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Artichoke Tales

Artichoke Tales

Megan Kelso
2.9/5 ( ratings)
Megan Kelso has proved herself a master of the cartoon short story with Queen of the Black Black and Squirrel Mother . With Artichoke Tales, six years in the making, Kelso expands her range by creating a family saga spanning three generations and an entire continent.'


Artichoke Tales is a 176-page coming-of-age story about a young girl named Brigitte whose family is caught between the two warring sides of a civil war, a graphic novel that takes place in a world that echoes our own, but whose people have artichoke leaves instead of hair. Influenced in equal parts by Little House on the Prairie, The Thorn Birds, Dharma Bums, and Cold Mountain, Kelso weaves a moving story about family amidst war. Kelso’s visual storytelling, uniquely combining delicate linework with rhythmic, musical page compositions, creates a dramatic tension between intimate, ruminative character studies and the unflinching depiction of the consequences of war and carnage, lending cohesion and resonance to a generational epic. This is Kelso’s first new work in four years; the widespread critical reception of her previous work makes Artichoke Tales one of the most eagerly anticipated graphic novels of 2010.
Language
English
Pages
232
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Release
July 06, 2010
ISBN
1606993445
ISBN 13
9781606993446

Artichoke Tales

Megan Kelso
2.9/5 ( ratings)
Megan Kelso has proved herself a master of the cartoon short story with Queen of the Black Black and Squirrel Mother . With Artichoke Tales, six years in the making, Kelso expands her range by creating a family saga spanning three generations and an entire continent.'


Artichoke Tales is a 176-page coming-of-age story about a young girl named Brigitte whose family is caught between the two warring sides of a civil war, a graphic novel that takes place in a world that echoes our own, but whose people have artichoke leaves instead of hair. Influenced in equal parts by Little House on the Prairie, The Thorn Birds, Dharma Bums, and Cold Mountain, Kelso weaves a moving story about family amidst war. Kelso’s visual storytelling, uniquely combining delicate linework with rhythmic, musical page compositions, creates a dramatic tension between intimate, ruminative character studies and the unflinching depiction of the consequences of war and carnage, lending cohesion and resonance to a generational epic. This is Kelso’s first new work in four years; the widespread critical reception of her previous work makes Artichoke Tales one of the most eagerly anticipated graphic novels of 2010.
Language
English
Pages
232
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Release
July 06, 2010
ISBN
1606993445
ISBN 13
9781606993446

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