July 31, 2006

{ Never Ending Summer }

Sun bleached pavements, overly quiet hot nights... nobody seems to be around... Summer is at the same time the most social and antisocial season: beach parties, music festivals, backpacking trips... but also excessive heat trapping you in the house one weekend after the other, friends abandoning you in town when leaving for vacation, general fatigue making the couch+TV combo more appealing than ever and yet leaving you with the guilty feeling of not making the most of the sun shining outside... Well, in those moments of summer lonliness, I suggest you make new paper friends with this comic book, the title of which fits so perfectly the mood of those long, sweaty, bright, empty afternoons... Never Ending Summer, first published in 2004 (but the feeling you get is of total absence of time) and created by super talented Allison Cole, author of no less than 15 other minicomics, whose work has been featured on Art Prostitute and many others, is

..a graphic novel that pays attention to the strange details that make up everyday life, the story is an autobiographical account that follows a group of friends through a summer filled with uncertainty and confusion. Relationships break down between boyfriends, friends, and family, throughout which the author must discover how to maintain a sense of balance. Parties, excessive drinking, and financial instability add to the commotion. Drawn in a beautiful minimal style with delicate 2-color interior, Never Ending Summer reflects upon the immediacy of the present and the potential of events to come.

(from IndyWorld.com) Now, confess it is exactly what you were looking for to fill up your hot, insomniac nights...

» Allison Cole's own web space

» Buy it...

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