Staff Pick
This book is insane! Sick! It makes over-the-top look like a weak sister! What is wrong with this author? What is wrong with me? I love it! Recommended By Doug C., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
An Eisner Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist!
No matter how hard he tries, Jimmy Yee cannot die.
A noose around his neck, a razor across his wrist, and even a bullet to his head all yield the same results: he awakes from each suicide attempt, miraculously unharmed, in his shabby room at the Sunbeam Motel. Has he gone mad? Or has he truly died and found himself in hell? Jimmy is willing to tear the world down around him to get at the truth. Highly analytical and utterly unscrupulous, he is uniquely suited to unraveling this bizarre mystery.
From the brilliant and profane mind of Jason Shiga, known for his high-concept graphic novels, comes Demon: a four-volume magnum opus about the unspeakable chaos that one indestructible man can unleash on the world — and the astronomical body count he leaves behind.
Review
"Jason Shiga has done something remarkable with Demon: created a surpassing morally repugnant protagonist I still root for because of his prodigious intelligence. I'm ashamed of myself for liking him!" Adam Savage of MythBusters
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"So far beyond the pale that it has practically forgotten what the pale was." The New York Times
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"Thanks to the overarching conundrum and Shiga's sparse, cartoony style, the gore and nihilism manage to be simultaneously gloomy and cute." NPR, from their "Guide to 2016's Great Reads" list
About the Author
Jason Shiga was born and raised in Oakland, California. He is the author of Meanwhile, Empire State, Fleep, Bookhunter, and over 20 other comic books and graphic novels. He is also the creator of the world’s second largest interactive comic. His comics have a geeky side and often feature exciting uses of mathematics and unusual structural forms. Demon is his most ambitious project to date.