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Overview
Similar in tone to the legendary comic series Duplex Planet, Lapp's first graphic novel is a collection of stories about his work as an art teacher in an inner city Toronto youth drop-in centre. His students are full of stories which they are eager to share. These include a family who picks worms at night on their knees, Vietnamese refugees, rope-jumping girls, Venus flytraps, bullies and tamagotchis. With a warmth of line and a uniquely charming storytelling style, Lapp's comics evoke the work of Chester Brown, and his black humour that of Joe Ollmann.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781894994330
- ISBN-10: 1894994337
- Publisher: Conundrum Press
- Publish Date: October 2005
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
- Page Count: 160
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