One Week in the Library
Published on 13. December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-5343-0022-4 (ISBN)
Description
Welcome to the Library. It's here that every story ever written is
catalogued and monitored by a single man, who's begun to notice something
strange: the books are rebelling.
Image Comics proudly presents this
experimental graphic novella from writer W. Maxwell Prince and artist John Amor,
which recounts a troublesome week in the Library via seven short
stories-one for each day-that use comics, infographics, prose, and
poetry to play with the graphic medium and explore the multivalent world of
living narrative.
catalogued and monitored by a single man, who's begun to notice something
strange: the books are rebelling.
Image Comics proudly presents this
experimental graphic novella from writer W. Maxwell Prince and artist John Amor,
which recounts a troublesome week in the Library via seven short
stories-one for each day-that use comics, infographics, prose, and
poetry to play with the graphic medium and explore the multivalent world of
living narrative.
Reviews / Votes
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY -- In anew story from the creators of Judas: The Last Days, Allen, the narrator, is
both librarian and prisoner in a library variously described as "the sum
total of its innumerable stories" and as housing "all narratives, in
all their possible shapes." When the books seem to be rebelling, Allen
lives through a week of stories including one with familiar storybook
characters, a brief sojourn in a literally colorless office, and a final
tete-a-tete with the author. Amor, with colorist Kathryn
Layno, produces kaleidoscopic and hallucinogenic images that pair perfectly with
Prince's experimental tale, with looming book stacks giving way to bizarre
creatures and handy infographics as needed. In the final fourth wall-breaking
scene, Prince confesses to his character that he hopes that this work
"will give the reader the impression that I'm a bright guy," and it
certainly does that. Amor's art is filled with references to pop culture, and it
may take a few readings to get all of them.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Fullerton
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 13 to 16 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
248 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5343-0022-4 (9781534300224)
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Persons
W. Maxwell Prince writes in Brooklyn and lives with his wife, daughter, and two cats called Mischief and Mayhem.
He is the author of ONE WEEK IN THE LIBRARY (Image Comics), The Electric Sublime (IDW), and Judas: The Last Days (ibid).
When not writing, he tries to render all of human experience in chart form.
He is the author of ONE WEEK IN THE LIBRARY (Image Comics), The Electric Sublime (IDW), and Judas: The Last Days (ibid).
When not writing, he tries to render all of human experience in chart form.