Crawl Space
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1927668417 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Take a little head trip piloo Once again Jacobs lays out some interesting territory with his latest story about two girls in highschool who are newly formed friends exploring a secret psychedelic dimension. One of the girls has just moved to the area, and in her basement is a washer and dryer that takes anyone who climbs into either of them to the rainbow dimension of existence. I guess it's sort of like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, except that these machines take you to a psychedelic world, literally. For anyone who has had any experience with psychedelic substances, it seems like a fairly transparent metaphor, complete with a "come down" phase after returning t. "Eye candy for soul" according to joshua seth wooten. A really fun and fascinating story! I read it in one sitting and loved every page. The art is mesmerizing and vibrant with plenty of psychedelic colors, and they, the colors and whimsy, are used as tools for the story in such a way that left me saying "beautiful". 5 stars. just get it. "Five Stars" according to theron h jacobs. FANTASTIC
ClubJacobs brings his intricate visuals and surrealist bent to the story of a basement housing a rainbow-hued world.” Zainab Akhtar, The Guardian. Safari Honeymoon was a shocking, striking exploration of marriage in a strange environment, and Crawl Space will likely continue that complex exploration of character dynamics through trippy, experimental visuals.” Oliver Sava, A.V
But in the fraught realm of adolescence, can friendship survive the appeal of the surreal?Jesse Jacobs was born in Moncton, NB, and now draws comics and things from his home in Hamilton, ON. In the basement, through the appliances and past the veil that separates realities, lies a rainbow-hued world where a group of kids have found retreat from their suburban mundanity with a coterie of iridescent creatures. In 2009, his books Small Victories and Blue Winter were short listed at the Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. He made his debut wit