Charles Forsman
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Language
English
Description
Sydney seems like a normal, rudderless 15-year-old freshman. She hangs out underneath the bleachers, listens to music in her friend's car, and gets into arguments with her annoying little brother - but she also has a few secrets she's only shared in her diary. Like how she's in love with her best friend Dina, the bizarre death of her war veteran father, and those painful telekinetic powers that keep popping up at the most inopportune times.
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
This original graphic novella is a funny and moving story of escalating humor and tension between two disaffected teens, Mike and Wolf, who take a spontaneous summer road trip after dropping acid. As the stark black and white of Forsman's cartooning indicates, however, this is not a psychedelic, Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby kind of trip. Instead of the escapism they crave from their fragile home lives, the LSD only heightens their...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Charles Forsman's graphic novel debut follows James and Alyssa, two teenagers living a seemingly typical teen experience as they face the fear of coming adulthood. Forsman tells their story through each character's perspective, jumping between points of view with each chapter. But quickly, this somewhat familiar teenage experience takes a more nihilistic turn as James's character exhibits a rapidly forming sociopathy that threatens both of their...
5) Hobo mom
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A single father and pre-teen daughter are reunited with the woman who once left them, forcing all three to confront their own notions of happiness and whether someone who covets independence so strongly can ever settle down, no matter the cost.--
6) Slasher
Author
Publisher
Floating World Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Christine, a data entry specialist discovering her sexuality and her penchant for blood. Seemingly timid and plain to her coworkers, she harbors dangerous urges. A lion of sexual violence bubbles just below the surface. What is this monster brewing inside her?"--
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
James is pretty sure he's a psychopath, emotionally detached, cold and disdainful, and he's decided he's ready to graduate from killing animals. He thinks it might be interesting to kill something bigger, a human, and he's got the perfect person in mind. Alyssa is new in school and upon seeing James she thinks she may have found a soulmate.