From Lone Mountain
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1770462953 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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“John Porcellino is comics’ reigning master of minimalism.” -AV Club“The rawness of Porcellino’s work, its unfiltered directness, is the essence of its charm.” -LA Times“Intentionally simple drawings, largely autobiographical tales and renderings of dreams Porcellino is a master at miniature poignance.” -Entertainment Weekly
John Porcellino was born in Chicago in 1968, and has been writing, drawing, and publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels for over twenty-five years. . His celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics, begun in 1989 and still running, has inspired a generation of cartoonists. He lives in Illin
Porcellino also digs deep into a quintessential American endeavourthe road trip. A view of Americaas seen in small towns, rural roads, and its overlooked in-between placesJohn Porcellino makes his love of home and of nature the anchors in an increasingly turbulent world. Grand themes of King-Cat are visited and stated more eloquently than ever before: serendipity, memory, and the quest for meaning in the everyday.Over the past three decades, Porcellino’s beloved King-Cat has offered solace to his readers: his gentle observational stories take the pulse of everyday life and reveal beauty in the struggle to keep going.. He studies the flora and fauna around us. He looks at the overlooked. Uprooting his comfortable life several times in From Lone Mountain, John drives through the country weaving from small town to small town, experiencing America in slow motion, avoiding the sameness of airports and overwhelming hustl