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ISBN: 1560974974 / Publisher: Fantagraphics, August 2002
Uses birds as characters to explore the tragedy of life.
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From the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning author comes thissharp suite of short tales, ranging from the funny to the terrifying tothe surreal to the touching, all told entirely in pantomime. Like ChrisWare, Jason's clean, deadpan style (featuring animal-headed characterswith mask-like faces) hides a wealth of emotion and human complexity,leavened with a wicked wit. Jason's work has also drawn comparisons toArt Spiegelman for the similar ways both artists utilizeanthropomorphic stylizations to reach deeper, more general truths, andto create elegantly minimalist panels whose emotional depth-chargecomes as an even greater shock. His dark wit and supremely bold use of"jump-cuts" from one scene to the next are endlessly surprising andexhilarating.
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