Synopses & Reviews
A
collection of two new stories from cartoonist and Adventure Time
contributor Sam Alden. In "Household," a brother and sister deal with
divergent memories of their father and grow closer than ever. In
"Backyard," vegans and anarchists share a house, small dramas and
bizarre transformations (featuring a new, never before published
ending). Designed as a companion volume for the critically acclaimed It
Never Happened Again, New Construction cements Sam Alden's reputation as
one of the best cartoonists of his generation.
Synopsis
L.A. Times Book Prizes Finalist (Graphic Novel/Comics) 2016
A collection of two new stories from cartoonist and Adventure Time contributor Sam Alden. In "Household," a brother and sister deal with divergent memories of their father and grow closer than ever. In "Backyard," vegans and anarchists share a house, small dramas and bizarre transformations (featuring a new, never before published ending). Designed as a companion volume for the critically acclaimed It Never Happened Again, New Construction cements Sam Alden's reputation as one of the best cartoonists of his generation.
Sam Alden Sam Alden is the author of It Never Happened Again, Wicked Chicken Queen, and Lydian, among others. He is a two-time Ignatz winner and four-time nominee, and works full-time as a writer and storyboarder on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time.
Praise for Sam Alden's It Never Happened Again
"Alden's natural sense of framing and pace, his willingness to use silent panels to tell stories, and his beautiful (yes, beautiful) pencil images combined to open my eyes to a new idea of what a great comic can be. It helps that he's also an excellent writer--both stories sketch out lonely, lost characters efficiently, and put them each through very different quests for meaning."--Dan Kois, Slate
"Two thematically divergent, but devastatingly human portraits from an emerging cartoonist displaying the sort of storytelling and artistic restraint that often only comes after years of toiling away at the drawing board. Alden is a talent to watch."--Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Brand new collection from acclaimed young cartoonist and animator Sam Alden.
About the Author
Sam Alden was born in 1988 in Portland, Oregon. In 2013 he was an official guest at the BilBOLbul festival in Bologna, Italy, his comic Haunter was excerpted in Best American Comics 2013, and he is the recipient of the Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent. He now lives and works as an illustrator, cartoonist and animator in Los Angeles.