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Comics & Graphic Novels Literary

Death of the Master

by (author) Patrick Kyle

Publisher
Koyama Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2019
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927668719
    Publish Date
    Oct 2019
    List Price
    $29.5

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Description

After the sudden death of a beloved patriarch who promised eternal life to his followers, a topsy-turvy society attempts to reconcile the deluded teachings of their late leader with the harsh reality he left behind.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Patrick Kyle lives and works in Toronto, ON. He is the author of the graphic novels Black Mass (2012), Distance Mover (2014), Don't Come In Here (2016),Everywhere Disappeared (2017), andRoaming Foliage(2018). At the 2016 Doug Wright Awards, he won the Pigskin Peters Award for New Comics #6 and 7.

Editorial Reviews

“Kyle (Roaming Foliage) uses a simple, angular line in the service of this devastating satire of religion, industry, and arbitrary authority.” —Publishers Weekly

“Kyle’s odd pacing and deadpan sense of humour work together to highlight the absurdity of this off-kilter and occasionally achingly familiar world.” — Thomas L. Batten,Library Journal

“It’s in no way an exaggeration, then, to say this is a singular work by a singular talent related by singular means — the very definition, in my book, of what auteur comics are all about, and one of the most interesting and accomplished reads of the year.” — Ryan C.,Ryan C.’s Four Color Apocalypse

“Officialdom’s hyperbolic language doesn’t translate to the masses…That contrast is the book’s heart: the disjunction between “era-defining” moments and individual experience; balanced with the absurdity of imagining individualism in the midst of capitalism.” — Annette Lapointe,New York Journal of Books