Trailers

Mark Kneece and Julie Collins Rousseau

ISBN 10: 1561634417 / ISBN 13: 9781561634415

Published by Nantier Beall Minoustchine, 2005

About this Item

164 pages. Josh Clayton's mother has killed a man and left Josh in charge of disposing of the body. The trouble is, the body will not stay put. From dogs to low-life trailer park denizens, Josh's life slips ever more deeply into hell as he attempts to keep the corpse under wraps. Josh, a sensitive teenager, attempts to persevere in the face of a morbid dilemma: guilt and fear over the crime conflict with his reluctant devotion to his mother. In the meantime, he has the additional task of taking care of his younger brothers and sister while enduring the ordinary minefield known as high school. As pressure on Josh builds to critical mass, he suddenly finds himself involved in a relationship with Michelle. She tries to understand him. And, to her credit, she almost does. Josh is forced to take a difficult stand against his own mother or never be able to move on. By two members of the faculty of sequential art at the Savannah College of Art & Design. (K6/2).

Seller Inventory # GN0074

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trailers
• Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1561634417
• ISBN 13: 9781561634415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Graphic Novels

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Synopsis

Josh Clayton's mother has killed a man and left Josh in charge of disposing of the body. The trouble is, the body will not stay put. From dogs to low-life trailer park denizens, Josh’s life slips ever more deeply into hell as he attempts to keep the corpse under wraps. Josh, a sensitive teenager, attempts to persevere in the face of a morbid dilemma: guilt and fear over the crime conflict with his reluctant devotion to his mother. In the meantime, he has the additional task of taking care of his younger brothers and sister while enduring the ordinary minefield known as high school. As pressure on Josh builds to critical mass, he suddenly finds himself involved in a relationship with Michelle. She tries to understand him. And, to her credit, she almost does. Josh is forced to take a difficult stand against his own mother or never be able to move on. By two members of the faculty of sequential art at the Savannah College of Art & Design.

About the Author

Mark Kneece has written stories for numerous comics, including Batman: Legends of the Dark. In 1993, he came to Savannah College of Art and Design and helped found the Sequential Art and Animation Department, where he teaches comics writing.

Rousseau earned a B.A. in studio art from Lipscomb University and originally moved to Savannah in 2000 to pursue an M.F.A. in Illustration. She was a professor of Sequential Art at Savannah College of Art and Design.