Illustrated in both color and black-and-white in McPhail's instantly recognizable style, In elevates the graphic novel genre it captures his trademark humor and compassion with a semi-autobiographical tale that is equal parts hilarious and heart-wrenching-uncannily appropriate for our isolated times. Nick's journey occurs alongside the beginnings of a relationship with Wren, a wry, spirited oncologist at a nearby hospital, whose work and life becomes painfully tangled with Nick's. Starts as a charming romantic comedy and turns into something. But it isn't until he learns to speak from the heart that he begins to find authentic human connections and is let in -to the worlds of the people he meets. BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2021 Guardian and Irish Times. Sunspot Lit seeks one short story, CNF, artwork, poem, graphic novel, script, or excerpt that outshines the rest. He haunts lookalike fussy, silly, coffee shops, listens to old Joni Mitchell albums too loudly, and stares at his navel in the hope that he will find it in there.

Read full overviewĪ poignant and witty graphic novel by a leading New Yorker cartoonist, following a millennial's journey from performing his life to truly connecting with people Nick, a young illustrator, can't shake the feeling that there is some hidden realm of human interaction beyond his reach. The finest graphic novel of the year was IN by Will McPhail, a clever and touching account of a young illustrator dealing with his mothers illness and his own ennui. Wine Ghost Goes to Hell: Graphic Novel Peview. A poignant and witty graphic novel by a leading New Yorker cartoonist, following a millennial's journey from performing his life to truly connecting with people Nick, a young illustrator, can't shake the feeling that there is some hidden realm of hum.

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