Sunday cover image
Regular price $39.99
Sale price $39.99 Regular price
Out of stock
Unit price per 

On sale date: October 15, 2024

Internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Olivier Schrauwen returns with a masterfully funny — and profound — day in the life narrative.

Best Graphic Novels of 2024, Washington Post

Sunday follows, over the course of one day, the stream of consciousness of a fictionalized version of the author’s cousin, Thibault. On the day of his girlfriend’s return from an extended trip, Thibault wakes up, does nothing, gets James Brown stuck in his head, drinks and smokes, grows paranoid about his relationship, struggles to compose text messages, watches The DaVinci Code, all the while avoiding anyone and everyone, descending deeper into his own thoughts and fears. Meanwhile, a former crush and another cousin of Thibault’s plan a surprise birthday for him, sending the external and internal on a collision course.

Schrauwen’s brilliant comic timing and formal mastery transcends the quotidian nature of the plot. Through use of color and flashback and the dissonance between text and image and the ways in which Schrauwen layers a depiction of human consciousness as lines on paper — infused heavily with slapstick and white-knuckle tension —makes for an exhilarating read and breathtaking use of the comics medium.

Praise

"In [Schrauwen's] hands, comics — like great art or literature — give us a window into another person's mind, and even petty and tedious ruminations can appear magical and strangely beautiful." — The New Yorker

"An enormous, wonderfully funny exploration of the nature of perception and memory." — The New York Times

"A bored everyman does battle with the colossal enemy that is a dull Sunday in this epic mock-Proustian graphic novel from Belgian artist Schrauwen. ... [A] surprisingly touching and life-affirming portrait of indolence." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"Awash in a surreal color palette, Sunday may be the most original and exciting graphic novel of the last decade. ... a surprisingly winning, witty read — often funny and always fun." — The Washington Post

"The Belgian cartoonist Olivier Schrauwen's latest graphic novel, Sunday, shows an already great artist reaching even greater heights." — The Comics Journal

Specs

Pages
474
Format
Paperback / Softback
Color
Full color.
Dimensions
7.9" × 10.1"
ISBN-13
9781683969679
x