Below Ambition by Simon Hanselmann

Below Ambition by Simon Hanselmann

Following Simon Hanselmann's 2021 smash hit graphic novel Crisis Zone -- which captured the zeitgeist of life under Covid and the New York Times Book Review called "the first great work of pandemic fiction" -- things settle down, and Megg the Witch and Werewolf Jones get the band back together.

Megg and Werewolf Jones are Horse Mania. Horse Mania is a test of the audience's patience, proudly the "worst band in town," without any ambition to make it. Join the musicians as they battle through shoddy, distracted practice sessions, a squalid house show, and a doomed interstate tour. Watch as they drunkenly flail through their sets amidst toothaches, nervous breakdowns, suicide attempts, mounting hatred, and a galaxy of benzos. This is music and performance in its most primal, multifaceted, and pure form. Feel the tension. See the dirty looks. Taste the pain. Smell the depravity. Hear the veiled beauty. Horse Mania wants you to lose your mind.

Below Ambition is a meditation on youth, performance, and memory as only Simon Hanselmann, the best comedic writer in comics, is capable of. The book will also include a flexidisc single by Horse Mania, "Stick It In for the Ambient", which is tipped into the front cover for easy removal and play.

Launceston, Tasmania, where he was born in 1981. The Megg, Mogg, and Owl series by Simon Hanselmann has been translated into thirteen languages, has been nominated for many Ignatz and Eisner awards, and won Best Series at the Angouleme International Comics Festival in 2018. He and his wife live in Seattle, Washington, with a revolving cast of small animals.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781683965497
ISBN 10	1683965493
Title	Below Ambition
Author	Simon Hanselmann
Series	Megg Mogg And Owl Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Fantagraphics
Year published	2022-11-08
Number of pages	168
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.