Cecil And Jordan In New York

By Gabrielle Bell. Published by Uncivilized Books, originally published by Drawn & Quarterly.

Softcover, 148 pages, Colour and B&W, 2018 (originally published in 2009)

INDIES Awards | Silver Medal

DiNKy Awards | Best Anthology

Gabrielle Bell’s acclaimed collection explores a spectrum of human experience that ranges from the quotidian to the fantastical while always maintaining reliability. The characters of these stories, represented with a spare line, are deeply compelling, even in the finest minutiae of their struggles and triumphs. Culled from numerous anthologies, Cecil & Jordan in New York truly collects the best of Bell’s short stories and solidifies her place among today’s top cartoonists. This new softcover edition includes additional hard to find material not previously included in the original.

Gabrielle Bell’s work has been selected several times for Best American Comics and the Yale Anthology of Graphic Fiction, and has been featured in McSweeney’s, The Believer, Bookforum and Vice magazines. Her story, “Cecil and Jordan In New York,” was turned into a film by Michel Gondry. The Voyeurs was named one of the best Graphic Novels of the year by Publishers Weekly. Gabrielle Bell lives in Brooklyn, NY.