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Not My Bag (Paperback)
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Not My Bag (Paperback)
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List price R364
Loot Price R294
Discovery Miles 2 940
You Save R70 (19%)
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From the artist of The Li'l Depressed Boy, and Amber Benson's Among
the Ghosts, comes a haunting retail hell story like you've never
encountered before! A young artist takes a job at a department
store in order to make ends meet... little does he know that he may
meet his end! In this gothic story for fans of Black Swan,
Blankets, and The Devil Wears Prada, can the artist withstand
competitive pressure, treachery, and high fashion while still
keeping his soul? What do you get when you put an artist in a
department store selling nice clothes, all the while wondering why
being so clearly in retail hell doesn't stop him from having a
modicum of ambition to move up the fashion food chain? Grace (The
L'il Depressed Boy) draws upon his experience in retail to craft a
graphic novel that gives us a window into the life of an artist who
is forced to take a job he doesn't really want in order to pay the
bills. What make the story so moving are both the celebration of
fashion Grace's character gives us and the introspection of the
artist as he looks back on the relationships that have served to
define him. While making connections to The Devil Wears Prada is
natural, the protagonist's reliance on his partner's understanding
and support gets him through the retail ordeal. Grace's attention
to form and his skill with visual hyperbole (as in, for example,
the saleswoman he depicts as a Skrull) are perfectly suited to the
narrative. A sophisticated graphic novel that amply displays
Grace's talent for visual storytelling. (Oct.)
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