by John Hankiewicz
Asthma is a collection of recent comics by John Hankiewicz. From story to story, even page to page, the book mixes a startling range of graphic and narrative styles to form a dreamlike whole.
“Amateur Comics” creates a wordless lyric of bfody, chairs, and space. “Martha Gregory” delves into the rhyming psyches of a young woman and an old man. “Jazz” charts a single day through the lens of the unconscious. Also included are the visually abstract “The Kimball House,” the autobiographical “Westmont Is Next,” the elliptically humorous “Dance” (printed in black and red), and several other ineffable pieces.
At once perplexing and moving, disturbing and playful, Asthma explores the formal and emotional reaches of the comics medium.
104 pages
8.5″ x 11″
B/W and color
ISBN: 978-0974271552
2006
$17.00
Reviews:
“For years now, Hankiewicz has explored ways of storytelling that no one else is with comics.” Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Journal
“[A] unique vision.” Shawn Hoke on “Dance”, Size Matters Blog