On sale date: January 15, 2019
A seafaring tale soaked in surrealism — the English-language graphic novel debut of Danish cartoonist Villadsen.
A fisherman traversing the ocean is used to danger and surprise, but what happens when he pulls up his net and catches a newborn baby and a talking fish? Thus begins a story full of provocative symbolism and a madness that doesn't just bubble beneath the surface of the water, but drenches the sailor—and reader—like a tidal wave. Danish cartoonist Rikke Villadsen makes her English-language debut with this seafaring tale soaked in surrealism that is ultimately about the end of one life, the beginning of another, and a man, literally and figuratively, lost at sea.
Praise
"Elegant and evocative. ... Villadsen sails on a surrealist tide in this wispy ode to the unknowable depths of the ocean." — Publishers Weekly
"A mesmerizing read." — New York Journal of Books
"Villadsen's art embraces a curious mix of realism and the absurd." — Broken Frontier
"The trip itself is worth the cost of any cruise on Villadsen's idiosyncratic sea." — PopMatters
"Villadsen's cartooning is as lush as it is strange. With the first page turn you can see the power in it; her graphite illustrations are stunning." — Comics MNT
Specs
- Pages
- 104
- Format
- Hardback
- Color
- Black and white
- Dimensions
- 7.8" × 10.5"
- ISBN-13
- 9781683961499