Long Time Relationship - Hardcover

Doucet, Julie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1896597467 ISBN 13: 9781896597461

Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly, 2001

Synopsis

For the past two years, legendary cartoonist Julie Doucet has spent much of her time in her Montreal studio producing a series of bold lino-cut prints and now for the first time ever they are collected in Long Time Relationship, a beautifully-produced book available exclusively in this cloth edition. The book is divided into six chapters, each focusing on a theme; one is a series of eerily compelling portraits based on a dozen family photographs Doucet found discarded in a garbage can in Berlin. In another series, Doucet explores gender issues as no one else can with twenty hilarious, somewhat unflattering portraits of the "modern man". She deftly explores other themes, ranging from fortune cookies to female sexuality (go figure!), and everything is neatly encompassed in this sharply-designed art book. Julie Doucet is internationally renowned for her wry, sexually-charged work, a sort of "female R. Crumb" of comics. She is the author of four books, including the 2000 Firecracker Award-Winner My New York Diary.

About this title

From the Publisher

Julie Doucet is best known as author of Dirty Plotte, the title she's worked on for the past eight years, first as a self-published mini-comic and later as a regular full-size series. Her initial foray into the manly world of comics earned Doucet a Harvey Award in 1991 for Best New Talent. Doucet's work, characterized by its intense, obsessively-detailed drawing style and sometimes unsettling subject matter, has always been controversial: several of her comics have been seized by customs officials in Canada and England, at a time when The New York Times called her "a widely admired young cartoonist". Doucet, who was born in 1965 in Montreal, has had four books published, Lift Your Leg, My Fish Is Dead! (1993), My Most Secret Desire (1995), My New York Diary (1999) and The Madame Paul Affair (2000). As well, translated editions of her comics have appeared in Germany and Finland. Outside of print, her original art has been exhibited in several cities in the United States, Canada, France, and Portugal. Keeping up with all of this, Doucet is currently living in Montreal, where she continues the printmaking work she began with Long Time Relationship.

About the Author

Julie Doucet's initial foray into the manly world of comics earned her a Harvey Award in 1991 for Best New Talent. Born in Montreal in 1965, Doucet has published four critically acclaimed books: Lift Your Leg, My Fish is Dead!, My Most Secret Desire, the Firecracker Award-Winner My New York Diary, and the The Madame Paul Affair. She is best known for her comic series Dirty Plotte.

About this edition

• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1896597467
• ISBN 13: 9781896597461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 152