The Past is a Grotesque Animal
by Tommi Parrish
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Pub Date Oct 28 2025 | Archive Date Oct 14 2025
Fantagraphics Books | Fantagraphics
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Description
Parrish’s autobiographical elements inform their voice as a writer and the ways their characters constantly find one another adrift in their own seas of experience, current situations, trauma, and desire. How those characters coexist, how they are complicated by outside forces, and internal ones, affect our hardwired need for meaningful connection. The book also showcases Parrish’s singular and assured visual style, blending clear lines, expressionistic character designs and gorgeously complex, hand-painted color.
Advance Praise
"No cartoonist working today does interpersonal drama as authentically as Parrish." — Four-Color Apocalypse
"Parrish is great at making panels that you can both read and linger over." — Dash Shaw (Bottomless Belly Button)
"Parrish has one of my favorite traits in a cartoonist: intense passion for the craft. They are rapidly evolving and experimenting wildly and it’s joyful to watch." — Simon Hanselmann (Megahex)
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9798875001321 |
PRICE | $29.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 220 |
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