The End Of The Fucking World
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.85 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1606996673 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
When he returns, the pair's fake home life comes crashing down. They also make a disturbing discovery about the homeowner. They break into a house in the suburbs and start playing a clumsy version of house, unable to escape the awkwardness of their age. This is a visceral comic, full of deeply unsettling violent images and actions, though Forsman's minimalist style helps keep the focus on the impact of the events, not the horror itself. At 16, he pretends to fall in love with his classmate Alyssa and convinces her to split town with him after he steals his dad's car. James is an unfeeling and disturbed youth who tortures animals, sticks his hand down a garbage disposal, punches his father in the face, and lacks compassion or feeling for anyone else. I smashed its body with a stone." Like a teenage metal head's revenge fantasy world spun out of control, but drawn by a demented Mort Walker, this debut graphic novel is a haunting odyssey
Chuck Forsman is incredible. This book both tells a Chuck Forsman is incredible. This book both tells a riveting, compelling narrative, but more so evokes an incredible sense of loneliness and despair. Highest recommendation.. "TEOTFW will break you." according to Daniel Elkin. It's easy to conjure up sobs of false sentimentality when thinking about this book, but it's not in its heart one of those “look upon this horror” or “there but for the grace of God”. This is a bildungsroman of the narcissist, psychotic, detached. It is the psychic havoc of the perpetually doomed; the coming of age story of those striding forth into world where the connection between cause and effect is a spectator sport, where emotional content is gauged by “hits” and the chance to go viral.TEOTFW is a dispassionate presentation of dispassionate time. Crafted With Integrity Jared M. Genuine, honest, pure -- these are the words that come to mind after reading 'TEOTFW'. This graphic novel oozes humanity from its simple, straight-forward plot. At least, you'll THINK it's simple until you actually consider the narrative on a much deeper level. What is 'TEOTFW' trying to say? At first, it may appear to just be a modern twist on the tale of the star-crossed lovers Bonnie & Clyde. Yet, what we have here is something more sentimental more altruistic. This story is a journey for two broken souls -- teenage runaways whom have no home, no loving family, no real connection to
Forsman is arguably the most acclaimed talent to come out of the Center for Cartoon Studies, a school founded in 2004 by graphic novelist James Sturm and educator Michelle Ollie in White River Junction, VT. Black & white illustrations throughout. But quickly, this somewhat familiar teenage experience takes a more nihilistic turn as James’s character exhibits a rapidly forming sociopathy that threatens both of their futures. Forsman’s story highlights the disdain, fear and existential search that many teenagers fear, but through a road trip drama that owes as much to Badlands as The Catcher in the Rye. Forsman tells their story through each character’s perspective, jumping between points of view with each chapter. The first full-length graphic novel by the Ignatz Award-winning up-and-comer.TEotFW follows James and Alyssa, two teenager
. Chuck Forsman is arguably the most acclaimed talent to come out of the Center for Cartoon Studies. Forsman graduated in 2008 and is a two-time Ignatz Award-winner for his self-published minicomic Snake Oil. The End of the Fucking World has been adapted into a television series for the UK's Channel 4. He lives in Hancock, Mass