Comics & Graphic Novels Literary
Jinchalo
- Publisher
- Drawn & Quarterly
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2012
- Category
- Literary
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781770460676
- Publish Date
- Feb 2012
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
From the author of Ojingogo, another tale of enchantment and adventure
Jinchalo is Korean for "Really?" and that question (formulated variously as "What is and what isn't?" "What is real?" and "What is imagined?") is at the heart of this book. A companion to Matthew Forsythe's vastly successful Ojingogo, Jinchalo stars the same little girl as its heroine. When the mischievous shape-shifter Jinchalo hatches from a mysterious egg, he starts our heroine adventuring anew. Magical troubles drag the pair out of the safety of her home, through the small village where she resides, up, up, and away. In the course of their flight, they visit a robot garden, follow a vine into the clouds, and leave the village far behind.
These comics are firmly rooted in Korean folktales and stylistic conventions, with a playful, joyous drawn line. Jinchalo welcomes readers back into Forsythe's Miyazaki-tinged dreamscape where spotted octopi fly and bears give piggyback rides, where hummingbirds are larger than people and a sad furry monster wearing a bowler hat lurks around every corner. Forsythe uses page space innovatively in this wordless, panel-less book, and his storytelling is compelling for all ages, both simple and intricately detailed.
About the author
Matthew Forsythe crée des bandes dessinées, des albums illustrés et des modèles pour l'animation. Sa bande dessinée Ojingogo a été en lice pour le prix Eisner à deux reprises, et il était le graphiste en chef de l'émission télévisée Adventure Time. Aux Éditions Scholastic, il a illustré Je m'appelle Catherine d'Annika Dunklee. Pour faciliter ses recherches, Matthew a été de mauvaise humeur tout le long de la création de ce livre. Il habite à Montréal.
Matthew Forsythe makes comics and picture books and designs for animation. His comic Ojingogo was noMinated twice for an Eisner Award, and he was the lead designer on the TV show Adventure Time. For research purposes, he was in a bad mood the whole time he drew this book. Matthew lives in Montreal.
Editorial Reviews
Matthew Forsythe's spare pen-and-ink drawings . . . are splendid." - Douglas Wolk, Salon on Ojingogo
"Forsythe narrates the fantastical journey . . . in images that are at once exquisitely simple and laden with suggestion." - Montreal Gazette on Ojingogo
"Beautifully produced, weird and wordless." - Kelly Link on Ojingogo
"A totally unique and engaging book." - Newsarama on Ojingogo
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