Paul Moves Out

    (Drawn and Quarterly, 2005)
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In this presumably autobiographical tale, aspiring artist Paul stumbles further along the rocky road to adulthood. Although set several years after Paul Has a Summer Job (leaping from awkward teenager to live-in girlfriend), flashbacks adeptly reveal the intervening pivotal moments.

Creator Rabagliati makes the story of Paul’s journey identifiable to all readers by including both joyously uplifting and painfully crushing familiar experiences: the awkwardness of a first kiss; the pain of losing a beloved relative; the joy of a first apartment, and the fear of the overbearing landlord. We remember the excitement of a first job, but understand the drudgery when it turns into a career. And though we may not admit it, most of us probably have a homosexual “close encounter” of our own to tell, too.

Shrewdly, we are left wondering whether Paul and his girlfriend will continue down the road together or go their separate ways…

— Joseph Self
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#1 Hardcover (Hardcover Edition by Michel Rabagliati)

May, 2005
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