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Shadowlandby Kim Deitch
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A graphic novel of unsolved murders, crazed ambitions and lost fortunes.
Over a hundred years ago, a scout ship from a mysterious alien vessel crash-landed on Earth, where it was discovered by a seven-year-old boy named Al Ledicker. And so begins the confounding series of events that Kim Deitch, veteran underground cartoonist and creator of Pantheon's acclaimed graphic novel The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, has been chronicling for the last 20 years in a series of interrelated stories that have appeared in a variety of magazines — and now finally collected into one book. Shadowland, whose narrative ranges from the late 19th century to (more or less) the present day, from Hollywood to an alien spacecraft 30,000 miles from Earth, tells the story of the Ledickers— Al Ledicker, the sleazy carnival owner whose mysterious disappearance has an astonishing resolution; Al Jr., his unfortunate, clown-faced son; his sister Emily Ledicker, now the whip-wielding Lady Wyndham; Ledicker's ex-wife, the midget Kewpie — and a supporting cast that includes Molly O'Dare, adorable ingénue and movie star (particularly in the eyes of the mysterious Grey Ones, aliens obsessed with vintage American pop culture). Delineated in Deitch's charming, uniquely retro style, Shadowland is a tumble down the rabbit hole of sexy Hollywood starlets, little green (actually, gray) aliens, flying pigs and performing elephants, incest, murder, and eternal youth. Review:"Deitch's preface to the collection uneasily owns up to how he may have come up with Al's look (he honestly can't recall for sure) by seeing pictures of serial killer John Wayne Gacy's eerily similar clown makeup. That strikes a chilling note that is quite in keeping with the strange, often fatal events in the Al Ledecker stories, which Deitch deliciously tricks out in compositions and with details reminiscent of turn-of-the-twentieth-century carnival posters and early suspense-movie-serial decor." Booklist
Review:"Deitch's stories get progressively grander and weirder, flying forward in time to Ledicker's widow's roadside museum of the odd, and back again to his father's adventures with a group of tiny mystics who are as obsessed with old silent films as Deitch is, and then up to the stars, where the whole drama is observed by aliens the size of kewpie dolls." John Hodgman, The New York Times About the AuthorKim Deitch lives in New York City with his wife, the artist Pamela Butler. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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