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Comics & Graphic Novels Literary

Secretimes

by (author) Keith Jones

Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Initial publish date
May 2016
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781770462380
    Publish Date
    May 2016
    List Price
    $21.95

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"Jones is a major figure in Canadian art, equal parts shamanistic visionary and goofball humourist." --Sequential
When two simple hobos--a pigeon and his elephant buddy--are wrongfully accused of murdering Mr. Mouse Mouser, the consequences are dire. Secretimes delineates an alternate universe--a world that favors the rich and grinds the poor and unfortunate into paste. Each page is a brightly colored nightmare populated with vapid celebrities and lazily scheming businessmen.
Keith Jones creates a pop parable that is stunning and alluring to look at and hellish to live in. Graffiti-covered walls, melting neon figures, idiosyncratic sound effects, and anthropomorphized bros meld together in this satire of modern life and modern values. His sense of humor is manic, snickering, and surreal, each line imbued with a rich sense of irony. Jones's pacing gives each page a frenzied paranoia that belies his characters' fantasies of utter control. Secretimes is darkly funny in Jones's irresistibly off-kilter signature style.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Keith Jones is a fine artist, Canadian doodler, and cartoonist. He has exhibited all around the world. He has published two books with Drawn & Quarterly, an art book called Bacter-Area and a graphic novel called Catland Empire, both of which were nominated for Doug Wright Awards.

Editorial Reviews

Keith Jones has created a disturbing and colorful world." - VICE

"[ Secretimes ] may appear light and cheerful on the surface, but Jones explores some dark subject matter in these pages, challenging expectations of the talking animal genre." - AV Club

"A pleasant, Joycean class war. . . Secretimes . . . starts out as hobo comedy [and] wanders into dystopian sci-fi." - Paste

"Keith Jones's funny animal strip is anything but cute. This is nihilism painted as fun. Full of dark humour. . . sex, violence, murder and stealing food out of bins." - Herald Scotland

"Cartoon violence electrifies every page of this madcap journey through societal imbalance." - Publishers Weekly
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