CARTOONSHOW by Derek M. Ballard
These funny, scary, wild, unflinching comix are some of my favorites of recent years. Derek is a single dad dealing with kids, his ex, poverty, art, and endless bureaucratic insanity. These comics pull no punches about reality in the American trenches, and are imbued with a righteous and bleak sense of anger– and yet… they contain laffs? A masterclass in cartooning. So great.
“Derek is a solo parent raising three kids in the American South, while trying to make art. Told in a series of free-flowing and often hilarious comic essays, Cartoonshow gets to the heart of the struggle to be a creative person in a society that doesn’t value anything other than how much it can grind out of you. Covid, poverty, the failing social safety net, predatory lenders, and literal acts of God can’t stop our hero!”
144-page hardcover, color covers, black and white interiors, 6″ x 8.25″. (Oni Press)
$22.00
3 in stock
