The cover to Percy Gloom by Cathy Malkasian, featuring the author's name and title against a background of a man with one closed eye in an open field. In the background are tall mountains and trees.
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Cathy Malkasian

Percy Gloom

On sale date: June 17, 2007

2008 Eisner Award winner for Most Promising Newcomer: an absurd but hopeful cartoon fable for these strange times we live in.
Cathy Malkasian has made the jump from animation to the printed page with a graceful, delicate leap. She deftly uses her pencil to create thick, expressive characters moving through the twilight of a shadowy Orwellian world. Humorous and bewitching at the same time, Percy Gloom is a unique gem of a story. The story begins with our hero bravely striking out on his own for the first time, leaving his mother's house to apply for his dream job as a cautionary writer for the Safely-Now Corporation. In the process, he uncovers an unreal world of secret societies, benevolent families, and bureaucratic security. Lazy-eyed Percy Gloom fights to overcome the loss of his wife, Lila, to a truth-pointing, lotharian cult leader. Approached by his doctor to help protect some special people and given advice by some talking goats, Percy comes to terms with his place in the gloomy world and finds himself reaching enlightenment (literally). Percy Gloom is an absurd but hopeful fable for these strange times we live in.

2008 Eisner Award winner: Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award and 2008 Eisner Award Nominee: Best New Graphic Album.

Praise

"A stunning debut, filled with striking, smart ruminations on the brevity of life and happiness and the sweetness of both." — Harrisburg Patriot-News

"Amazing, smart, heartbreaking, and beautiful." — Kevin Church - BeaucoupKevin.com

"This reads like a Kafka tale, had Kafka also been a cartoonist who trained under Edward Gorey, Richard Sala and Dave Cooper." — Chris Reilly - Bookslut

Specs

Pages
174
Format
Hardback
Color
Duotone
Dimensions
8.3" × 10.3"
ISBN-13
9781560978459
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