| | TITLE | Matthew Thurber: 1-800-MICE | IMPRINT | PictureBox | PRICE US | $22.95 CDN $22.95 | ISBN | 9780984589265 TRADE | FORMAT | Hbk, 8 x 11 in., 160 pgs, 160 b&w. | CATALOG | FALL 2011 p. 49 | DISTRIBUTOR | D.A.P. | PUB DATE | 10/31/2011 | STATUS | Active | STOCK | In stock |
| "Right from the introduction of his dramatis personae, Thurber lets us know that we’re in for just about the most unusual soap opera we could ever hope to follow. Set in and around the fictional environs of Volcano Park, the story in this wildly imaginative graphic novel presents us with a world of creosote addicts, sushi chef assassins, and mice couriers that can go wherever cellphones can’t. It’s a world where one’s love of trees might actually end in marriage, and where great matters or, at least, “ethnomusicological” questions are resolved by banjo contests. The story, not surprisingly, is a maze of interconnected narratives, but despite the dozens of characters we meet, the maze is a blast to follow. Heavy on humor and social satire, Thurber’s story constantly surprises, whether it’s the appearance of a floating Charlie Chaplin head, a killer musical note, or two research biologists working on a temporal distortion of the sex act. Thurber’s at his best experimenting with a wide array of visual techniques none of which get tiresome revealing an artist and storyteller who is wonderfully inventive."- Publishers Weekly, October 24, 2011 | NEW & FORTHCOMING Edited by Pavel Ko¡rínek, Tomás¡ Prokupek. Text by Rostislav Matulik, Tomás¡ Prokupek. Pavel Ko¡rínek, Martin Foret, Michal Jares¡, Vit Schmarc.
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| | | Matthew Thurber: 1-800-MICE 1-800-MICE is Matthew Thurber's comic book anthropological study of the imaginary city of Volcano Park: a cross between Thomas Pynchon, Robert Altman and J.R.R. Tolkien. Over the course of the story we meet Peace Punk, a punker on the verge of a bourgeois lifestyle; Tom Chief, a beat cop with an identity crisis; and Groomfiend, a daffy creature who leads the narrative. The serial has earned Thurber rave reviews from, among others, cartoonist Ben Katchor, who writes: “Matthew Thurber has singlehandedly revived the Surrealist program of revolutionary politics through dreamwork. What more can you ask for in a comic-book?” This edition collects five issues of 1-800-MICE, plus 48 pages of new material.
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