“Arias-Misson’s writing is comedic and sharp, clever and intelligent.”—American Book Review
“Given the stature and history of this enigmatic, creative polymath, it is unlikely that he would turn out a straight-forward, commercially viable novel; he has spent several decades making innovations in art, poetry, performance and experimental fiction.” –Evergreen Review
Alain Arias-Misson’s COMIC BOOK barges into the bookcase
like a superhero on steroids. On the surface it’s a simple Boy (“Company” operative) chases Girl (gorgeous Corporate Terrorist) story. Set “physically” in comic book format, it leaps relentlessly from one discontinuous window to the next, and becomes labyrinthic and baffling as the characters—discovering their comic book constraints—attempt to throw off these mental shackles and achieve their erotic ends.
Prepare to have your preconceived thought balloons punctured by this mind-blowing novel.
COMIC BOOK is a gas.
$12.95
Trade Paperback: 170 pages
5.1 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0692440674
THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT
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Other titles by Alain Arias-Misson available from Black Scat Books:
THE MAN WHO WALKED ON AIR & Other Tales of Innocence [short stories]
TINTIN MEETS THE DRAGON QUEEN in THE RETURN OF THE MAYA TO MANHATTAN [novel]
Happy Bloomsday!
On July 4, 2012, we published Alphonse Allais’s MASKS in a limited edition of 50 copies—the first title in our Absurdist Texts & Documents series. The chapbook quickly sold out and, today, is a coveted collector’s item. Since we’ve received many requests to reprint the book, we’re pleased to announce a revised and expanded edition. Translated from the French, adapted and illustrated by Norman Conquest, this new volume also features a most Allaisian introduction & notes on the text by the great Doug Skinner. Originally published in France under the title Un drame bien parisien (1890), this darkly humorous tale is quintessential Allais—a pataphysical text admired by the Surrealists (André Breton included it in his seminal Anthologie de l’humour noir). It was also celebrated by the French group Oulipo, and has been the subject of scholarly studies by the writer and semiotician Umberto Eco, Francis Corblin, and others. 
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