Couch Tag by Jesse Reklaw
Veteran alternative cartoonist Jesse Reklaw, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip Slow Wave, delivers this tragicomic graphic memoir, his first long-form work. Presented as a series of comic novellas that together comprise a thoughtful, sometimes dark and often hilarious memoir about childhood, family, death, mental illness, sex and drug use, the entire book is told through cleverly inviting conceits like cat histories and card games. The graphic novel is told in five parts: In Thirteen Cats (featured in The Best American Comics), Reklaw discovers coping mechanisms that mimic his family pets; Toys I Love relates the author s pre-pubescent brushes with deviant sexual activity, and the way innocence converges with real sexual trauma; The Fred Robinson Story tells the story of Reklaw s period stalking perfect strangers; The Stacked Deck, in which hereditary influences towards criminal behavior, drug use and depression are explored via card games the author played with his family; and Lessoned, a family history of mental illness.Jesse Reklaw grew up in Sacramento, attended UC Santa Cruz, and graduated from Yale University with a master's degree in computer science. While obtaining a Ph.D. in 1995, He began self-publishing comics and dropped out of Yale to pursue his dream of becoming a cartoonist.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781606996768 |
| ISBN 10 | 1606996762 |
| Title | Couch Tag |
| Author | Jesse Reklaw |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Fantagraphics |
| Year published | 2014-01-02 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |