Forlorn Funnies Vol. 1

By Paul Hornschemeier

Forlorn Funnies Vol. 1 wrangles the new and disparate inhabitants of oneskull: that of acclaimed cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier, author of the graphicnovels Mother, Come Home and The Three Paradoxes. The centerpiece of the issueis Act One of "Obvious Amenities," the story of Edward Molson, salesman. Afterthe untimely osprey-induced death of a coworker, Molson is thrust into across-country speaking engagement, a chance to revisit youthful diversions, anda potential extra-marital love affair. But for now, he has to walk his wife'sdog. Again. Vol. 1 also includes: "Huge Suit and The Sea," featuring thedeity/fate/deus ex machina Huge Suit prodding and poking at the destiny of arelentlessly smiley boatman; a short prose story, "Whither Mountain Man,"following a nameless protagonist on his search for a mythological beast sightedin the hills of an early 1900's Montana; Chapter 1 of "The Epistemics," whichfollows a team of military specialists and scientists in their role in thecolonization of the planet Themis IV. Science fiction to surrealism, periodpieces to the modern quotidian, drawn in a clean style with flat color-work.These stories, in concert with shorter experiments and gags, all squeezethemselves between the covers of this first volume of Forlorn Funnies, anongoing collection of stories by one of our most skilful and prolificcartoonists that promises to be unpredictable and enthralling.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606993852
• ISBN13: 9781606993859
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Length: 48 Pages
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 7.5"