The Last Lonely Saturday

    (Fantagraphics, 2000, 2006)
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Jordan Crane presents the brief and heart-wrenching story of one elderly man’s visit to his wife’s gave in The Last Lonely Saturday. The stylish art and rigid format of the book keeps the story moving at a quick pace, and the tale of love and loss is shown almost entirely through the art with only minimal text, creating a narrative that is accessible to everyone. Crane has the rare talent of packing a lot of emotion into a single panel, showing the reader just how much this trip means to his main character, and cleverly organizing the details to pace the story precisely.

— Jennifer McGinnis
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