Celluloid

McKean, Dave

ISBN 10: 1606994409 / ISBN 13: 9781606994405

Published by Seattle: Fantagraphics Books,, 2011

About this Item

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. This item from our catalogue 14: Graphic Novels & Comics in English followed by a selection of works in German, which you can view at ygrbooks. This novel was listed in an article entitled "50 Essential Graphic Novels", which was published on AbeBooks on the 7th of November 2013. Seller Inventory # 014013

Bibliographic Details

Title: Celluloid

Publisher: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books,

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Neu

Dust Jacket Condition: Neu

Signed: Signatur des Verfassers

Edition: 1. Auflage

About this title

Synopsis:

• A woman arrives at an apartment, but her partner can't get away from work. She is disappointed and settles in for a night alone, but finds a film projector with a reel of film loaded. The film is scratched and blurry, but she can make out a couple making love. When the film burns out, a door is revealed which leads to a misty town square... and a series of fantastical sexual encounters. But the plot doesn't really matter. The artist says: "There are so many comics about violence. I'm not entertained or amused by violence, and I'd rather not have it in my life. Sex, on the other hand, is something the vast majority of us enjoy, yet it rarely seems to be the subject of comics. Pornography is usually bland, repetitive, and ugly, and, at most, 'does the job'. I always wanted to make a book that is pornographic, but is also, I hope, beautiful, and mysterious, and engages the mind."
• Bringing to bear the astonishing range of illustrative and storytelling skills that have served him so well on his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean forges into new territory with fantastical erotica.

About the Author:

Dave McKean is an illustrator of books and comics, and a maker of films. His graphic novel Cages was recently re-released by Dark Horse Comics. He lives in Kent, England, with a wife, many fish, some millipedes and two children.