The Projector and Elephant
$92.69
- Hardcover
212 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2022
Summary
Two surreal graphic novels about technology, corporatization, and alienation in the modern world by a cult-favorite comics innovator.
In 1968, the British artist and writer Martin Vaughn-James emigrated to Canada. Over the next eight years, he proceeded to produce some of the most mesmerizing and inventive works in comics, light-years ahead of his contemporaries. Among them were Elephant and The Projector, linked graphic novels that guide the reader (and a bespectacl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681374840 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1681374846 |
| Author: | Jeet Heer, Martin Vaughn-James |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | New York Review Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 212 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.33kg |
| Dimensions: | 292mm x 222mm |
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Critics Review
“His first two books, ‘rediscovered’ in this handsome edition, remain astonishing innovations. Vaughn-James takes the jejune language of cartooning – funny animals, advertising art – and torques it into the realm of the surreal.” —Sean Rogers, The Globe and Mail “Top 5 Graphic Novels of the Year”“This handsome repackaging of two classic titles by proto–graphic novelist Vaughn-James deserves to be considered essential reading by fans of the form… . This is a lovingly produced introduction to the greatest anarcho-comic-surrealist readers likely have never heard of (yet).” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
About The Author
Jeet Heer
Martin Vaughn-James (1943-2009) was a British painter and cartoonist best known for his captivating, stylistically daring graphic novels-Elephant, The Projector, The Park, and The Cage-all published in the 1970s, when Vaughn-James lived in Canada. He contributed to numerous magazines during his lifetime and wrote two prose novels, Night Train and The Tomb of Zwaab.
Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic book series Palookaville. His most recent graphic novel, Clyde Fans, was selected as one of the best books of 2019 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Globe and Mail. Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife, Tania, and their two cats in an old house he has named “Inkwell’s End.”
Jeet Heer is a comics critic and the national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He is the author of In Love with Art- Fran oise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman and Sweet Lechery- Reviews, Essays & Profiles. He divides his time between Toronto and Regina, Canada.
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