A lavish volume with all-new autobio comics, from the author of
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken
Continuing the new semiannual hardcover format for Palookaville in
volume 21, Seth presents two very different autobiographical pieces, and
the continuation of Part Four of the ongoing Clyde Fans serial. In the
latest dispatch from the beautifully crafted Clyde Fans, Abraham muses
further on the ruins of his life. Then, in the first sustained sequence
of the two Matchcard brothers, Abraham and Simon finally sit down
together and begin to talk.
"Nothing Lasts" is the first half of a sketchbook memoir about Seth's
childhood and adolescence in small-town Ontario. It is a wryly
self-conscious, often moving visit to the attic of Seth's memories: from
his first attempts at cartooning to the last time he kissed his mother
good night, "Nothing Lasts" is a masterpiece of the graphic short
story.
Finally, the third section of Palookaville #21 consists of entries
from the comic-strip diary Seth has been keeping for almost a decade. He
employs a mixture of hand-drawn panels and rubber stamps of his own work
to tell anecdotes about moments from his life. Nothing from this diary
has ever been made public before. This lushly designed collection of
stories comprises an anthology of the different types of cartooning work
Seth has done over his two-decade-long career.
