The Norwegian Cartoonist Known As Jason You have a new book DUE OUT This SEPTEMBER, Dubbed Death in trieste.
You can read the full description Below, But in Brief, It’s Essentially A Collection of Three Short Comics Stories, Ted Together by One Absurdist Thread Running Through. This New Book Marks Jason’s First New Work Since 2022’s Upside DawnAnother Collection that was nominated for an Ignatz Award.
And Today The Beat Is Honored to have 11-Page Excerpt from The New Book, Courtesy of Publisher Fantagraphics. You can find today pages below, following the office description text for Death in trieste. In This Snippet, The Characters Grapple with Early Mornings, Spilled Coffee, and René Magritte Related Nervous Breakdowns.
If it wasw evident, The Book Is Poised To Feature The Same Dry Humor, Minimalist Cartooning, and Niche Cultural References That Have Made Jason One of Our True Must-Read Cartoonists. You can find the description and the Exerpt Below. Death in trieste Is Slated for Release on Septern 16 … Enjoy!
The Title Story, “Death in Trieste,” Sets The Scene in 1920s Berlin, A Cultural Bustling Hotspot in the Shadow of the Coming Nazism. Here, to Host of Unlikely Characters-Time-Traveling David Bowie, Rasputin, Nosferatu, Marlene Dietrich, and More-Are All Connected by a Group of Daddats Who performs the Art of Rationity Through Madness. In “The Magritte Affair,” a Wisecracking Pair of Detectives Must Crack A Case Involre Art Forgeries, Masked Men, and Mysterious Disappearances – All Linked to the Surrealist World of the Famous Belgian Painter. Finally, in “Sweet Dreams,” Jason Reimagines The New Wave Artists of the 1980s as X-Men-Esque Superheroes. While This Supergroup Easily Dispatches Such Supernatural Threats As Living Mummies, Animated Suits of Armor, And Rampaging Golems, They Soon Face Their Their Bigest Challenge Yet, As a Giant Meteorite Hurtles Toward The Earth.
