VERY GOOD -Book is in Very Good condition with some shelf wear, light loss of gloss, etc but no major issues like creases, missing pages, water damage, ripped cover, etc. Book likely has a remainder mark.
Creators: Zoe Thorogood, Zoe Thorogood (By (artist))
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN: 9781534323865
Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 192 pages
On Sale Date: 11/15/2022
Dimensions: 10.2 in H | 6.6 in W | 0.5 in T | 0.9 lb Wt
Rating: Ages 13 And Up
A provacative graphic memoir perfect for fans of Allie Brosh's Solutions and Other Problems
- Thorogood is the winner of the 2023 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award
- Nominated for two 2023 Eisner Awards in the Best Graphic Memoir and Best Writer/Artist categories
- Winner of the 2023 Ringo Award in the Best Graphic Novel category
- Included in Forbes' The Best Graphic Novels of 2022 list
The 2023 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award winning cartoonist, Zoe Thorogood (writer and artist of The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott, artist on Joe Hill's Rain graphic novelisation), records six months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth is an intimate and meta-narrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival. A poignant and original depiction of a young woman's struggle with mental healththrough the ups and downs of anxiety, depression, and imposter syndromeas she forges a promising career in sequential art and finds herself along the way.
Select praise for It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth:
Thorogood elevates the dark material with her expressive use of the comics medium and the urgency of her voice. One to watch for the 2020s. Forbes
This has the force of a fist punching through the page. Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Thorogood taps into sensation and the way that it is experienced in a way that is unlike anything Ive seen before. Its astonishing. AIPT
Tragic, funny and disturbing. Connecticut Public Radio/NPR
Unflinchingly stark and personal. The Guardian UK
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