The new world comics from Mauretania
"A surreal vision of a post-alien-invasion Earth where human beings still have to deal with quotidien frustrations, ennui, and understanding their place in the world. Since the mid-1980s, British cartoonist Chris Reynolds has been assembling a world all his own. On the surface, it seems much like ou...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
New York Review of Books,
[2018]
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| Series: | New York Review comics.
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| Summary: | "A surreal vision of a post-alien-invasion Earth where human beings still have to deal with quotidien frustrations, ennui, and understanding their place in the world. Since the mid-1980s, British cartoonist Chris Reynolds has been assembling a world all his own. On the surface, it seems much like ours: a place of cool afternoon shadows and gently rolling hills, half-empty trains and sleepy downtown streets. But the closer you look, the weirder it gets. After losing a mysterious intergalactic war, Earth is no longer in humanity's control. Blandly friendly aliens lurk on the margins of things, and seem especially interested in the mining industry. The very rules of time and space seem to have shifted: mysterious figures suddenly appear in childhood photos, family members disappear forever without warning, power outages abound, and certain people gain the power of flight. A helmeted man named Jimmy is somehow causing local business to shutter, and is being closed watched by the "trendy new police force" Rational Control. The world is being remade, but in what image? This new collection, selected and designed by the acclaimed cartoonist Seth, includes short stories, a novella, and the full-length Mauretania graphic novel. It is the ideal guide to all the mystery and wonder of one of the most underappreciated cult classics in the history of comics"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 268 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781681372389 168137238X |
| Author Notes: | Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic book series Palookaville , and his comics have appeared in The New York Times Magazine , Best American Comics , and McSweeney's . His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications, including on the covers of The New Yorker , The Walrus , and Canadian Notes & Queries . He is also Lemony Snicket's partner for the new young-adult series All the Wrong Questions . Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife, Tania, and their two cats in an old house he has named Inkwell's End. Ed Park is a founding editor of The Believer and a former editor of the Voice Literary Supplement and for the Poetry Foundation. His debut novel, Personal Days , published in 2008, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review , Bookforum , the Los Angeles Times , and other publications. He lives in New York City. |
