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Drawn & Quarterly at Boldtype
by Dan
Graphica / September 06, 2007
The new issue of monthly online book review Boldtype explores "the vibrant medium of comics this month with a colorful collection of titles from all over the world". So it almost goes without saying that Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly are very well represented!
Diana Metzger reviews Adrian Tomine's first full-length graphic novel SHORTCOMINGS (in stores in October! woop!):
Fearless in his study of the heartbreaking and bizarre mating rituals of the young, restless, and angsty, Tomine is just as bold when it comes to capturing the intense racial issues that bubble, and sometimes explode, within casual daily conversation.
Stephen Dougherty reviews Rutu Modan's incredible, critically acclaimed EXIT WOUNDS:
Despite Rutu Modan's modest style, Exit Wounds is an unmistakably cerebral work whose subtle union of graphic and textual language is leagues ahead of more well-known strips--It's clear from frame one of Modan's story that her graphic simplicity is of the best variety: that is, loaded with meaning.
And last, but not least, H.G. Masters reviews Yoshihiro Tatsumi's brooding and influential THE PUSH MAN AND OTHER STORIES:
Tatsumi's timeless, and mordant, portrayal of modern urban life and its sordid underbelly remains strictly for adults.
Limited to eight pages by the men's mag where he originally published, Tatsumi learned to craft economical narratives rendered in drawings as efficient as his characters' abrupt dialogue.
AND don't forget that both Adrian Tomine and Rutu Modan will be at The International Festival of Authors in October!
Click here for the new issue of Boldtype