurita's importance and historical relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-59aa451c7b49937d9b73283aa69af0bf\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15713 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fantastic, continually surprising look at one of Japan’s most innovative—and least remembered—manga artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Atlantic \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15741 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraced with a thorough, informative afterword by Ryan Holmberg, \u003cem\u003eThe Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/em\u003e is a generous, well-annotated retrospective, serving as both a fitting memorial and effective showcase for this iconoclastic artist, the first and only regular female creator for the legendary alt-Manga magazine \u003cem\u003eGaro\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Solrad \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15689 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeticulously curated... \u003cem\u003eThe Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/em\u003e is a label-defying collection of Kuniko Tsurita's gekiga [that] explores the role of women through numerous shorts in unexpected formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Terry Hong, Shelf Awareness \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16070 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA selection of comics completed by Tsurita—the only female cartoonist to appear regularly in the influential alternative manga magazine \u003cem\u003eGaro\u003c\/em\u003e before the late Seventies, arrives in English for the first time, featuring a smoothly rendered translation by Holmberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Seattle Public Library, Best Graphic Novels of 2020 \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15611 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTsurita gets her due in this retrospective... essential reading for fans of underground comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly, Starred Review \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15737 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/em\u003e is a superb and beautiful collection, one worth repeated readings for pleasure and reflection alike. The Anglophone world owes thanks to those involved in its production that English speaking audiences will finally get to encounter Tsurita's powerfully innovative and provocative work, which resonates with meaning for manga historians and contemporary audiences alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Pop Matters \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15690 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA long overdue and revelatory collection of masterfully crafted and deeply affecting stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Library Journal \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16310 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGathered together in \u003cem\u003eThe Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/em\u003e, [the] stylistic differences across her oeuvre are now more discernible, affirming Tsurita’s role as pioneering comic artist (no gendered qualifier needed!). At last, her short career (she died at 35) can finally be recognized in mainstream comics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Hyperallergic \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16897 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging and insightful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Heroic Girls \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16242 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eSky is Blue with a Single Cloud\u003c\/em\u003e] centers women while exploring the human experience through misogyny, sexuality and gender, patriarchy, politics, social disruption, and existential identity. If ever there was a time for us to be pummeled across the head with these themes, it’s now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e CNMN Magazine \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16102 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite some stories being over fifty years old, this book felt relevant to modern times and politics – a treat for contemporary literature readers, and graphic novel fans alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Charlevoix Public Library Winter Picks \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-12 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15682 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[T]hough her life may have been cut short by illness, Tsurita still impacts anyone reading her work on a level so deep it seems she might well have been a pen pal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Blogcritics \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16071 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[This] collection of work from Kuniko Tsurita brought the work of the underexplored mangaka to the forefront this year, with one of the best collections of short stories to come out of the Japanese underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Asian Movie Pulse, 10 Best Manga Releases of 2020 \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-14 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16120 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffering far more than a glimpse into Kuniko’s professional career, \u003cem\u003eThe Sky is Blue \u003c\/em\u003ereflects on her satirical subversion of social and cultural ideals of femininity in an industry dominated by men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e ArtReview \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40769555660982,"sku":"skyisblue","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/IMG_5545.jpg?v=1634723416"},{"product_id":"this-womans-work","title":"This Woman's Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Julie Delporte. Published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-13730-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerfully raw autobiographical work that asks vital questions about femininity and the assumptions we make about gender. Julie Delporte examines cultural artifacts and sometimes traumatic memories through the lens of the woman she is today—a feminist who understands the reality of the women around her, how experiencing rape culture and sexual abuse is almost synonymous with being a woman, and the struggle of reconciling one’s feminist beliefs with the desire to be loved. She sometimes resents being a woman and would rather be anything but.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold through beautifully evocative colored pencil drawings and sparse but compelling prose, \u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e documents Delporte’s memories and cultural consumption through journal-like entries that represent her struggles with femininity and womanhood. She structures these moments in a nonlinear fashion, presenting each one as a snapshot of a place and time—trips abroad, the moment you realize a relationship is over, and a traumatizing childhood event of sexual abuse that haunts her to this day. While \u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e is deeply personal, it is also a reflection of the conversations that women have with themselves when trying to carve out their feminist identity. Delporte’s search for answers in the turmoil created by gender assumptions is profoundly resonant in the era of #MeToo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen. Dascher has been translating graphic novels from French and German to English for over twenty years. A contributor to Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly since the early days, her translations include acclaimed titles such as the\u003cem\u003e Aya \u003c\/em\u003eseries by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, \u003cem\u003eHostage \u003c\/em\u003eby Guy Delisle, and \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët. With a background in art history and history, she also translates books and exhibitions for museums in North America and Europe. She lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAleshia Jensen is a French-to-English translator and former bookseller who lives in Montreal. Her translations include the novels \u003cem\u003eExplosions\u003c\/em\u003e by Mathieu Poulin and \u003cem\u003ePrague\u003c\/em\u003e by Maude Veilleux, as well as comics by Julie Delporte, Max de Radiguès, Catherine Ocelot and Axelle Lenoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for This Woman's Work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-a65415bb18ff048f0647d12735baec80\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14293 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e is a call: to seeing, writing, illustrating, and reading—to witnessing all kinds of women’s stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Women's Review of Books \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15172 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough her subject matter deals largely with complicated questions of love and desire, there is a palpable joy in Delporte’s expressive line work, which takes on a meditative quality as she reflects on both her personal relationships and her relationship to her art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Winnipeg Free Press \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15163 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis colourful, rich book takes some processing. Read it and return to it, and still it will keep you coming back to experience its beauty, and messages again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Toronto Star \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15162 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e] speaks aloud Delporte’s taboo personal conflicts: She’s terrified that motherhood would destroy her artistic practice, she wonders if she might be able to outgrow heterosexuality, and she often wishes she weren’t a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Stranger \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15171 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a powerful, thought-provoking piece of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Scotland Herald \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15161 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA skipping and rich meditation on the experience of gender...There is a conversational ease to the narrative method of \u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e that disarms the reader and leaves them vulnerable to flooring realizations, or even just new questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e LA Review of Books \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14561 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Trade Gothic Condensed 18', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Trade Gothic Condensed 18', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eThe book is a fascinating, expansive mediation on gender politics, relationships and the expectations women face...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Hollywood Reporter \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-8 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14581 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce you catch its rhythm, this is a powerful, thought-provoking piece of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Herald \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15159 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully sketchy and introspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Guardian \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-10 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15160 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this globe-trotting, impressionistic personal essay, the Montreal cartoonist examines her own received knowledge about how a woman should be, while finding feminist inspiration in the labour of female artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Globe and Mail best of 2019 \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14344 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulie Delporte’s work is raw, and she is still impeccable at laying out an unmappable thought process that feels like a profound journey into the unknown... You’re not going to find a more sublime, more perceptive, or more honest guide to those ideas in comics form than Delporte.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Beat \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-12 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14348 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomanhood is an education in grace under pressure in this melancholy meditation on art, femininity, and longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15174 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading the English translation of Julie Delporte's \u003cem\u003eThis Woman's Work\u003c\/em\u003e makes me wish I could read it again in its original French—not for any imagined flaw in its translators' fluid prose (Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen), but the opposite: I would like to understand this intensely personal, affective memoir existing in it original iteration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Pop Matters \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-14 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15173 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Julie Delporte] works in soft, bright colored pencil, composing more by page than by panel, and each line she sets down feels earned, deliberate, intentional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Paste Magazine \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15164 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpressionistic… Delporte’s chosen medium communicates both vulnerability and a guarded optimism, and her writing is razor-sharp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Montreal Gazette \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-16 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14362 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e is a smart, meditative, and gorgeously illustrated feminist essay... This book will captivate and move you. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Lit Hub \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15169 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e, by cartoonist Julie Delporte and published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly, seems unassuming at first. It creeps up on you with its wistful tone, delicate colored pencil drawings, and reflections on the limitations of being a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Hyperallergic \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-18 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15165 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn indictment of how female artists have often been written out of the history of Western art. It also manages to raise interesting questions, about feminism, gender, sexual abuse and rape culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Huffington Post, best of 2019 \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14160 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulie Delporte’s \u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e is a magical, majestic, masterful work. She executed, articulated, \u0026amp; expressed the inexpressible. An important and gorgeous book I’ll return to for life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Chloe Caldwell, author of Women and I'll Tell You In Person... \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-20 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13990 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough Julie Delporte’s meditative exploration of her own life as well as other women’s lives—whether it be family members or artist role models—the more I read this book, the more I felt my own history pulsing through me as well. This book is alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I'm Someone Else... \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14341 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn cursive writing and coloured pencil drawings, \u003cem\u003eThis Woman's Work\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal and contemplative inquiry into feminity and feminism in the #MeToo era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e CBC Books \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-22 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-14403 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough nonlinear snapshots, Delporte explores art, gender, and ambition, laying bare her own history of trauma and subsequent struggle with her own femininity and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e BuzzFeed Books \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-23 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-15170 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e] reaches a piercing intensity as Delporte works through her ideas about women’s art, women’s creative lives, and women’s vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e BookRiot \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40778553458870,"sku":"thiswomanswork","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/IMG_5736.jpg?v=1634898809"},{"product_id":"the-complete-pippi-longstocking-comics","title":"The Complete Pippi Longstocking Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Astrid Lindgren \u0026amp; Ingrid Vang Nyman. Published by Enfant, the kid imprint of Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 160 pages, Colour, 2015 (originally published 1959)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-10564-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho can rescue babies from a burning building, outwit burglars, overpower a circus strongman, and still get home in time for Christmas? Pippi Longstocking can! \u003cem\u003ePippi Longstocking: The Strongest in the World! \u003c\/em\u003ecollects more than one hundred pages of comics from Pippi's creator, Astrid Lindgren, and her collaborator, the illustrator Ingrid Vang Nyman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnearthed by D+Q and republished between 2011 and 2014, these mid-century comics had never before been seen by North American audiences. \u003cem\u003ePippi Longstocking:\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Strongest in the World!\u003c\/em\u003e is a fitting tribute to one of the world's most beloved fictional characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-10785 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003eYoung readers will enjoy Vang Nyman's lively illustrations, which depict Pippi's rambunctiousness, loyalty, independence, and spunk. Even her hair that takes on a life of its own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e School Library Journal \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-10780 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003eRelying on bold blocks of color and bright, simple designs…mid-century art at its finest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Paris Review \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-10786 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003e The art is unusual and distinctive, dating from another era but looking fresh as a result...it’s fun to see Pippi’s ridiculous way of living illustrated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Comics Worth Reading \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-10784 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003e..So vibrant and individual and natural with it- singular, refreshing and unlike any other kids books I've come across…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Comics \u0026amp; Cola \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-10782 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003eVang Nyman’s large-format panels, in bright, bold primary colors, are the perfect match for Lindgren’s bombastic Pippi, who rescues children from burning buildings, defeats a pair of daft burglars, and competes in feats of strength with her father (she wins, of course).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Booklist \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-10783 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003eWhimsical, humorous and utterly charming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Boing Boing \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40838585548982,"sku":"completepippicomics","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/IMG_6255.jpg?v=1636197650"},{"product_id":"pippi-wont-grow-up","title":"Pippi Won't Grow Up","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Astrid Lindgren \u0026amp; Ingrid Vang Nyman. Published by Enfant \/ Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 56 pages, Colour, 2014 (originally published 1959)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-7338-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe world’s strongest girl, Pippi Longstocking, is back with a fresh set of funny problems and even funnier solutions. In \u003cem\u003ePippi Won’t Grow Up\u003c\/em\u003e, she takes on school quizzes, refuses to be evicted from her home, and brings Tommy and Annika to visit the island where her father lives. Astrid Lindgren’s expert storytelling and Ingrid Vang Nyman’s vivid characters and bright colors make this eye-catching volume stand out.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTranslated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-b18cdfb0744f83bc8a6825806175e8ca\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-10781 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222;\"\u003e…Wonderfully offbeat Pippi Longstocking comics… Buy a copy for your kids, but secretly read it when they’re asleep.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e USA Today Pop Candy \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-9400 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories are funny and mischievous and ahead of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e USA Today Pop Candy \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40838686048438,"sku":"pippiwontgrowup","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/IMG_6288.jpg?v=1636198350"},{"product_id":"moomin-winter","title":"Moomin Winter","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Tove Jansson. Published by Enfant \/ Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 60 pages, Colour, 2018 (originally published 1959)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-12834-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b2432;\"\u003eAll the Moomins want to do is sleep through the long, harsh winter, but nothing goes according to plan when several unexpected and unwanted guests show up! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-12834-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1b2432;\"\u003eAs the Moomins prepare to hibernate through what is going to be the worst winter yet, several unwelcomed guests take advantage of the Moomins’ generosity and keep the family awake throughout the long winter. Their quirky but needy guests prevent the Moomins from hibernating and the chaos only increases with the arrival of a little nibling determined to find out everyone’s secrets. One by one, the nibling sees what the Moomins and each of their houseguests do when no one else is looking. But everyone is ashamed of what the nibling has seen and is determined to keep their secret activities, well, a secret! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Moomin Winter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-a830c37325de25b3b7b9009d4d4ba725\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13215 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo know the Moomins was to know Tove [Jansson]. She poured her wit, dreams and fears into the characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Economist \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13207 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Tove Jansson's Moomins feature) scratchy, pen-and-ink sketches and [an] atmosphere of beneficence ... 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Published by Enfant \/ Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 48 pages, Colour, 2012 (originally published 1955)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-96-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tove Jansson classic in a new softcover format\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-96-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDue to the resounding success of the hardcover Moomin comics by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, Drawn and Quarterly is reissuing this classic comic in an all-new format. Available in an affordable kid-proof but kid-friendly flexicover, and in full color for the first time, these books are slimmer versions of the hardcovers, with one story in each volume while previous editions collected four. Moomin wakes up one morning to find the pond frozen over, and rather than hibernate, the family decides to brave the winter weather. At first, their wintry adventure seems to be going swimmingly, until Mr. Brisk of the Great Outdoors Club takes over and forces everyone to embrace the winter sports, whether they want to or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Moomin's Winter Follies\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-c8b64e31aa3fe30ac02bd3917be3c1a9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13215 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo know the Moomins was to know Tove [Jansson]. She poured her wit, dreams and fears into the characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e The Economist \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13207 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Tove Jansson's Moomins feature) scratchy, pen-and-ink sketches and [an] atmosphere of beneficence ... 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Published by Enfant \/ Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 40 pages, Colour, 2015 (originally published 1957)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-keynote field-field-copy-keynote node-10276-product-field-copy-keynote\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-keynote field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA FLYING SAUCER CRASH-LANDS IN MOOMINVALLEY AND HIJINKS ENSUE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"commerce-product-field commerce-product-field-field-copy-description field-field-copy-description node-10276-product-field-copy-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-copy-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother classic \u003cem\u003eMoomin\u003c\/em\u003e story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoominmamma wakes up one morning to find a flying saucer has crash-landed in her cabbage patch. 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Each knob on the machine causes strange and unlikely events to transpire, until the Martian finally recovers possession of its property. \u003cem\u003eMoomin and the Martians\u003c\/em\u003e is a lighthearted romp that reaffirms the importance of family. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Moomin and the Martians\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-23e8ae03b3d5565cea77e5ff5481b073\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13215 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo know the Moomins was to know Tove [Jansson]. 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They make the best of it, hunting for their supper, exploring mysterious tunnels, and salvaging items from a wrecked pirate ship (including the Mymble!), but their ancestors don’t let them live in peace and quiet for too long. Soon the whole island will have to deal with the explosive consequences of their ancestors’ misbehavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTove Jansson’s flawless cartooning is brought to life in a whole new way within these pages. A delight for the whole family!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Moomin's Desert Island\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-b7e461038eb5ac39d93b352d545894a0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-13215 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo know the Moomins was to know Tove [Jansson]. 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Motivated by the desire to reinstate her father’s legacy as a great archeologist after he was marginalized by his rival, Nili enlists a ragtag crew—a religious nationalist and his band of hilltop youths, her traitorous brother, and her childhood Palestinian friend, now an archeological smuggler. As Nili’s father slips deeper into dementia, warring factions close in on and fight over the Ark of the Covenant!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBacked by extensive research into this real-world treasure hunt, Modan sets her affecting novel at the centre of a political crisis. She posits that the history of biblical Israel lies in one of the most disputed regions in the world, occupied by Israel and contested by Palestine. Often in direct competition, Palestinians and Israelis dig alongside one another, hoping to find the sacred artifact believed to be a  conduit to God. Two time Eisner Award winner Rutu Modan’s third graphic novel, \u003cem\u003eTunnels\u003c\/em\u003e, is her deepest and wildest yet. Potent and funny, Modan reveals the Middle East as no westerner could.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eIshai Mishory is a longtime New York City—and newly Bay Area—based translator and sometimes illustrator. He is currently conducting research for a PhD dissertation on 16th century Italian printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"dq-blurbs-header\"\u003ePraise for Tunnels\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view view-blurbs view-id-blurbs view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-ddfd7d539407c6ec85bac2eb220f6596\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"view-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16251 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen so many people—Israelis and Palestinians—want a piece of the land, things are bound to end with an explosion. Yet despite underlining petty and self-interested motives on all sides, [the book] portrays its characters in a sympathetic light: Can readers really quarrel with a woman’s quest to reclaim her father’s heritage, or over a Palestinian’s negative attitude toward Israelis after witnessing the treatment of his people by the IDF?...\u003cem\u003eTunnels\u003c\/em\u003e is a great triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Tablet\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-2 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16907 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe very best kind of satire… Modan embraces political absurdity, subverting ridiculous aspects of faith and fanaticism while never devolving to mockery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16262 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough exuberant wit, wisdom and genuinely cinematic verve, Modan’s Middle-Eastern intrigue grabs us from the very first panel and never lets go. A colorful cast of passionate, exasperating and eccentric characters, all flawed yet somehow loveable, enliven Tunnels’ riotous plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Ranen Omer-Sherman, Professor of English and JHFE Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Louisville \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-4 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16959 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplex and thrilling… If Modan has given us a tightly plotted adventure story, she has also delivered a brilliantly daring satire. Her gaze spares no one: even Nili (especially Nili) is a pain in the backside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Rachel Cooke, The Guardian\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16545 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTunnels\u003c\/em\u003e is an incisive dig into contemporary Israeli life. It's rich with human foibles, critical of how both religion and archeological claims shape life along the separation wall, and also an adventure story. Rutu Modan is a gifted storyteller, full of life and humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Nicole Krauss, author of To Be a Man \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-6 views-row-even\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16261 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRutu Modan has written and drawn a true adventure story for the modern age, where a classic quest for precious antiquities is complicated by human relationships and real-world politics. Vivid characters vie for control, events take unexpectedly hilarious turns, farce folds in on itself, and a cow jumps over the moon. The most fun I've had reading a graphic novel in years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Jason Lutes, Cartoonist of Berlin \u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd views-row-last\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"node-16260 node node-blurb node-teaser clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn adventure story that dives deep into the world of Israeli archaeology, gets its hands dirty digging for lost treasures, plunges into the intrigues and rivalries of academia, and collides head-on with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003e Haaretz\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40910043218102,"sku":"tunnels","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/products\/image_5c1b42c7-4c2c-479f-bc8a-b462a071e513.jpg?v=1637339257"}],"url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/collections\/drawn-quarterly\/art.oembed","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}