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Kevin Huizenga

Curses

Kevin Huizenga

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English
Miscellaneous
20 February 2024
Graphic novels: literary & memoirs; Graphic Novel
"The River at Night cartoonist revisits his early-aughts breakthrough

In the two decades since Curses first hit the shelves, River at Night cartoonist Kevin Huizenga has taken his rightful place on a short A-list of comics experimentalists. Deep research and loopy cartooning serve up philosophical musings while maintaining a classic comic-strip devotion to ""the gag."" Huizenga remains one of the funniest and smartest cartoonists working today, and now, the very book that heralded his arrival as a talent to watch is available once more in deluxe paperback as the early work of a now true genius.

The short stories collected herewith confront the textures of mortality in unique and peculiar ways. Central character Glenn Ganges is a seemingly middle-class, suburbanite whose blank-eyed wonderment at the everyday brings together diverse aspects of our world--like golf, theology, late-night diners, parenthood, politics, Sudanese refugees, and hallucinatory vision--into a complete experience as multifaceted as each of our own lives."
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Imprint:   Miscellaneous
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 259mm,  Width: 196mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9781770466951
ISBN 10:   1770466959
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kevin Huizenga splits his time between Chicago and Minneapolis. He has lived near the Mississippi River for almost twenty years but only swam in it once. His favorite river is the Wabash. His character Glenn Ganges is based on his brother-in-law and the name is a reference to two separate towns that appear on the same sign on the interstate.

Reviews for Curses

"""A deeply surreal journey through work, computer games, law enforcement, geology, married life, and robots."" --The Guardian, Best Books of 2019 ""Funny, intelligent, and beautiful, [blending] formalist experimentation with a heartfelt sincerity and curiosity about how we interact with the world."" --WIRED ""Alternately surreal and mundane, profound and silly."" --Chicago"


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