The life of an orphaned boy is shaped by the devotion of a fantastical Gull in this lovingly rendered, entirely wordless graphic novel by a contemporary comics innovator. Joe Kessler is at the forefront of European comics. Co-founder and art director of UK's Breakdown Press, and winner of the Angoulême International Comics Festival's Fauve Révélation for his breakthrough comic book Windowpane, Kessler rejuvenates the form once again with his vivid and moving The Gull Yettin. Told in striking colors and loose but confident lines, The Gull Yettin's story begins when a young boy awakens late one night to find his home on fire. The boy is saved by a lanky, shapeshifting Gull (who may or may not be real). Orphaned by the fire, and now adrift in a boat piloted by the Gull, the boy faces an uncertain future, one that will be both helped and hindered by his new attendant.&nbsp; Without a word, Kessler builds a strange but recognizable world, using it to explore all the forms that grief, jealousy, longing, and love can take in our lives, and the compassion and cruelty that can dwell in a single heart.&nbsp;Filled with all the warmth and poignancy of a great folktale, The Gull Yettin proves that Kessler is pushing comics to new heights.

The Gull Yettin

Comics & Graphic Novels

Kessler, Joe

Manga

New York Review Comics

The first collection of Windowpane, Joe Kessler's critically-acclaimed series of progressive narrative comics, is a showcase of the cartoonist's mastery of form and colour. 
Windowpane is Joe Kessler's one-man-anthology of short-narrative, experimental, sometimes-allegorical comics. Collecting material from previous issues, this beautiful edition printed in offset lithography is the perfect backdrop for Kessler's quietly disconcerting, hallucinogenic work. It is a visual delight that showcases the unrestrained talent and mastery of one of the UK's most exciting cartoonists.

Windowpane

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Breakdown Press Ltd

Le Gull Yettin

ASSOCIATION

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