#a. degen

[torontocomics]

DEBUTING AT TCAF 2020: The Marchnoir Library by A. Degen

$28.99 CDN, Published by: Secret Acres, ISBN: 978-0-9991935-8-7: Graphic Novel In light of TCAF 2020 cancelling, we are sharing comics and zines that were scheduled to debut at the festival.

Enter the Marchenoir Library, a gallery of the most beautiful covers from the beloved series, Marchenoir. Unfortunately, the covers are all that’s left of the mystery of Marchenoir, an ex-celebrity singer/songwriter working as a superheroine to pay off her debts, and defend our dreams and reality, as she searches for a terrestrial paradise. Can you read a book by its covers? The Marchenoir Library is a different kind of graphic novel from A. Degen (Mighty Star: and The Castle of the Cancatervater, Soft X-Ray/Mindhunters), an artist Michael DeForge (Lose, Ant Colony, Leaving Richard’s Valley) says is “one of the smartest and funniest cartoonists in the game.”

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Links: 

http://secretacres.com/?wpsc-product=the-marchenoir-library-by-a-degen

https://smile.amazon.com/Marchenoir-Library-Degen/dp/0999193589/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=marchenoir&qid=1587152928&sr=8-1

Twitter: @secretacres

[koyamapress]

“[G]iving yourself over to a comic and simply enjoying what it offers—the process of thinking about what various images could mean rather than being told what they do mean—is a rare pleasure.” — Shea Hennum, The A.V. Club 

Excerpt from A. Degen’s SOFT X-RAY / MINDHUNTERS. 

[koyamapress]

Four Color Apocalypse has selected A. Degen’s singular Soft X-Ray / Mindhunters as one of the top ten original graphic novels of 2018.

“A sci-fi silent movie rendered in lavish and explosive color that’s part breakneck adventure yarn, part dystopian nightmare, and all unique unto itself, Degen throws down a gauntlet here that few should even attempt to pick up, simply because no one else speaks his entirely self-created sequential art language.” Ryan Carey, Four Color Apocalypse

Check out the whole list here!

[koyamapress]

The writers at Your Chicken Enemy have selected the books they liked in 2018 and A. Degen’s searing vision Soft X-Ray / Mindhunters is one of them.

“In turns funny, dramatic, mysterious and incomprehensible, Soft X-Ray / Mindhunters is Degen’s most ambitious book to date and a comic that I fully recommend.” — Josh Hicks, Your Chicken Enemy

Read the rest of the list here!

[koyamapress]

The Paris Review staff select their faves and A. Degen’s “overwhelming, wordless comic book” Soft X-Ray / Mindhunters makes the list.

“The comic book is kind of a retelling of Plato’s cave allegory, albeit with more lasers and space travel and smiling butterfly cops.” — Isabel Ochoa Gold, The Paris Review

Check out the rest of the picks here!

[koyamapress]

An incredible mixture of manga and metaphysical art, Degen has constructed a wholly unique universe that feels mythic and modern with Soft X-Ray / Mindhunters. 

[koyamapress]

The Process Party podcast sits down with A. Degen ahead of the release of his new book Soft X-Ray / Mindhunters. Listen here!