Synopsis
North America's pioneering comics publisher celebrates its quarter-century with new and rare archival comics; essays from Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, and more.
Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels is an eight hundred-page thank-you letter to the cartoonists whose steadfast belief in a Canadian micro-publisher never wavered. In 1989, a prescient Chris Oliveros created D+Q with...
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“...an exuberantly entertaining anthology of short comics (many of them new) by almost all of the artists who have worked with the company over the years, from Kate Beaton's sly, brash gag strips about history and literature to Geneviève Castrée's tender sequence of self-portraits with blankets under which she's rested.” —New York Times
“...a jaw-dropping 800-page, full-colour anthology that serves as both company history and testament to everything accomplished since its first title.” —The Globe & Mail
“This giant tome collects [an array] of creative riches... rounded out by essays from established prose authors such as Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, and Lemony Snicket, celebrating the company and its groundbreaking talent. It's a history of one great company, but this volume also works as an essential guide to the development of alternative comics in all their glory.” —Publishers Weekly Starred Review
“A magnificent monument.” —Booklist Starred Review
“Gorgeous, hilarious and uncompromisingly integral, this printed history certainly wasn't necessary to prove the magic D&Q has accomplished, but you can't help at marvel at the breadth of it when presented with such meticulous heart and passion.” —Paste Magazine
“776 pages commemorating a quarter-century of Canada's outstanding, astounding indie comics press, including essays by Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Lethem and Lemony Snicket, and featuring seminal stories from Jillian Tamaki, Chris Ware, Adrian Tomine, and Art Spiegelman... This is 4.6lbs of sheer graphic brilliance.” —Boing Boing