The graphic novel is described by the publisher as “fantastical” and “very different from anything you've read before' As the publisher explains, “When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.”Ī visual sci-fi/fantasy that is short on words, Stages of Rot’s plot centers around the decaying corpse of a whale and the various life forms that are drawn to it in search of food, shelter, and more. Partially inspired by Ferris’ youth in the city of Chicago, her love of B-movie monsters, and the horror genre, the graphic novel is drawn with Bic pen on lined notebook paper and tells the story of a ten-year-old girl who attempts to solve the murder of her upstairs neighbor, a holocaust survivor. The first sequential art story from Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters has been heralded by many as the debut graphic novel of the year.

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics) Malkasian’s fourth graphic novel, Eartha, is described on the publisher’s website as “a metaphorical fable that resonates with contemporary themes.” Featuring the tale of a city that doubles as a tourist spot for unfinished dreams, and what happens when those dreams mysteriously cease their regular pilgrimage, Eartha is “an expansive tale of pastoral life, city corruption, greed, and addictions and reverberates with questions plaguing us today, such as the alienating effects of hyper-connectivity and the self-destructive obsession with novelty.”

But in the fraught realm of adolescence, can friendship survive the appeal of the surreal?”Įartha by Cathy Malkasian (Fantagraphics)

“It might freak you out and make you sad, but Crawl Space is a compelling example of the medium at its best.” ― Mike Donachie, The Toronto StarĪccording to publisher Koyama Press, Crawl Space tells the story of a special place in the basement where a rainbow-hued world exists and “a group of kids have found retreat from their suburban mundanity with a coterie of iridescent creatures. Here are the 2018 Eisner Award nominees for the Best Graphic Album-New category:Ĭrawl Space by Jesse Jacobs (Koyama Press) A category since 1991, past winners of the Best Graphic Album award include Elektra Lives Again, Blankets, and last year’s Wonder Woman: The True Amazon. In order for there to be a future for the comic industry, there must be new comic stories told on a regular basis, and this category annually recognizes the best sequential art story told for that year.

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