DRAWN&QUARTERLY fall 2012 ADRIAN TOMINE’S NEW YORK DRAWINGS Dist. in CanaDa by RainCoast books • 800.663.5714 • www.RainCoast.Com Dist. in the Us by FaRRaR, stRaUs & GiRoUx • 888.330.8477 • www.FsGbooks.Com seleCt titles Dist. in the Uk by PGUk • 020.8804.0400 www.PGUk.Co.Uk FoR PUbliCity ContaCt PeGGy bURns at [email protected] FoReiGn RiGhts aRe hanDleD by samantha haywooD oF tla [email protected] Drawn & Quarterly ACKNOWLEDGES THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE GOVERN- ment oF CanaDa thRoUGh the CanaDa book FUnD anD the CanaDa CoUnCil FoR THE ARTS FOR OUR PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES AND FOR SUPPORT OF THIS EDITION PRINTED IN CANADA ADRIAN TOMINE’S NEW YORK DRAWINGS ADRIAN TOMINE NEW YORK DRAWINGS a ColleCtion oF illUstRATIONS FRom the NEW YORKER COVER ARTIST AND AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST Two strangers, both reading the same novel, share a fleet- ing glance between passing subway cars. A bookstore owner locks eyes with a neighbor as she receives an Amazon package. Strangers are united by circumstance as they wait on the sub- way stairs for a summer storm to pass. Adrian Tomine’s illustrations and comics have appeared for more than a decade in the pages (and on the cover) of the New Yorker. Instantly recognizable for their deceptively simple and evocative style, these images have garnered the attention of the New Yorker’s readership and the approbation of such venerable institutions as the Art Directors Club and American Illustration. New York Drawings is a loving homage to the city that Tomine, a West Coast transplant, has called home for the past seven years. This lavish, beautifully designed volume collects every cover, comic, and illustration that he has pro- duced for the New Yorker to date, along with an assortment of other rare and uncollected illustrations and sketches inspired by the city. Complete with notes and annotations by the author, New York Drawings will also feature a new introductory comic focusing on Tomine’s experiences as a New York illustrator. “One of the most masterful cartoonists of his generation.”–The Village Voice “Tomine has always been a master of the small gesture.”–The Los Angeles Times “Tomine has an understated visual style that combines wit, social commentary, psychological insights and elegant drawing.”–The San Diego Union-Tribune “A superb draftsman and chronicler of the inconsolable heartaches.”–The Philadelphia Inquirer ADRIAN TOMINE is the author of Scenes from an Impending Marriage, Shortcomings, Summer Blonde, Sleepwalk, 32 Stories and the comic book series Optic Nerve. national Publicity • national advertising • select author appearances nyC launch & art exhibit at Powerhouse Gallery during the brooklyn book Festival sePtembeR 2012 • $24.95 UsD/CDn • Full Color • 8.125" x 11" • 136 PaGes aRt books/GeneRal • isbn: 978-1-77046-087-4 • haRDCoVeR MORE BY ADRIAN TOMINE SCENES FROM AN 32 STORIES SHORTCOMINGS IMPENDING MARRIAGE 978-1-77046-034-8 978-1-897299-76-0 978-1-897299-75-3 $9.95 USD/ $10.50 CDN $19.95 USD/$24.95 CDN $14.95 USD/$18.95 CDN SLEEPWALK AND OTHER SUMMER BLONDE SCRAPBBOOK STORIES 978-1-896597-12-6 978-1-896597-57-7 978-1-896597-77-5 $17.95 USD/CDN $16.95 USD/CDN $24.95 USD/CDN LYNDA BARRY’S THE FREDDIE STORIES LYNDA BARRY THE FREDDIE STORIES the tRials anD tRibULATIONS oF tRoUbleD aDolesCents FRom baRRy’s aCClaimeD ComiC The Freddie Stories traces a year in the life of Freddie, the youngest member of the dysfunctional Mullen family. These four-panel entries–each representing an episode in the life of Freddie–bring to life adolescence, pimples and all. No matter what happens, it all seems to go wrong for Freddie–he’s set up as an arsonist, mercilessly teased in school, and bossed around by classmates. With con- summate skill, Lynda Barry writes about the cruelty of children at this most vulnerable age when the friends they make and the paths they choose can forever change their lives. In The Freddie Stories every word of dialogue, every piece of narration, and every dark line evokes ado- lescent angst. These short, moving stories are collected from Bar- ry’s beloved Ernie Pook’s Comeek, which was serialized across North America for two decades. Re-packaged here with a brand-new introduction from Lynda Barry, The Freddie Stories is an adult tale about just how hard it is NOT FINAL COVER to be a teenager–a classic Barry work alongside her cult- masterpiece novel Cruddy–poignant, insightful, and true. “Barry rejects milk-and-sugar sweetness for something stronger, richer, more complex.”–The New York Times ALSO AVAILABLE: WHAT IT IS 978-1-897299-35-7 • $2495 USD/CDN PICTURE THIS 978-1-897299-64-7 • $29.95 USD/$31.95 CDN BLABBER, BLABBER, BLABBER 978-1-77046-052-2 • $24.95 USD/CDN LYNDA BARRY was born in Wisconsin in 1956, and later studied at Evergreen State College. She has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator and teacher, finding them all very much alike. National Publicity noVembeR 2012 • $19.95 UsD/CDn • Full Color • 8.375" x 10.875" • 72 PaGes ComiCs & GRaPhiC noVels/liteRaRy • isbn: 978-1-77046-090-4 • haRDCoVeR CANADIAN AUTHOR JULIE MORStaD THE WAYSIDE all new DRAWINGs FRom a noteD illUstRATOR Julie Morstad has long excelled at illustra- tion, often working in tandem with children’s writers, but in The Wayside, the storytelling potential of her fantastical pictures is fully re- alized. Within these pages, Morstad’s worlds unite, maintaining their ethereal, almost fairy-tale beauty while also achieving a loose overarching synthesis through thematic and visual commonalities. The work found herein combines the delicate line of Edward Gorey with the color palette of Marcel Dzama, and emerges as some- thing utterly unique: a combination of the two with the spirit of Virginia Woolf. Similar to her first D+Q book, Milk Teeth, Morstad’s drawings—dramatic, poetic, and heavy with symbolism—speak for themselves, exploring femininity, identity, and personal mythologies. “This new book of her work is perfect. It’s...a good match for her delicate fine line drawings and etchings.” –Book By Its Cover “...delicate, imaginative, whimsical and haunting.”–The Vancouver Sun ALSO AVAILABLE: MILK TEETH 978-1-897299-45-6 • $16.95 USD/CDN JULIE MORSTAD Julie Morstad is an award-winning illustrator and artist living in Vancouver, B.C., with her husband and three kids. She received her BFA at the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2004, and is a sessional faculty member at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. National Publicity oCtobeR 2012 • $24.95 UsD/CDn • Full Color • 8" x 10" • 120 PaGes aRt books/GeneRal • isbn: 978-1-77046-089-8 • haRDCoVeR CANADIAN AUTHOR GENEVIEVE CASTREE SUSCEPTIBLE a tRans-CanaDian exPloRATION oF iDentity FRom a mULTITALENTED aRtist anD mUsiCian Geneviève Castrée has long been beloved for her mini- comics, comics, visual art, and music. There is a unique quality to all of her artistic endeavors–quiet, serene, de- pressing. Castrée’s keen eye for detail and her fearless ability to probe the depths of her troubled past make Susceptible a stirring portrait of an artist coming into her own. Susceptible is the story of Goglu (Geneviève), a day- dreamer growing up in Quebec in the ‘80s and ‘90s with a single mother. From a skillful artist comes a moving, beautiful story about families, loss, and growing up. Whether she’s discussing nature versus nurture or the story of her birth, Castrée imbues her storytelling with a quiet power and a confidence in the strength of imagery. “[Castrée] offers three connected minimalist fables dreamily portraying a young woman’s reactions to depression, domes- ticity, and motherhood in delicate watercolors that, thanks largely to her keen graphic skills, make them whimsical with out being cloying.” –Booklist NOT FINAL COVER “[Castrée’s work], illustrated in a delicately watercolored style that suggests Richard Scarry in the throes of an Edward Gorey obsession, is an episodic meditation on love, belonging, and personal identity. The visual metaphors for depression and home will break your heart; the care taken with their rendering will join the broken pieces back together on every page.” –Austin Chronicle “We’re Wolf is composed of a trilogy of adult fables about happiness, sadness and companionship drawn in a graceful, languid style.” –Publishers Weekly GENEVIÈVE CASTRÉE was born in Quebec. She has been drawing since the age of two. Castrée lives and works in the Pacific-Northwest, where she makes visual art, and records and plays music under the name “Ô PAON.” National Publicity noVembeR 2012 • $19.95 UsD/CDn • b/w • 6.5" x 9.625" • 80 PaGes ComiCs & GRaPhiC noVels/liteRaRy • isbn: 978-1-77046-088-1 • haRDCoVeR ANDERS NILSEN DON’T GO WHERE I CAN’T FOLLOW A STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS INSCRIBED IN PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, LETTERS, AND BEDSIDE SKETCHES In this collection of letters, drawings, and photos, Anders Nilsen chronicles a six-year relationship and the illness that brought it to an end. Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow is an eloquent appreciation of the time the author shared with his fiancée, Cheryl Weaver. The story is told using artifacts of the couple’s life together, including early love notes, simple and poetic postcards, tales of their travels in written and comics form, journal entries and drawings done in the hospital during her final days. It concludes with a beautifully rendered account of Weaver’s memorial that Glen David Gold, writing in the L.A. Times, called “16 panels of beauty and grace.” Don’t Go Where I Can’t Follow is a deeply personal romance, and a universal remind- er of our mortality and the significance of the relationships we build.