The End of Summer

by Tillie Walden

Overview

In a secluded castle, at the beginning of a winter that is predicted to last for three years, Lars is battling illness and boredom. He passes the time with his siblings and his giant cat, Nemo, as secrets are revealed and tensions within the family begin to simmer...

Tillie Walden's classic debut graphic novel returns in this special edition that includes the new prequel story, 'Lars & Nemo'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781910395264
Publisher:	Avery Hill Publishing
Publication date:	10/15/2016
Edition description:	2nd edition, with introduction and prequel strip
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

A cartoonist and illustrator from Austin, TX born in 1996. Tillie's first book was published at the age of 18 by UK publishers Avery Hill. She has since made two further books with them, been nominated for an Eisner and won two Ignatz Awards. All in the space of 18 months. A graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies. Tillie likes cats, architecture, daylight and manga. She doesn't like flowers, nighttime, loud music, or superhero comics. She has a major graphic novel coming out from First Second in Fall 2017.

Editorial Reviews

★ 12/05/2016
It’s hard to discuss this graphic novel without bringing up the youth of its creator, who was only 19 when she drew it as a side project during her schooling at the Center for Cartoon Studies, but this dreamy, luminous fantasy would be impressive coming from an artist of any age. In a world where winter lasts for three years, a royal family holes up in its impossibly vast snowbound palace for the duration, trying and failing to stave off cabin fever. The youngest son, sickly Lars, falls back on the support of his giant cat, Nemo, as his twin sister rebels against their hemmed-in life. Walden creates a stunning sense of place, her delicately drawn characters dwarfed by cathedral-sized rooms of tapestries, sculptures, huge baths, and piles of eiderdown quilts. Her art suggests great past artists of dreams, such as Winsor McCay and Moto Hagio, but is fully her own. Understated and achingly beautiful, this book sticks in the mind and heart. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"An epic tale that not only rewards repeated reads but demands it. Excellent and highly recommended." — Richard Bruton, Forbidden Planet International

"Tillie Walden, who is poised to be one of the hottest cartoonists of 2016, after an already spectacular 2015." — Heidi MacDonald, Comics Beat

"A creator who's half my age and twice as talented as I'll ever be, Tillie Walden is the master of gorgeously melancholy dreamscapes." - Brian K. Vaughan, writer of 'Saga' and 'Y: The Last Man'.

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