Product Description: Jeff Smith (creator of Bone, published by Cartoon Books) provides the introduction to one of the finest graphic novels of the year. Eisner, Harvey, Firecracker, and Ignatz Award nominated and winner James Kochalka has been called "one of the brightest lights of independent comics" and Quit Your Job is a shining example of his genius. On his way to work at the Chinese restaurant, Magic Boy discovers an enchanted ring and determines to make an expedition to the North Pole. He only gets as far as the coffee shop on the next block, but his world is forever changed in the short journey. Special cover design by Michel Vrana.
Kochalka's work holds up ^ James Kochalka's early work on Quit Your Job (while he was still making ends meet as a waiter at a Chinese restaurant) holds up well today!
I already quit my job ^ If you have ever read James Kochalka you know that he is no average comic book. He is part of what is the new underground, along others such as Tom Hart, Ron Rege Jr and, Scott Mills. In which they abandon the traditional American way of comics, focusing less upon the creation of art and image as parts and focusing, upon creating a comic as a whole. Kochalka's work is so packed with symbolism and metaphor that I doubt any other comic creator could pull it off with the fluidity and blatant love for life that Kochalka has. And unlike the many of the other comics on my shelf Kochalka's work gets better the more you read it, revealing layers of meaning that normally would have gone unnoticed.
Quit your job ^ This has got to be my all-time favorite comic book. Kitty, who in one frame emerges from a heap of newly-fallen snow, explains it perfectly: "It's deep". But also funny and beautiful on the surface. I always keep several copies of this book on hand to give it to all my friends.
a charming little comic book ^ james kochalka is a magician, dreamer and a cartoonist. of course he's a musician too. it's amazing the amount of magic, dreams and everything else he managed to squeeze into this little book.
sweet bedtime story for grown-ups. ^ James Kochalka, indie rock hero and comic creator, creates a wonderful tale with Quit Your Job. it follows Magic Boy and his cat, Kitty, as they travel to the north pole. Of course, they only make it around the block, but they still learn a lot on the way. Magic Boy misses the bus and decides to quit his job, finds a magic ring, and Kitty wins a contest. This sweet story, for adults and children whose parents don't mind them reading a few profanities, is a cartoonishly drawn story that you'll fall in love with. it rocks.
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