Clay Footed Giants
$34.73
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2024
Summary
Set in Montréal, Clay Footed Giants is a tragicomic meditation on parenthood, masculinity, and violence.
Being a parent is so much harder than Pat ever imagined. While his partner Ester is away on a work trip. Pat loses his temper and transforms into a grizzly bear of a father, scaring his children and compounding his guilt. His friend Mathieu’s stay-at-home-dad parenting advice is of no help, and only emphasizes Mathieu’s professional shortcomings. The two men soon realize their chil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781545808412 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1545808414 |
| Author: | Alain Chevarier, Mark McGuire |
| Publisher: | Papercutz |
| Imprint: | Papercutz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 872g |
| Dimensions: | 282mm x 216mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
An authentic, well-rendered exploration of family trauma and the challenges of contemporary life. * Kirkus Reviews *
About The Author
Alain Chevarier
Mark McGuire is a Midwestern born Montréal father, writer, and community housing project manager who played basketball like an English major at Davidson College. A documentary about a Japanese sacred mountain he made with Jean-Marc Abela (Shugendô Now) won the David Plath prize and played festivals worldwide. Clay Footed Giants, co-written and illustrated by Alain Chevarier, was a finalist for French language comic book of the year in Québec. A jury of film and television producers at the Angoulême Comic Arts festival selected their story for its cinematic potential. Alain and Mark are currently adapting their story for an animated feature.
Alain Chevarier is Montréal born and started dabbling in comics as a teenager, and moved on to study drawing, painting, graphic design and filmmaking throughout the course of his long and convoluted education. He spent most of his professional career as a film and TV director, while raising two daughters with his wife, contemporary dancer Jamie Wright. He got pulled back into making comics when co-author Mark McGuire suggested they create a graphic novel about fatherhood, based on their life experiences. Projects have since multiplied, and their book Clay Footed Giants, along with other books Alain worked on, have been nominated for several prizes.
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