Sshhhh!

by Jason

From the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning author comes this sharp suite of short tales, ranging from the funny to the terrifying to the surreal to the touching, all told entirely in pantomime. Like Chris Ware, Jason's clean, deadpan style (featuring animal-headed characters with mask-like faces) hides a wealth of emotion and human complexity, leavened with a wicked wit. Jason's work has also drawn comparisons to Art Spiegelman for the similar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560974974
• ISBN13: 9781560974970
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11

Customer Reviews

Sshhhh!

Simple, beautiful, with depth.

Love, Death, Crows, and no words

I picked this book up at the library becuase I had read "you can't get there from here" and liked it. This book does that one one better, by being entirely without words (as opposed to having the one scene with words). It tells 10 stories about a crow in a hat, from him getting a girlfriend, to getting a son to losing a girlfriend to dying to becoming invisible. It's amazing how powerful the stories can be without words, though characters sometimes appear dispassionate or phlegmatic, and sometimes it's hard to figure out what's going on. My favorite is the one where the croiw gets dumped and spends the rest of the story fantasizing about getting his girlfriend back. I know from personal experience how irritating and painful this process can be, and I'm sure many others will as well.

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Wow. A crow in a hat. Invisible coffee. A flute. Black and white. No words. Plenty of comedy. Plenty of akwardness. A reflection of pure human truth.Long moments of meloncholy and desperation sprinkled with just enough happiness to make it special. A crow you will feel for.Seriously.