A Thousand Coloured Castles - Gareth Brookes

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Auteur(s) : Gareth Brookes

Editeur : Myriad Editions

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/04/2017

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 208

Expédition : 670

Dimensions : 17.5 x 24.8 x 2.6

ISBN : 9780993563300

Résumé :

Myriam is a woman who sees things a little differently from other people. Strange figures in garish costumes accompany her to the post office, wild exotic plants sprout from supermarket shelves and phantom walls rise to block her path. Her husband Fred doesn?t know what she?s talking about. Whenever he looks there?s nothing there, and besides it?s no excuse for his breakfast not being ready on time.

But when Myriam sees a young boy shut up in the house next door, who is apparently being held captive, she is determined to investigate, much to her husband?s fury. Soon he brings in reinforcements ? their daughter, Clare ? who is concerned about her mother?s state of mind, and the state of her inheritance. Myriam?s only ally is her four-year-old grandson, Jack, who is more than happy to see things her way.

A Thousand Coloured Castles by Gareth Brookes is a graphic novel where the sleepy suburbs of southern England melt into a world of hallucination, taking the reader through the doors of perception into a life where the surreal co-exists with the banal. With his customary wit and unique artistic approach, Brookes conjures both sympathy and despair for his characters trapped by the routine of daily life. If only they could just see?

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Biographie:
Gareth Brookes studied printmaking at the Royal College of Art. Known for an unusual approach to materials, which include, embroidery, linocut, monoprint, pressed flowers and pyrography, he has published two graphic novels with Myriad Editions. The first of these, The Black Project, won the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition in 2012, was featured in the `Comics Unmasked, Art and Anarchy in the UK? exhibition at the British Library, London and was nominated in the S?lection Officielle at the 2018 Festival de la Bande Dessin?e in Angoul?me. In 2017 he took part in the British Council Kore?s Storytelling City exchange project to Seoul, South Korea, culminating in an exhibition and webcomic. He has been a guest speaker at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, The Manchester Literature Festival, The Bradford Literature Festival and The Toronto Comic Arts Festival. He is a Tutor in Foundation Studies at City and Guilds of London Art School, and a regular visiting Lecturer on Illustration at Lincoln University. Since then Gareth has produced a number of self-published books, including The Land of My Heart Chokes on Its Abundance. His work is also published by collectives such as The Alternative Press and The Comix Reader, while his two-comic collaboration with artist Steve Tillotson, Manly Boys and Comely Girls, is available from Avery Hill Publishing. Gareth?s second graphic novel, A Thousand Coloured Castles, was published by Myriad in April 2017. In the past year, Gareth has been a visiting lecturer at Wimbledon School of Art, the University of York St Johns, Staffordshire University and The Royal College of Art. He runs regular workshops in embroidery, printmaking, comic and zine making, most recently running workshops in embroidery at Bradford Literary Festival and in monoprint printmaking (with Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants) at The ICA, London. He also organises South London Comic and Zine Fair, an annual book fair featuring over 40 small press publishers and artists, which is focused on encouraging new artists to exhibit their work....

Sommaire:

Myriam is a woman who sees things a little differently from other people. Strange figures in garish costumes accompany her to the post office, wild exotic plants sprout from supermarket shelves and phantom walls rise to block her path. Her husband Fred doesn?t know what she?s talking about. Whenever he looks there?s nothing there, and besides it?s no excuse for his breakfast not being ready on time.

But when Myriam sees a young boy shut up in the house next door, who is apparently being held captive, she is determined to investigate, much to her husband?s fury. Soon he brings in reinforcements ? their daughter, Clare ? who is concerned about her mother?s state of mind, and the state of her inheritance. Myriam?s only ally is her four-year-old grandson, Jack, who is more than happy to see things her way.

A Thousand Coloured Castles by Gareth Brookes is a graphic novel where the sleepy suburbs of southern England melt into a world of hallucination, taking the reader through the doors of perception into a life where the surreal co-exists with the banal. With his customary wit and unique artistic approach, Brookes conjures both sympathy and despair for his characters trapped by the routine of daily life. If only they could just see?