Or Else

(Drawn and Quarterly, 2004, 2005)
™ and © Drawn and Quarterly

Independent artist Kevin Huizenga has had work appear in Drawn & Quarterly Showcase and Sparkplug Comic Books’ Orchid, and he has published his own mini–comics since 1993. As of early 2005, Or Else is one of three series (along with Ganges and Sermons) he is currently printing. This first issue includes two stories about Glenn Ganges (“like the river”), a recurring character who lives with his wife Wendy in a magical–realist version of a Michigan suburb. “NST '04” is a non–narrative voyage through insomnia, a zombie–infested graveyard, and an all–night diner. “Jeezoh” adds background to Glenn and Wendy’s struggles to conceive a child through the perspective of a “midwestern American legend.” In between these stories, Chan Woo Kim takes a self–contained piece of writing (in this case verbatim text from a set of adoption papers) and runs it over Chinese–style landscape paintings.

— Joe Trela

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Artist

Or Else #1

October, 2004
Cover Price: $3.50
1 copy available for $9.50

Kevin Huizenga

Or Else #2

January, 2004
Cover Price: $5.95
1 copy available for $3.25

Kevin Huizenga

Or Else #3

May, 2005
Cover Price: $3.50
2 copies available from $2.50

Kevin Huizenga

Or Else #4

February, 2006
Cover Price: $5.95
1 copy available for $3.25

Kevin Huizenga

Or Else #5

September, 2008
Cover Price: $5.95
1 copy available for $4.50

Kevin Huizenga, Giorgio Manganelli