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„Hier auf dem Weg ist es einfach, man muss nur fragen: 'Woher kommst du?' und schon geht das Gespräch los.“ Der Jakobsweg ist eine 800 km lange alte christliche Pilgerroute nach Santiago de Compostela. Zu seinem fünfzigsten Geburtstag beschließt auch der norwegische Zeichner Jason, den Weg zu gehen. Leitmotiv von Jasons Erzählung ist die Schwierigkeit, allem vielbeschworenen Gemeinschaftsgefühl zum Trotz mit anderen Reisenden in Kontakt zu treten. Seine Begegnungen enden regelmäßig in Oberflächlichkeit, alle sympatisch wirkenden Menschen haben am Ende des Tages an ihrem Tisch leider keinen Platz mehr frei… In seinen gnadenlosen Reflexionen über das Trendthema Wandern, seine Mitreisenden und sich selbst, erweist sich Jason einmal mehr als Meister des trockenen Humors.

Wyobraź sobie nigdy nie nakręcone filmy Alfreda Hitchcocka, Bustera Keatona czy odkryte powieści Aleksandra Dumasa, zaadaptowane i sfilmowane przez współczesnego minimalistę, takiego jak Jim Jarmusch czy Wes Anderson a będziesz mieć pojęcie o wyjątkowym smaku komiksów Jasona. Dodaj do tego prostotę kreski i zwierzęce postacie. Jason, jeden z najbardziej ekscytujących współczesnych twórców komiksu nie boi się mieszać gatunków i wykorzystywać elementów fantastycznych. Dziwne, nieszablonowe opowieści ze zgryźliwymi dialogami i ponurym humorem. Tom zawiera trzy opowieści. Alex pogrążony w depresji po zerwaniu z dziewczyną, zostaje wciągnięty w najgorszy koszmar paranoika po tym, jak jego przyjaciel zostaje zamordowany, a wina spada na niego. Atos, ostatni muszkieter włóczy się bezcelowo. Wszystko się zmienia, gdy Marsjanie atakują Ziemię. Roboty, źli obcy, piękne księżniczki, promienie kontra szpady, zdrada i sekretne korytarze. Sven lubi nocne naloty na domy przebrany za wilkołaka. Sądzi, że kostium da mu dodatkową przewagę nad zaskoczonym właścicielem, jeśli sprawy przybiorą zły obrót ale nie wziął pod uwagę, że jego kamuflaż ktoś weźmie na serio.

In this absolutely bonkers comics collection, Norwegian cartoonist Jason follows his most oddball impulses, presenting to readers an intergalactic assortment of his weirdest, wildest short stories yet.

Blogger Jason Y. Ng has a knack for making the familiar both fascinating and funny. This collection of 36 essays examines some of the pressing social issues facing Hong Kong. It takes us from the gravity-defying property market to the plunging depths of old age poverty, from urban streets to beckoning islands, from the culture-shocked expat to the misunderstood Mainland Chinese and the disenfranchised domestic worker. The result is thought-provoking, touching and immensely entertaining.

Ernest Hemingway stars in three interconnecting short stories in this graphic novel.Paris, 1925. Our story begins when Hemingway meets Athos, the last Musketeer, who, together with several more friends of Hemingway, travel to Spain's Pamplona for the fiesta. Festivities and complications ensue.Paris, 1944. The second story starts the day after the liberation of Paris when Hemingway, now a war correspondent, decides enough is enough, and takes action to end the war for good. With a group of adventurers and resistance fighters, he parachutes into Germany to do just that.Cuba, late 1950s. Our literary lion is in his twilight years, writing his memoirs, remembering his first and second meeting with the seemingly immortal Athos.Mixing fact and fiction, Jason has imaginatively recreated one of America's greatest and most controversial writers of the 20th century.

A matching volume to 2009'’s Almost Silent, What I Did collects three of Jason’s acclaimed 1990s graphic novels into a handsome, definitive omnibus format."Hey, Wait...," which was the first of Jason's books to be translated to English, tells the story of two childhood friends. A dreadful event midway through the story changes their lives forever, and the story becomes the summary of lives lived, wasted, and lost. Jason's sparse dialogue, dark wit, and supremely bold use of "jump-cuts" from one scene to the next make "Hey, Wait..." a surprising and engaging debut."Sshhhh!" is one of Jason’s virtuoso silent performances, the cradle-to-grave life of one of his bird-headed characters. A sharp suite of short tales, ranging from funny to terrifying to surreal to touching, all told entirely in pantomime. Jason's clean, deadpan art style hides a wealth of emotion and human complexity, leavened with a wicked wit.And the one Jason fans have been waiting for is the long-out-of-print "The Iron Wagon," an ingenious, atypically (for Jason) talky murder mystery set in early-20th-century Norway, adapted from a classic Norwegian novel by Stein Riverton — albeit starring Jason’s patented blank-eyed animal-headed characters and told in moody two-color panels.

Almost Silent packages four original Jason graphic novels, three of them out of print since mid-2008 into one compact, hardcover omnibus collection. (As the title indicates, this volume favors Jason's pantomime works.) You Can't Get There From Here, the longest story of the book (and the only one to be printed in color well, a color), tells the tale of a love triangle involving Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster, and The Monster's Bride: Jason cleverly alternates between totally silent sequences involving the three characters and scenes in which Frankenstein's hunchbacked assistant discusses the day s events with a fellow hunchbacked assistant to another mad scientist. (You didn't know they had a union?) Tell Me Something is a brisk (271 panels), near-totally-silent (just a few intertitles) graphic novelette about love lost and found again, told with a tricky mixture of forward- and back-flashing narrative. Meow, Baby is a collection of Jason's short stories and gags, and finally, The Living and the Dead is a hilariously deadpan (and gory) take on the traditional Romero-style zombie thriller. All of these yarns star Jason's patented cast of tight-lipped (or -beaked) bird-, dog-, cat- and wolf-people, and show off his compassion and wry wit. Almost Silent is a perfect starting point for a new reader wanting to know what the fuss is all about, and a handsome, handy, inexpensive collection for the committed Jason fan.

In a captivating detective graphic novel, the story intertwines the mystery of a missing cat with the disappearance of a woman. As Jason navigates through clues and encounters various characters, he delves into a web of intrigue that connects both cases. The narrative combines elements of suspense and humor, showcasing Jason's unique investigative style while exploring themes of loss and companionship. With engaging visuals and a compelling plot, this graphic novel promises an entertaining read for mystery enthusiasts.

Five years ago, little Gwenny’s father found, inside a bottle, a map with instructions on how to reach the mysterious Isle of 100,000 Graves and its legendary treasures — and then he vanished. Now Gwenny, having stumbled across another bottle-shipped map, enlists the dubious help of a shipful of pirates, sets out to find the island, and her long-lost dad. Little does she realize that the Isle comes by its ominous name honestly, as the location of a secret school for executioners and torturers, where apple-cheeked youngsters are taught the finer points of extracting information from prisoners… and then putting an end to their lives in a wide variety of gruesome ways. And they’ve reached the point in their studies where theory should ideally give way to practice, so an influx of uninvited visitors comes as a blessing to the faculty. And yes, this story is a comedy. Albeit a dark one. For the first time in his career, Jason has enlisted a writer: Fabien Vehlmann. (Vehlmann has written a number of graphic novels for the French and American markets, including an installment of the legendary Spirou series and the three-volume Green Manor continuity, of which two volumes have been released in English.) Vehlmann has managed to interiorize Jason’s deadpan style and wit perfectly, creating a uniquely smooth and successful collaboration.

Paris, die 1920er-Jahre. Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound und James Joyce verbringen ihre Tage in zähem Kampf mit dem weißen Blatt Papier. Nachts hängen sie in Cafés herum oder im Salon von Gertrude Stein und schwadronieren über die Frauen, die Kunst und die Herausforderungen ihrer Arbeit. Denn Paris macht seinen Gästen das Leben schwer. Und jungen Comic-Zeichnern wie ihnen erst recht…