Synopses & Reviews
Three cartoon animals live in a house together in the American Midwest. They get a job, get sick, and throw a party. Their lives are lit by street lamps and the flickering TV set. They do incredibly stupid things with hilarious and disastrous results. It's about friendship, booze, and the slow collapse of western civilization. And they're so cute!
Jon Allen studied illustration at Pratt Institute and holds a master's degree in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He teaches foundation drawing. In addition to Ohio Is For Sale, he wrote and illustrated Vacationland, a self-published graphic novel.
Review
and#147;The characters hereand#150;cats, dogs, monsters, and fish like peopleand#150;look like theyand#8217;re coming out of the end of a rubber stamp, and Allenand#8217;s ability to consistently replicate them at any angle leaves him free to create an entire emotional language purely from the tiny line used to delineate an eyebrow. Ohio Is For Sale includes unexplained bits of weirdness that expands its stories far past the enforced boundaries of their plots. Instead of watching a writer get lost in the tangential logic of his jokes, we see a cartoonist cruise by, allowing the humor and absurdity to color the scene instead of control it.and#8221; andmdash;Tucker Stone, The Comics Journal
Synopsis
Three cartoon animals live together in the American midwest. They do incredibly stupid things with hilarious and disastrous results.
About the Author
Jon Allen studied Illustration at Pratt Institute and holds a Masterand#8217;s Degree in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He teaches foundation drawing. In addition to Ohio Is For Sale, he wrote and illustrated Vacationland, a self-published graphic novel.