Things Just Get Away From You

(Fantagraphics, 2007)
™ and © Fantagraphics Books, Inc.

Things Just Get Away From You is a collection of works by comic creator Walt Holcombe, including his 1997 Eisner award-winning graphic novel The King of Persia, another complete graphic novel (Swollen Holler), and several smaller comic vignettes. Although Holcombe’s work looks very cartoony, with wild pen lines, exaggerated features, and anthropomorphized creatures everywhere, the stories within this book are all very personal, especially as they all seem to tackle the theme of unfulfilled desire. Because of Holcombe’s whimsical style, the book, although thick, is a quick read, but these are the kind of stories that require multiple readings for them to really sink in. Fantagraphic Books has done an excellent job creating a collection that’s designed for that very purpose—the cover stock, page stock, and binding of Things Just Get Away From You is top-notch, and insures that this book will fit nicely in any library, whether or not it’s surrounded by other examples of graphic literature.

— Eric Garneau

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#1 (Hardcover Edition)

June, 2007
Cover Price: $24.95
1 copy available for $20.00

Walt Holcombe