A surreal vision of a post-alien-invasion Earth where human beings
still have to deal with quotidian frustrations, ennui, and understanding
their place in the world.
Since the mid-1980s, the British cartoonist Chris Reynolds has been
assembling a world all his own. On the surface, it seems much like ours:
a place of cool afternoon shadows and gently rolling hills, half-empty
trains and sleepy downtown streets. But the closer you look, the weirder
it gets. After losing a mysterious intergalactic war, Earth is no longer
in humanity's control. Blandly friendly aliens lurk on the margins and
seem especially interested in the mining industry. The very rules of
time and space seem to have shifted: Mysterious figures suddenly appear
in childhood photos, family members disappear forever without warning,
power outages abound, and certain people gain the power of flight. A
helmeted man named Jimmy is somehow causing local businesses to shutter
and is being closely watched by the "trendy new police force," Rational
Control. The world is being remade, but in what image?
This new collection, selected and designed by the acclaimed cartoonist
Seth, includes short stories, a novella, and the full-length graphic
novel Mauretania. It is the ideal guide to all the mystery and wonder
of one of the most underappreciated cult classics in the history of
comics.
This NYRC edition is a hardcover with foil stamping, debossing,
full-color endpapers, and extra-thick paper, and features new scans of
the original artwork.
