The con artists / Luke Healy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Healy, Luke, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comedians--Comic books, strips, etc.

Comedians.

Young men--Comic books, strips, etc.

Young men.

Male friendship--Comic books, strips, etc.

Male friendship.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Physical Description:

152 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : Drawn & Quarterly, 2022.

Summary:

"This is going to be Frank's year. He's going to do it all: find love, become a famous comedian, and responsibly parent his plants. But then, Giorgio gets hit by a bus. Self-assured and utterly entitled, Giorgio has always seemed like 'Frank, but better.' Moving in with and caring for his estranged childhood friend quickly starts to chip away at Frank's sense of self, as well as Giogio's carefully curated online persona. Is Giorgio's penchant for overindulgence truly aspirational? Or is it ultimately a red flag? The further Frank is pulled into Giorgio's orbit, the quicker his existential dread blooms. Expectation and reality soon collide in a singular tale about trust and confidence. Luke Healy's playful, hilarious third graphic novel uses crisp lines and physical comedy to portray an uneasy friendship between two young men on the cusp of adulting. Snippets from Frank's middling stand-up routines are punctuated by the subtle farce of Healy's mise-en-scène and the lively, at times scathingly pointed, banter of old friends. The Con Artists is a stylish character study that asks the question of who fools who once everyone is off-camera."--Amazon.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781770466234

1770466231

OCLC:

1287923951