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\nBy S\u00f8ren G. Mosdal<\/strong> (Slab-O-Concrete)
\nISBN: 978-1-89986-639-7 (TPB)<\/p>\n

Not all comics are nice. Not all stories are cosy and comforting. This slim volume collects some short strips by Danish cartoonist S\u00f8ren Glosimodt Mosdal; powerful, surreal to the point of absurdism, starkly, bleakly, casually violent yet unbelievably compelling vignettes of modern disassociation and spiritual isolation in an urban landscape of staggering indifference.<\/p>\n

A seasoned cartoonist and newspaper illustrator born in Nairobi, Mosdal studied and now lives in Copenhagen: a member of their Fort Knox Studios and part of Finland\u2019s Kuti Kuti comics association. Regular clients include Fahrenheit <\/strong>magazine (since 1994), and literary periodical Zoe<\/em><\/strong>, whilst his collected comic books include Feuerwerk<\/em><\/strong>, Madeleine, une femme libre<\/em><\/strong> (with scriptwriters Rudy Ortiz & Pierre Colin-Thibert), and Eric Le Rouge: roi de l’hiver<\/em><\/strong>. Beginning this century, Mosdal has increasingly concentrated on music-related works and themes, such as a comic biography of Elvis Presley and Lost Highway<\/strong>, about Hank Williams.<\/p>\n

However, in this glorious lost gem from 2001 – and reprinting a Danish collection of two years\u2019 prior – Mosdal\u2019s intense, exaggerated drawing bristles with ill-suppressed animosity as he tells of ordinary life: getting drunk, getting stoned, getting laid and ultimately getting nowhere. Whether relating what I pray are not autobiographical everyday interludes or delivering candid depictions of the deeply distressing adventures of Hans Drone<\/strong> – \u201cThe Greatest Writer of our Time!\u201d – or any of the other misfits gathered herein, Mosdal\u2019s fevered works are unsettling yet unforgivably intoxicating. If you\u2019re old enough and strong enough, and have patience and time to go looking, these beautiful, ugly stories are ready in wait for you and absolutely worthy of your attention.
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\nIf only some smart, wide-eyed English-language publisher would run that risk…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By S\u00f8ren G. Mosdal (Slab-O-Concrete) ISBN: 978-1-89986-639-7 (TPB) Not all comics are nice. Not all stories are cosy and comforting. This slim volume collects some short strips by Danish cartoonist S\u00f8ren Glosimodt Mosdal; powerful, surreal to the point of absurdism, starkly, bleakly, casually violent yet unbelievably compelling vignettes of modern disassociation and spiritual isolation in … <\/p>\n

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