**"Jones is a major figure in Canadian art, equal parts shamanistic
visionary and goofball humourist." --**Sequential
When two simple hobos--a pigeon and his elephant buddy--are wrongfully
accused of murdering Mr. Mouse Mouser, the consequences are dire.
Secretimes delineates an alternate universe--a world that favors the
rich and grinds the poor and unfortunate into paste. Each page is a
brightly colored nightmare populated with vapid celebrities and lazily
scheming businessmen.
Keith Jones creates a pop parable that is stunning and alluring to look
at and hellish to live in. Graffiti-covered walls, melting neon figures,
idiosyncratic sound effects, and anthropomorphized bros meld together in
this satire of modern life and modern values. His sense of humor is
manic, snickering, and surreal, each line imbued with a rich sense of
irony. Jones's pacing gives each page a frenzied paranoia that belies
his characters' fantasies of utter control. Secretimes is darkly funny
in Jones's irresistibly off-kilter signature style.