"This beautifully woven series of vignettes from the brilliant Aimee De
Jongh are a necessary and poignant reminder of our common humanity."
--Joe Sacco
"One of the great young cartoonists in the world." --Comic Book
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Aimée de Jongh, one of the brightest new talents in Europe, creates her
first autobiographic work, focusing on taxi rides from four cities: Los
Angeles, Paris, Jakarta, and Washington, DC.
Despite the stunning and detailed streetscapes she passes, de Jongh
discovers she's more interested in the cab drivers than the view from
the backseat. As the drivers slowly open up about their personal lives,
de Jongh does too--even when it means challenging her own ideas and
prejudices. Through these vulnerable--and often humorous--moments, de
Jongh finds common ground with the people driving her. Taxi is an ode
to taxi drivers everywhere.
Aimée de Jongh is a Dutch graphic novel author, animator, and
illustrator. After creating comics for a daily newspaper for nearly five
years, she left in 2017 to make graphic novels full time. Her debut,
The Return of the Honey Buzzard, won the Prix St Michel and was
adapted to a live-action film. Her second book, Blossoms in Autumn,
written by the acclaimed Belgian writer Zidrou, was awarded the Prix
Atomium. She works and lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
