Alternative Comics (2007)
Editions Ca Et La (2007, French Edition)
B&W, 96 pages
One year before their chance encounter, Miles and Anna lived parallel lives only
a few miles apart. Miles is both jealous and overprotective when Sarah, his best friend since junior high, starts spending more
time with her new boyfriend. Anna's family is ending in divorce, her only solace is
with the boy next door Ethan, a college bound musician who is growing apart from his
younger sidekick leaving Anna's romantic feelings for him unrequited.
|
It's never a typical day at the office for Envy Saint-Claire. Working for the All Trades
temp agency, every day she's someone else - sitting at someone else's desk, drinking someone
else's coffee, talking to someone else's friends, doing someone else's job, living someone
else's life. But only for a day. Everything in Envy's life is temporary, and that's just how
she likes it.
|
|
|
Nominated for the 2003 Eisner Award for "Best Single Issue", this touching and compelling narrative tells the true story of a young man who encounters his favorite uncle for the first time in ten years.
|
Owen has just received a phone call informing him of his best friend David's death. He begins
his journey from his home in Boston to their old hometown in upstate New York. As he travels he
drifts back and forth in his memory, chronicling their lifelong friendship together.
|
Through an insomniac's waking dream we witness a surreal therapy session in which he finally confronts the manifestation of his anger and lament, a demon that has plagued both his days and dreams for far too long.
|
|
Skipping school to buy the latest Cure album, Miles arrives at the deserted Media Play
parking lot waiting for the store to open. Here he meets Anna, who skipped her own classes
with the same agenda. A free spirit, Anna takes it upon herself to bring introverted Miles
out of his black clad shell.
|
|
