Drawn and Quarterly strana 2 z 3

An absurdist comic strip satire of cinephilia in the attention economyA specter is haunting the cinema. A contrarian crew of small town theatre employees trade quips about directors, film criticism, and contemporary moviegoing, but underneath their banter and clashes with customers, an ideology begins to take shape. With the help of a dissatisfied cinephile and some witchy magic, the employees radicalize, take over the theatre, and seize the means of projection.What starts out as a workplace comedy simmers and then explodes into an absurdist Marxist-Leninist cinema-focused tract. The Reel Politik revolutionaries demand that we ditch the small screens in our pockets for the big ones in the theater as they take on streaming services, phone addiction, algorithms, phony democracy, and the conventions of moviegoing etiquette. Does that mean they hijack the Criterion Closet van? You bet it does.Cartoonist Nathan Gelgud both champions and lampoons the aspirations and failures of cinema and not a single sacred cinematic cow goes un-punched in this manifesto for revolution through film.

Manga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan s most entertaining myths to the modern age. As travellers approach a lush, cedar forest the soft floor and woodland scent palpable from Shigeru Mizuki s fecund drawing something falls from the trees with a thud: a human head, twelve times average size. A dozen more heads follow, peering at the travelers with maniacal laughter, before retreating back into the woods. A hallucination? No, this is Tohoku No Tsurubeotoshi. An earthworm, larger than a human, floats in the air, backlit from window lights ensconced by shadowy darkness. Sontsuru majestic on the page in Shigeru Mizuki s delicate ink lines and bold colors is no worm, but a yokai who haunts families across generations, wriggling between their skin and muscles. And then there is Shirime, a city dwelling trickster who shouts, 'A moment, sir!' only to then lift their kimono to reveal their unusual rump a giant, glowing eyeball where one would otherwise expect a crack. Indeed, not all the yokai in the pages of Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki s Supernatural Parade are there to cause fright. Like Mizuki himself, yokai often have a playful spirit, which Mizuki explores with joy in this stunning collection, which contains one hundred new, lavish, full page yokai illustrations, with biographies for each. Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki s Supernatural Parade is the companion book to Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki, and includes supplementary writing by acclaimed Mizuki scholar and translator Zack Davisson.

A fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the late 70s. After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret takes a waitressing job at local Oakland fixture: the Imperial Cafe. Here an impressionable young woman transforms into the worldly Madge as she is introduced to the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-binging cooks, dishwashers, and waitstaff in her new life. At first she mimics these new and exotic grown-up friends, trying on the guise of adulthood with some awkward but funny stumbles. Gradually she realizes that these adults she idolizes are a mess of contradictions, misplaced artistic ambitions, sexual confusion, dependencies, and addictions. Over Easy is equal parts time capsule of late 1970s life in California with its deadheads, punks, disco rollers, casual sex, and drug use and bildungsroman of a young woman who grows from a naive, sexually inexperienced art-school dropout into a self-aware, self-confident artist. Mimi Pond's chatty, slyly observant anecdotes create a compelling portrait of a distinct moment in time. Over Easy is an immediate, limber, and precise semi-memoir.

A relative s depression-era diary inspires a young woman s journey to adulthood. Edie comes into the world calmly as the adults around her rage. Her father is a cruel man who beats her mother regularly and much of Edie s young life is spent trying to escape this tyrant. 'Why doesn t she ever cry?...Gives me the creeps.' Of course, being a child means she lives a child s life she still has laughter-filled sleepovers and outdoor adventures with the local rat pack of kids still too young to work. But Edie s heart grows callous as her father becomes drunker and angrier. Melissa Mendes pastoral cartooning captures the openness of rural America soft breezes, tall grass, whirring grasshoppers, rainstorms, skinned knees. But all the while, the cruelty, the disappointment of man lurks behind the barn and in the trailer. Life can be stubbed out as easily as a cigarette tossed in the dirt. One moment all focus, next, gone without a thought. Will Edie find herself repeating a cycle or will she be free like she felt as a child?

Growing up is always just a little too much for a kid to handle, but taking your time is all it takes. Tweeny-bopper Elise knows she s different, but kind of just chalks it up to being a weirdo. And in the 90s, who isn t? Other girls might be shifting their attention to boys, but Elise is putting the freeze on all that adult stuff to get lost in play with her besties and pour her energy into making her art. Besides, what s the point in rushing when being a kid is such a blast? In True Colors: Growing Up Weird in the 90s, Elise invites readers into the pages of her diary and takes them back to a radically different time before smartphones and home computers. It s a world where fun means going to the mall and making mix tapes on cassette, and where imagination reigns supreme! It s also a world where making new friends can be confusing, nerve-wracking, and utterly mind-boggling. Creative and curious kids, anybody dealing with anything from not fitting in, to anxiety or even an ADHD diagnosis will see themselves in the pages. And through it all, Gravel shows the power of art and creativity to transform, as we see Elise turning her differences into her superpower in this funny and encouraging artistic origin story.

More swords, more fighting, more deception...Shirato Sanpei?s epic feudal sword drama continues! In Shirato?s world, life is hard andevery step forward is hard-won. But through that hardship comes strength. The Legend ofKamui: Volume 2 features more action and more intrigue as minor characters step intothe light of this sweeping seventeenth-century social tapestry.Deeply embroiled in the deceptive maneuverings of the upper class, the warrior Ikkakubegins to see the betrayal around him. Meanwhile, the genin Shosuke uses his educationto better himself and learn to farm?all while realizing his education can better the lives ofthose around him, too. As he gains the skills and intelligence necessary to forge a pathforward, he also becomes all too aware that there can, and must, be a better way.WillIkkaku become a prisoner of his own quest for revenge? Will Shosuke find salvation inleading peers out of destitution? The White Wolf, too, resurfaces and begins to lead a lifeapart from other wolves until he meets the great One-Eyed Lone Wolf. Will he be acceptedor will he be killed, hunted down for his rare pelt?Only time will tell.There is no rest for the wicked, and sinister forces only work against the little guy.Translated by Richard Rubinger with Noriko Rubinger.

The inaugural collection of cartoons that introduced Tom Gauld’s literary wit to the world now in paperback!"Precise and wryly hilarious...Gauld''s both a literature nerd and a science-fiction nerd whose deadpan mashups belong on the same shelf as Kate Beaton."—NPRDrawn from Tom Gauld’s popular comics feature in The Guardian, You''re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack perfectly distills Gauld''s dark humor, impeccable timing, and distinctive style. Classic strips like “The Brontë Sisters: The Videogame” and “The Serious Rock Critic” (who’s written 32 books about Led Zeppelin) intermingle hilariously with piercing observations about politics and human behavior (see: “The Greedy Dog Stands on the Chair of Hope to Feast on the Sausage of Hubris”) and whimsical imaginings of the future (see: “The ‘Great Automaton Strike’ of 2029 Saw the Birth of the Robot Protest Song”).Again and again, Gauld reaffirms his position as a first-rank cartoonist, creating work infused with a deep understanding of both literary and cartoon history.

An admonishment, a command, a mantraWeng Pixin revisits herself at her most vulnerable, in her art school days. She tries on various identities trying to understand who she is. Is she a sexual libertine? A fine artist? A sensitive friend? Just then, in steps a charismatic art instructor who helps her see her true worth. She joins his tight-knit group of artistic seekers and begins her real education. But?is something sinister lurking beneath the surface? Rivalries develop, friends disappear or are cast out, her instructor''s words take on a caustic edge. Pix becomes unmoored and less sure of herself than ever before and she begins to suspect she?s entered into a cult.Dream-like floral collages shift to more stripped-down, character-based cartooning. Weng?s bright colors and rubbery people persist as her writing becomes more diaristic and detailed than her previous collections Sweet Time and Let?s Not Talk Anymore. Wake Up, Pixoto! is an interrogation into how groomers operate and how we can allow ourselves to be coerced into a world we DON?T want simply because we?re unsure of what we DO want. ?Was I manipulated? Was I tricked?? The insidious thing is maybe we can never be certain.

The classic comic strip by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson in a new paperbackseriesWhen D&Q debuted the Moomin comics in 2007, it was the first time that the strip hadbeen published in English since its original appearance in the London Evening News. Theseries has since gone on to sell 400,000 copies. Now presented in an all-new softcoverformat that collects the comics of both Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, the MoominAdventures series will introduce these timeless classics to a new generation of readers ofall ages.This volume is jam-packed with classic Moomin antics and shenanigans. Whether it?ssetting up finicky ghosts on a blind date in ?Moomin and the Farm,? or becoming devoutfollowers of quarreling prophets in ?Moomin Begins a New Life,? the Moomins? quick witand existential musings never fail to disappoint. In ?Moominmamma?s Maid,? Misabel themaid must conquer her fears and learn to do as the Moomins do, turning everything into apleasure. In ?Moomin Builds a House,? the fabulous Little My delights us with hernaughtiness, even as she drives the Moomins up the walls. Every story in this collection isa bundle of fun, offering a timeless treasure trove of good-hearted whimsy and delight.The strip?s gentle humor and subtle yet sharp musings on life relay an utterly humanexistence through the lives of Moomin, Moominmamma, Moominpappa, Snufkin, Little My,Snork Maiden, and more.

A heartfelt, comedic coming-of-age debut from a bright new talentWhen we meet Eagle Valiant Brosi, he is a long-haired commune kid, bullied by other kids,teachers, and his neighbors. And because of his speech impediment, Eagle observessilently and often. Mom?a classic earthy, free spirit prone to discursive lectures on naturalmedicine and the efficacy of certain plants?is the only one who really cares. So Eagle letsothers talk and talk and talk, revealing their true natures and selfish (sometimes evenselfless) motivations.In Black Cohosh, Eagle pieces together the puzzling and hurtful things he has been told ashe takes his first, tragic steps into adulthood. While things may seem grim, Brosi?sdrawings are loose and limber, stretching and falling across each page. His cast of hippiearchetypes come with iconic thatches of hair, bushy beards, and scrawny, gesticulatingarms. Black Cohosh is a captivating debut from a natural storyteller with the expert timingof a veteran comedian and the soothing empathy of a death doula.

Horrifying and hilarious, Cornelius the dog is a spectacular train wreck?you just can?t look awayCornelius is a fumbling loser, the butt of everyone''s jokes. When his friend Alspacka iskidnapped, the subsequent criminal investigation turns into a dramatic and emotionalordeal, upending Cornelius?s life. Torn between his desire to be a writer and his immenseguilt over his cowardly role in Alspacka?s abduction, Cornelius is a classic Faustian figure:an aspiring artist so hungry for success that he will pay any price.Rarely does a book so delightfully defy categorization. Cornelius is an experience: afarcical collage that reads like a drug-fueled fever dream, an intense emotional pendulumoscillating between psychological horror and slapstick comedy?a real roller coaster. Andtruthfully, Cornelius is all this and more: a brand, a phenomenon, a way of life. From thesingular mind of Marc Torices comes a surreal, carefully curated universe, complete with itsown icons, mythology, and metanarratives.Exquisitely drawn, Cornelius?s kaleidoscope of styles pays homage to the comicsmedium, an unabashed love letter to the form itself. Translated from the Spanish by EisnerAward-winner Andrea Rosenberg, Marc Torices''s critically acclaimed and award-winningCornelius is mesmerizing in its originality.

In which a queer library worker searches for love, artistic validation in New YorkCity, and the perfect bookAn aspiring cartoonist and book lovin'' lesbian, Louise works a dead-end day job at a shoe store, where she spends most of her time brooding over a coworker who will never quite love her back. By night, she works diligently and obsessively on her graphic novel?the true story of a carrier pigeon who rescued a battalion of soldiers in WWI.When Louise unexpectedly lands a new job at a private library on the Upper East Side, she feels like her graphic novel will finally take off?surely the oldest library in New York has excellent holdings on pigeons and WWI. But what she finds in the stacks might be less revelatory than her discoveries between the sheets and buried in her own family history.A graphic novel set against a perfectly cartoony NYC backdrop?complete with landmark haunts, street fashion, and quintessential characters of the city?Checked Out is at once a valentine to libraries and New York, and the story of an artist working to make her dreams come true. Drawn in a delightfully vivacious style, Checked Out buzzes with Katie Fricas?s vibrant energy, quick wit, and storytelling aplomb.

Achingly human auto-bio comics that extract big laughs from the small momentsCartoonist Keiler Roberts quit making comics. Or did she?Preparing to Bite, her latest collection of all-new, one-page comics is a return to perfectform. Roberts skewers innocuous aspects of everyday life and dissects them for theirunique absurdity: from cooking meals, to keeping doctors? appointments, to owning pets,and even navigating now-inescapable zoom calls. These vignettes portray a woman inmiddle-age grappling with the realities of being a mother, a wife, a friend, a daughter, andlastly (perhaps even least of all), a practicing artist?all while dealing with the long-termeffects of a debilitating disease.From page to page, Roberts jumps from moment to moment, expertly using the comicsform as nobody else can while showing off what it can do that no other form can. Preparingto Bite captures the transient gestures of life in the modern age, both mundane and inane.

How do you capture a changing world in the blink of an eye?Sacramento, California, 1870. Pioneer photographer Eadweard Muybridge becomesentangled in railroad robber baron Leland Stanford?s delusions of grandeur. Tasked withproving Stanford?s belief that a horse?s hooves do not touch the ground while galloping atfull speed, Muybridge gets to work with his camera. In doing so, he inadvertently createsone of the single most important technological advancements of our age?the invention oftime-lapse photography and the mechanical ability to capture motion.Critically-acclaimed cartoonist Guy Delisle (Pyongyang, Hostage) returns with anotherengrossing foray into nonfiction: a biography about Eadweard Muydbridge, the man whomade pictures move. Despite career breakthrough after career breakthrough, Muybridgewould only be hampered by betrayal, intrigue, and tragedy. Delisle?s keen eye for detailsthat often go unnoticed in search of a broader emotional truth brings this historical figureand those around him to life through an uncompromising lens.Translated from the French by Helge Dascher & Rob Aspinall, Muybridge turns a spotlighton what lives in the shadow of an individual?s ambition for greatness, and proves thatEadweard Muybridge deserves to be far more than just another historical footnote.

An entire sea of water can''t sink a ship…unless it gets insideI Ate the Whole World to Find You maps the topography of trauma, treasures, and loss imposed onto the body of Jenny, a twenty-something-going-on-thirty-something partial hot mess who’s routing her way more firmly into adulthood. As she navigates friendship, family, and romantic relationships, will her inability to communicate destroy her, or ultimately be her rebirth?A coworker-turned-prospective-lover confesses a hard-to-swallow fetish. A train ride fantastically goes off the rails as old habits get dragged across the tracks. Cousins revisit summer holiday bliss—or was it really horror? Exes fumble an attempt to reconnect over a dip in the pool on a squelching summer day. And an expectant mother slips into an unusual place as she embarks on a communion with her baby more pure than language can accommodate.Set against an exquisitely lush Australian backdrop, Rachel Ang’s pencils are fluid yet scratchy, precise and evocative, bringing to life the inner and external world of Jenny with stunning realism and gushing imagination. Sprinkled with speculative fiction and fantasy, Ang’s radiant debut collection introduces a dynamic voice to comics, and establishes Ang as one of the most exciting short-story writers working in comics today.

If time travel existed, would you right societal wrongs or just watch future episodes of Doctor Who?Paul B. Rainey?s There?s No Time Like the Present continues to upend grand science fiction gestures with a deep desire to understand the emotional lives of the common man (nerd). It?s a simple conceit: time travel is only possible between the invention of the necessary, functioning machinery and the day those machines are shut off. In that finite sliver of space-time, humanity schisms into those who defiantly refuse to look into the future, and those who reap the benefits of doing so.After all, what would you do if you accidentally found out for certain that you would still be working the same dead end job at the age of 70? What would you do if you could read every future issue of your favorite comic? Or if you traveled back in time and couldn?t afford to travel back? Would your life actually be that different? Can we admit that there might not be such a thing as free will? Is life just a series of denials of reality? Why does that one guy have horns?There?s No Time Like The Present proves the success of Why Don''t You Love Me? was no fluke, and is yet another brilliant graphic novel by a modern master.