Jar of Fools: A Picture Story - Softcover

Lute, Jason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1896597726 ISBN 13: 9781896597720

Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly, 2003

Synopsis

Uses a graphic presentation to offer a meditation on love, loss, magic, and dreams in a story featuring Ernie, an alcoholic stage magician, his former girlfriend Esther, and small time grifter Nathan Lender and his twelve-year-old daughter Claire.

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Review:

"A lovely, short 'picture novel' exploring the tenacious bond between an alcoholic stage magician and his cranky mentor." --New York Times Book Review"Jar of Fools is full of people trying to stop things they care about from melting away, like estranged lovers and old-fashioned jobs...all the main characters--the magician, a coffee-shop cashier, a small time con-man--are in danger of ending up beaten down and swallowed up by the silences of life which Lutes' well-paced art evokes so effectively" --Details"The story itself is so masterfully told that it could stand alone as a novella in Harper's. When combined with Lutes' spare black-and-white line drawings and creative use of the comic book medium, it becomes something transcendent--a piece of literature that speaks to the emotional core." --Wired"Employing the lost skills of mood, sparseness, and language, Lutes' stunning comic Jar of Fools transcends the usually mealy-mouthed limits of graphic novels and, in the process, winds up being a damn good read." --Spin Magazine"Reading Jar of Fools is like getting a slow motion punch in the face. There's plenty of time to get out of the way, but something compels you to wait and find out of it's actually going to hurt as much when it hits. And, of course, it does." --Chris Ware, author of Jimmy Corrigan A lovely, short 'picture novel' exploring the tenacious bond between an alcoholic stage magician and his cranky mentor. "New York Times Book Review" "Jar of Fools" is full of people trying to stop things they care about from melting away, like estranged lovers and old-fashioned jobs...all the main characters--the magician, a coffee-shop cashier, a small time con-man--are in danger of ending up beaten down and swallowed up by the silences of life which Lutes' well-paced art evokes so effectively "Details" The story itself is so masterfully told that it could stand alone as a novella in" Harper's." When combined with Lutes' spare black-and-white line drawings and creative use of the comic book medium, it becomes something transcendent--a piece of literature that speaks to the emotional core. "Wired" Employing the lost skills of mood, sparseness, and language, Lutes' stunning comic "Jar of Fools" transcends the usually mealy-mouthed limits of graphic novels and, in the process, winds up being a damn good read. "Spin Magazine" Reading "Jar of Fools" is like getting a slow motion punch in the face. There's plenty of time to get out of the way, but something compels you to wait and find out of it's actually going to hurt as much when it hits. And, of course, it does. "Chris Ware, author of Jimmy Corrigan"" "A lovely, short 'picture novel' exploring the tenacious bond between an alcoholic stage magician and his cranky mentor." --"New York Times Book Review" ""Jar of Fools" is full of people trying to stop things they care about from melting away, like estranged lovers and old-fashioned jobs...all the main characters--the magician, a coffee-shop cashier, a small time con-man--are in danger of ending up beaten down and swallowed up by the silences of life which Lutes' well-paced art evokes so effectively" --"Details" "The story itself is so masterfully told that it could stand alone as a novella in" Harper's." When combined with Lutes' spare black-and-white line drawings and creative use of the comic book medium, it becomes something transcendent--a piece of literature that speaks to the emotional core." --"Wired" "Employing the lost skills of mood, sparseness, and language, Lutes' stunning comic "Jar of Fools" transcends the usually mealy-mouthed limits of graphic novels and, in the process, winds up being a damn good read." --"Spin Magazine" "Reading "Jar of Fools" is like getting a slow motion punch in the face. There's plenty of time to get out of the way, but something compels you to wait and find out of it's actually going to hurt as much when it hits. And, of course, it does." --Chris Ware, author of "Jimmy Corrigan"

Book Description:

A classic graphic novel, Jason Lutes's Jar of Fools is a compelling rumination on the nature of love, loss, magic and memory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1896597726
• ISBN 13: 9781896597720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144