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Synopsis
Ghosts, Etc. is a collection of short stories from Baltimore-based illustrator, designer and writer George Wylesol.
His work deals with environments, his 'characters' are objects or abstract shapes. He has self-published various comics and zines including The Rabbit and Worthless, which are featured in this collection along with a new comic, Ghosts.
In the first story, Ghosts, our nameless speaker works nights and weekends in the tunnels under the hospital. His job is unspecified and routine, but it involves plugging in wires and reading through a list of the patients in the hospital. He begins seeing glimpses of "ghosts" formless swatches of fabric floating just around corners, behind doors, and in the periphery of his vision.
Next up, The Rabbit is a story of responsibility, loss, and grief. The nameless protagonist, a stranger wearing a wooden mask, wanders aimlessly around the forest. He meets the Rabbit, a small, innocent creature, and the two decide to explore together.
Finally, Worthless is a stream-of-conscious narrative illustrating the phrase "idle hands make the devils work". Three teenagers, "The Bad Kids," are smoking and drinking behind a Seven-Eleven. They hear a disembodied voice speaking from a pipe. Upon looking into the pipe, Bad Kid 1 is instantly sucked into a trippy, psychotic journey across Heaven, Hell, and everything in between.
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About the Author
George Wylesol is an illustrator/designer/writer from Philadelphia, living and working in Baltimore. He has an MFA in Illustration Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art.
Review
"A tour de force... one of those books which defies description, and stays with you long after you have finished it." - Alex Thomas, Pipedream Comics
"Wylesol’s comics revel in glitches, both of human consciousness and representation, the results are a lurid lo-fi delight, they make you feel like you're being brought to the edge of an uncanny epiphany, as disorientating as they are spellbinding." - Gareth Brookes, Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition winner and author of 'The Black Project.'
"This is a collection of poignant, unsettling stories that explores environments of abstract shapes and ideas. Masterful storytelling... heart wrenching... trippy as hell. 'Ghosts, Etc.' is a compelling project... a graphic novel that explores the medium outside of what the major companies produce; and while it is presented in a form we know (ie graphic novel) it's anything but what we've seen before." - Amelia Wellman, Rogues Portal
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- PublisherAvery Hill Publishing
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1910395285
- ISBN 13 9781910395288
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages92
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