Ex libris / a comic by Matt Madden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, Matt, author, illustrator.

Contributor:

John Louis Haney Fund.

Graphic Works Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading in literature--Comic books, strips, etc.

Books and reading in literature.

Graphic novels--Comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Comics (Graphic works)

Novels.

Graphic novels

Physical Description:

105 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

Minneapolis, MN : Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, LLC

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Uncivilized Books, 2021.

Summary:

"Ex Libris revolves around a character trapped in a room with nothing but a futon and a bookcase full of comics. As they peruse covers, read stories and fragments of stories, they begin to suspect that the comics contain hidden messages and... a threat. Fiction and reality blur; sanity and madness become increasingly intertwined as the reader becomes convinced the key to their predicament is to be found between the panels of the strange books. With a dizzying array of inventive visual and narrative styles, Ex Libris continues the line of exploration and play that Madden initiated with 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style. Ex Libris is a tribute to the meta-fictional tradition of writers like Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortaazar, Vladimir Nabo kov, andItalo Calvino (whose novel, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, was the inspiration)"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Pagination within pagination of approximately 105 pages featured throughout book.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Louis Haney Fund.

ISBN:

9781941250440

1941250440

OCLC:

1268135243

Publisher Number:

99989366186