A not-so-classic yarn about a mysterious stranger in a small
midwestern town
It's a story line we know all too well: "A mysterious stranger
comes to town." Only the town is not really a town and the stranger
is a gigantic cell-phone tower. The town is Birdseye Bristoe--a
portmanteau name created from an interstate sign that points to two
real towns--and it has only one real permanent resident, an
old-timer known as Uncle. A confirmed bachelor and World War II
veteran, he owns most of the real estate in town. His teenaged
great-niece and -nephew visit occasionally, though the town doesn't
have much to offer apart from an adult superstore, a gas station,
and a tackle shop.
Uncle reluctantly agrees to lease his land to a conglomerate of
telecommunications carriers, and sets the somewhat random condition
that the tower be built with a huge crossbar set horizontally into
the mast, making it also the world's largest cross. "Birdseye
Bristoe "begins with the destruction of the cell tower and works
backward to unravel the story of its fall.
This is the first full-length graphic novel from the acclaimed
artist Dan Zettwoch, who is well known for his comic books and
anthology work (in "Kramers Ergot," "Beasts II," and the "Drawn
& Quarterly Showcase"). Zettwoch has a sharp eye for the
iconography of small-town USA, and his stylized prose reveals the
intermingling of a keen wit and a strong affection for his
characters. "Birdseye Bristoe "brims with larger-than-life
personalities, hilarious anecdotes, references to
midwestern/mid-southern pop culture, and diagrams of the
cell-tower/cross construction process.
General
Imprint: |
Drawn & Quarterly
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
June 2012 |
First published: |
June 2012 |
Authors: |
Dan Zettwoch
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Dimensions: |
254 x 191 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
64 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-77046-066-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Graphic novels
|
LSN: |
1-77046-066-7 |
Barcode: |
9781770460669 |
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