All the Cameras in My Room - by Michael Deforge (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Razor-sharp short stories from the greatest contemporary comics stylist

Michael DeForge has been dissecting the comics visual language for more than a decade and continues his creative winning streak with his tenth book for D&Q and second collection of short stories, All the Cameras in My Room.

The prolific cartoonist's hilarious and horny approach to comics fiction never disappoints. In "Figure Skating," a star athlete's impossible feats captivate the world, turning a simple skater's rotation into a catalyst for national paralysis. While in "Holiday Special," a narrator tells us about his favorite Christian holiday special that bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain bald-headed-boy-and-his-dog classic. No matter the conceit, characters in All the Cameras in My Room stretch and flatten and spiral around each other and burrow deep into the folds of a reader's brain.

Deforge's stories break down how we consume pop culture, interrogate our relationship to star power and recontextualize our nostalgia into a shared mythology, cementing his place as the most consistent and beguiling cartoonist working today.

Review Quotes

"In this latest collection Michael DeForge transports us to delightfully zany worlds, all while tempering them with such thoughtful storytelling. All The Cameras in My Room takes the reader for a thrilling spin--one you might wish could go on for a little longer!" --Paul Poirier, Olympian Ice Dancer

"DeForge returns with another arresting collection of cryptic, spiky modern parables." --Publishers Weekly

"A nicely calibrated blend of the enigmatic and the ridiculous -- a blend that DeForge should, by now, be well known for." --The New York Times

"Tender, depressing, and overflowing with his mind-melting, uber-satisfying surrealist style." --Interview Magazine

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