| Athos in America Contributor(s): Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 1606994786 ISBN-13: 9781606994788 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books OUR PRICE: $21.24 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Crime & Mystery - Comics & Graphic Novels | Romance - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary |
| Dewey: 741.5 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.51" W x 8.88" (1.16 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Another all-original collection of full-color graphic novellas in the format of Low Moon, Athos in America takes its title from the lead story, a prequel of sorts to the graphic novel The Last Musketeer, in which the seemingly ageless swashbuckler turns up in a bar in 1920 New York and relates the tale of how he went to Hollywood to play himself in a film version of The Three Musketeers. Another tie-in with a previous Jason story occurs in "The Smiling Horse," in which the characters from the story "&" in Low Moon attempt to kidnap a woman. Also in this volume: "The Brain That Wouldn't Virginia Woolf," a mash-up of The Brain That Wouldn't Die and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, told in reverse chronological order; the Bukowski pastiche "A Cat From Heaven" in which Jason works on his comic, has a reading in a comic book store, gets drunk and makes a fool of himself; the dialogue-free (all the text occurs in thought balloons) "Tom Waits on the Moon," in which we follow four people (one of them a scientist working on a teleportation machine) until something goes wrong; and "So Long Mary Ann," a prison-escape love-triangle story. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jason: - Jason hails from Oslo, Norway, but currently resides in Montpellier, France. He's won multiple Eisners, a Harvey, and an Inkpot award. |