Über das Buch
Pollux's stories range from the comedic to the surreal. The picaresque tales and amusing drawings are linked by a common thread of loneliness. In this connection of disconnection, the inhabitants of San Tesifonte maneuver their way through a dystopic world of hurricanes, wars, head lice, teapots, and stop-motion films.
San Tesifonte is a town stricken by a freak hurricane as well as by the usual emotions and follies of man.
A stop-motion filmmaker falls in love with a sprinter; a creationist works at a hated museum gift shop; a barber falls for a capoeira dancer; a man remakes the face of a mountain into his own image.
The result is a volume that captures the magic, tragedy, and vitality of life in America in the early 21st century.
Eigenschaften und Details
- Hauptkategorie: Comics & Graphic Novels
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Projektoption: Standard-Hochformat, 20×25 cm
Seitenanzahl: 242 - Veröffentlichungsdatum: März 28, 2010
- Schlüsselwörter short stories, romance, family, war, evolution, humor, hurricane, comics, stories, story, literature, cartoons, creationism, satire
Über den Autor
Pollux (né Paul Morris) was born in 1979 in the English town of Beverley, in what was the former East Riding of Yorkshire. He and his family moved to the United States a year later, and Pollux attended UCLA, studying medieval history and Latin. He attended Brown University for grad school, studying medieval history. As a child, Pollux constantly drew and created his own comics, and while at grad school, he began drawing “Nigel and Beatrice” for The Brown Daily Herald. He has been creating comics ever since, creating the web comic Arnjuice. He drew the daily comic “The Wavy Rule” for Emily Gordon's Emdashes.com. His series of graphic novels, The Theresiad, features the surreal adventures of pharmacist Theresa Sifuer. Pollux received an A.S. in Graphic Design from the Art Institute of California in 2011. He also specializes in paintings and drawings depicting a wide variety of instrumentalists and musicians. His work has appeared at various shows in Los Angeles.