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DEATH IN TRIESTE HC (MR)
(W) JASON (A) JASON (C) JASON
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 159358 SKU: 0725FB555
The cartoonist known as Jason returns with a collection of three short graphic stories- connected by an absurdist thread- showcasing his idiosyncratic cultural obsessions- clear line style- and deadpan humor.The title story- “Death in Trieste-” sets the scene in 1920s Berlin- a bustling cultural hotspot in the shadow of the coming Nazism. Here- a host of unlikely characters — time-travelling David Bowie- Rasputin- Nosferatu- Marlene Dietrich- and more — are all connected by a group of Dadaists who perform the art of rationality through madness. In “The Magritte Affair-” a wisecracking pair of detectives must crack a case involving art forgeries- masked men- and mysterious disappearances — all linked to the surrealist world of the famous Belgian painter. Finally- in “Sweet Dreams-” Jason reimagines the New Wave artists of the 1980s as X-Men-esque superheroes. While this supergroup easily dispatches such supernatural threats as living mummies- animated suits of armor- and rampaging golems- they soon face their biggest challenge yet- as a giant meteorite hurtles toward the Earth.
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DEATH IN TRIESTE HC (MR)
(W) JASON (A) JASON (C) JASON
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 159358 SKU: 0725FB555
The cartoonist known as Jason returns with a collection of three short graphic stories- connected by an absurdist thread- showcasing his idiosyncratic cultural obsessions- clear line style- and deadpan humor.The title story- “Death in Trieste-” sets the scene in 1920s Berlin- a bustling cultural hotspot in the shadow of the coming Nazism. Here- a host of unlikely characters — time-travelling David Bowie- Rasputin- Nosferatu- Marlene Dietrich- and more — are all connected by a group of Dadaists who perform the art of rationality through madness. In “The Magritte Affair-” a wisecracking pair of detectives must crack a case involving art forgeries- masked men- and mysterious disappearances — all linked to the surrealist world of the famous Belgian painter. Finally- in “Sweet Dreams-” Jason reimagines the New Wave artists of the 1980s as X-Men-esque superheroes. While this supergroup easily dispatches such supernatural threats as living mummies- animated suits of armor- and rampaging golems- they soon face their biggest challenge yet- as a giant meteorite hurtles toward the Earth.
