Postcards
True Stories That Never Happened
Published on 2. April 2009
160 pages
978-0-307-49733-8 (ISBN)
Description
"The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”
-Frank Warren, author of PostSecret
You've seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a snapshot of someone's life once upon a time. Jason Rodriguez, acclaimed editor of Elk's Run, collected a remarkable array of these correspondences, dispersed them among thirty-three of comics' greatest creators, and asked each to craft a story about the person who sent it. The result is a vividly imagined, gorgeously rendered graphic anthology illustrating tales of romance, adventure, hardship, and mystery. In Postcards, these gifted artists share some of the richest and most inventive work of their careers.
-Frank Warren, author of PostSecret
You've seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a snapshot of someone's life once upon a time. Jason Rodriguez, acclaimed editor of Elk's Run, collected a remarkable array of these correspondences, dispersed them among thirty-three of comics' greatest creators, and asked each to craft a story about the person who sent it. The result is a vividly imagined, gorgeously rendered graphic anthology illustrating tales of romance, adventure, hardship, and mystery. In Postcards, these gifted artists share some of the richest and most inventive work of their careers.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
07/2007
Villard
€40.20
Article exhausted; check different version
Person
Jason Rodriguez is the editor of Elk's Run, which was a finalist for the Harvey Award, and the critically acclaimed anthology Western Tales of Terror.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Blue
- Chapter 2 - Time
- Chapter 3 - Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland.
- Chapter 4 - Taken on Faith
- Chapter 5 - Send Louis His Underwear
- Chapter 6 - Res Libero
- Chapter 7 - Homesick
- Chapter 8 - Cora's Dress
- Chapter 9 - A Joyous Eastertide
- Chapter 10 - Tic-Tac-Bang-Bang
- Chapter 11 - Quarantined
- Chapter 12 - Best Side Out
- Chapter 13 - Intersection
- Chapter 14 - The Midnight Caller's Holiday in Hades!
- Chapter 15 - Operation Torch
- Chapter 16 - The History of a Marriage
- Epilogue
- About The Authors
- Copyright
