I was re-reading Jason’s Hey Wait… and Shhh! tonight and I realized how awesome it would be to have one of his illustrations tattooed on my body. His graphic novels never fail to make me laugh and break my heart with every read so a tattoo in commemoration of my fan-dom just makes sense. Of course, I’ve gotta sleep on it, but it is an idea of which I am a quite keen.
Posts tagged graphic novel.
Just finished the Scott Pilgrim series and I love it so much more than the film. I mean, the film is awesome but there’s so much more depth to the characters that the film can’t even hope to cover. Bryan Lee O’Malley’s put together a captivating story full of action, quirkiness, pop culture/Toronto/Canadian references, and genuine heart. It’s one of my favourite things that I’ve read in a while.
Today was a great day.
One of the highlights was finding a first edition of Jason’s first full length novella, Sshhh! at Rx Comics on Main. Lachie was a sweetheart for buying it for me but I have to wait til Christmas before I can get my grubby fangirl hands on it.
I’m in love with Jason’s work. I can’t step into a used bookstore without trying to find first editions and out of prints to add to my collection. Today was a great day.
Jason Conquers America - Oct 2011, Fantagraphics
I admire this man’s work greatly. Just bought his latest novella Isle of 10,000 Graves and found my mind laughing and my heart weeping like some cruel yet satisfying emotional tug of war. His stories tend to do that. Not only is he a fantastic storyteller, he also reviews old films on his blog, cats without dogs.
Norwegian cover for Jason’s You Can’t Get There From Here
Dang, Jason’s art in acrylic. Still so clean. Gotta get myself to Europe so I can hunt for all the original language editions I can’t find over here.
Recommended Reading of the Day: On the occasion of the long-overdue release of Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi following seven years under house arrest, allow me to recommend quite possibly the best account of day-to-day life in the Southeast Asian “republic” run by an isolationist, astrology-influenced military junta: Guy DeLisle’s graphic novel, Burma Chronicles.
DeLisle, a Canadien cartoonist, follows his wife, an aid worker with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), to Burma, where he proceeds to take in the quotidian Burmese experience as a stranger in a strange land. Burma Chronicles is at once a travel guide the likes of which you won’t soon find in the Frommer’s aisle of your local book shop, and the private reflections of a casual observer trying to explain the inexplicable.
Hardcovers are available now through Amazon, with used copies starting at $8.50. The paperback version is due for release December 7, and is presently available for pre-order.
After you’re finished devouring Burma Chronicles, make sure to check out DeLisle’s other graphic travel journals: Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China and Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea.
DeLisle writes (and draws) fascinating stuff. I really enjoyed Pyongyang and I’m putting this one on my to-read list.
Summer book haul
Top Row: The first 5 additions to my Jason library - The Last Musketeer, I Killed Adolf Hitler, Why Are You Doing This?, The Living and the Dead, and his latest novella Werewolves of Montpellier
Middle Row: V for Vendetta by Frank Miller, Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine, The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, Naomi in the Living Room & Other Short Plays by Christopher Durang, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, and a very cool Batman Address book
Bottom Row: Vancouver Special by Charles Demers (I decided upon this over City of Glass after I read through City of Glass in the bookstore and convinced myself that I would buy it later), Asterix the Gladiator by Goscinny & Uderzo, Marvel Zombies (The first and second installments are the best in the series IMHO), and of course those crazy Mr Men books by Roger Hargreaves (After my mom gave away our entire collection of Mr and Mrs books I’ve made it a personal mission to build up the collection over again.)
You know the rule - all debate ends when it gets to Hitler..
Gotham Central, Motive Part 1
It’s funny because it’s true.
The cast of ‘The Walking Dead.’ The actors look spot on like their comic book counterparts. I can’t wait for October.
Interview with Norwegian Indie Cartoonist Jason ›
“It’s a more minimalistic style, where it’s almost right on the edge of being boring. There can be poetry in those kinds of images. I like a writer like Hemingway who, at least in the early books, wrote in a very simple language. I like when things are left unsaid, when you have to fill out some of the pieces yourself.”
Almost Silent by Jason
A new release collection, featuring Tell Me Something, You Can’t Get There from Here, The Living and the Dead, and Meow, Baby, all of which are pantomime. Available at Fantagraphics.
I want this so badly. Jason’s comics are amazing.
One of my favourite graphic novels. Who else can tell a story that tears at your heartstrings using anthropomorphic, near silent characters? It’s now out of print, which is unfortunate. I’d kill to get my hands on a copy of my own.
Tell Me Something by Jason, 2004.
