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The Left Bank Gang (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781560977421)
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xF. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce walk into a Parisian bar... no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but the premise of Jason's unique new graphic novel.
Set in 1920s Paris, The Left Bank Gang is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of these four literary figures as not only typical Jason anthropomorphics, but... graphic novelists! Yes, in Jason's warped world, cartooning is the dominant form of fiction, and not only do these four literary giants work in the comics medium but they get together to discuss pen vs. brush, chat about the latest graphic novels from Dostoevsky (I can't tell any of his characters apart!) to Faulkner (Hasn't he heard of white space? His panels are too crowded!), and bemoan their erratic careers.
Add in a hilarious sequence where Hemingway is lectured by an overbearing Gertrude Stein (What kind of pencil are you using? You should be using a blue pencil, that way you don't have to erase, all right? Avoid captions. Don't ever write 'A little later.' You don't need that. The reader will figure it out.), guest appearances by Zelda Fitzgerald and Jean-Paul Sartre, and a few remarkable twists and turns along the way, and you've got one of the funniest and most playful graphic novels of the year.
Like Jason's acclaimed Why Are You Doing This?, The Left Bank Gang is rendered in full spectacular color. This is Jason's eighth graphic novel in six years for Fantagraphics, and his audience continues to grow with every acclaimed release.
2007 Eisner Award winner, Best U.S. Edition of International Material; 2007 Eisner Award nominee: Best Coloring (Hubert).
Author: Jason
ISBN-10: 1560977426
ISBN-13: 9781560977421
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2006
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.06w x 0.23d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/22/2006 pg. 37
Booklist 06/01/2006 pg. 51
Entertainment Weekly 08/18/2006 pg. 141
Kliatt 09/01/2006 pg. 36
Library Journal 11/15/2006 pg. 52
Set in 1920s Paris, The Left Bank Gang is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of these four literary figures as not only typical Jason anthropomorphics, but... graphic novelists! Yes, in Jason's warped world, cartooning is the dominant form of fiction, and not only do these four literary giants work in the comics medium but they get together to discuss pen vs. brush, chat about the latest graphic novels from Dostoevsky (I can't tell any of his characters apart!) to Faulkner (Hasn't he heard of white space? His panels are too crowded!), and bemoan their erratic careers.
Add in a hilarious sequence where Hemingway is lectured by an overbearing Gertrude Stein (What kind of pencil are you using? You should be using a blue pencil, that way you don't have to erase, all right? Avoid captions. Don't ever write 'A little later.' You don't need that. The reader will figure it out.), guest appearances by Zelda Fitzgerald and Jean-Paul Sartre, and a few remarkable twists and turns along the way, and you've got one of the funniest and most playful graphic novels of the year.
Like Jason's acclaimed Why Are You Doing This?, The Left Bank Gang is rendered in full spectacular color. This is Jason's eighth graphic novel in six years for Fantagraphics, and his audience continues to grow with every acclaimed release.
2007 Eisner Award winner, Best U.S. Edition of International Material; 2007 Eisner Award nominee: Best Coloring (Hubert).
Author: Jason
ISBN-10: 1560977426
ISBN-13: 9781560977421
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2006
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.06w x 0.23d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/22/2006 pg. 37
Booklist 06/01/2006 pg. 51
Entertainment Weekly 08/18/2006 pg. 141
Kliatt 09/01/2006 pg. 36
Library Journal 11/15/2006 pg. 52
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