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Uptight #5
In this 80-page volume, Jordan Crane draws us in with two gripping and wrenching stories, one of the mundane, and the other of the fantastic. First, there is "Keeping Two." William's girlfriend goes missing during a trip to the supermarket, and he must look down the long dark narrow tunnel that his life will become without her. He is reading a book, but the book doesn't help, and indeed feeds his anxieties, rendering his loss in starkly contrasting lines. The second story, "Discovering the Dark," is 26 pages and drawn with two colors. Akihiro Akaike is employed as a repairman aboard an asteroid mining ship in the year 2033. In his spare time, he is an amateur astrophysicist, and a discovery he makes drives him steal supplies and a company ship in order to make a clandestine 7-month voyage. However, when the mining operation discovers his plans, he is forced into a rapidly deteriorating set of probabilities.
Book Details
- Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
- Publish Date: Feb 1st, 2016
- Pages: 112
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.90in - 7.10in - 0.20in - 0.40lb
- EAN: 9781606997987
- Recommended age: 16-UP
- Categories: • Literary
About the Author
Crane, Jordan: - Jordan Crane is a cartoonist living in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and kids. Crane first emerged in 1996 with the iconic comics anthology NON, which he edited, designed, printed, contributed to, and published. His recent books include Keeping Two (2022) and the all-ages graphic novel The Clouds Above (2008).
Praise for this book
The work of an artist of great confidence who's finding new and interesting ways to tell comics stories.-- "Slate"
Interesting not merely on the strength of the work, but because of the alacrity with which Jordan Crane approaches the presentation of his material. This is a novel format, and the glossy-magazine presentation frames the stories in an interesting way. It feels like a substantial chunk of reading while also seeming like a bargain.-- "The A.V. Club"