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Enter the topsy-turvy world of the Dadaists and
Surrealists in this new suite of graphic short stories
by the internationally acclaimed cartoonist Jason.
The cartoonist known as Jason returns with a collection of three
short graphic stories, connected by an absurdist thread, showcasing his idiosyncratic cultural obsessions, clear line style, and
deadpan humor.
The title story, “Death in Trieste,” sets the scene in 1920s
Berlin, a bustling cultural hotspot in the shadow of the coming
Nazism. Here, a host of unlikely characters — time-travelling David
Bowie, Rasputin, Nosferatu, Marlene Dietrich, and more — are all
connected by a group of Dadaists who perform the art of rationality
through madness. In “The Magritte Affair,” a wisecracking pair
of detectives must crack a case involving art forgeries, masked
men, and mysterious disappearances — all linked to the surrealist
world of the famous Belgian painter. Finally, in “Sweet Dreams,”
Jason reimagines the New Wave artists of the 1980s as X-Men-esque
superheroes. While this supergroup easily dispatches such supernatural
threats as living mummies, animated suits of armor, and rampaging
golems, they soon face their biggest challenge yet, as a giant meteorite
hurtles toward the Earth.