Dear Kenneth
$37.06
- Paperback
140 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2026
Summary
Alone in Japan, a travelling artist writes to a beloved poet while trying to reignite the urge to draw. Continued correspondence reveals loneliness and desperation that stretch far beyond the isolation of solo travel and the typical self-reckoning that comes with it.
Composed as a series of illustrated letters, Dear Kenneth is a sensitive work of comic auto-fiction that touches on themes of projection and selfishness set to the backdrop of a months-long trip to Japan. Rendere…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781772621204 |
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| ISBN-10: | 177262120X |
| Author: | Cole Degenstein |
| Publisher: | Conundrum Press |
| Imprint: | Conundrum Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 140 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm |
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Critics Review
“Degenstein’s distinct mark-making, his manner of moving from abstraction to realism, and his ability to communicate expansively with spare words, result in works that sit in their own realm of illustration, graphic novel, and poetry - stories that oscillate between tender depictions of intimacy, rural life, queerness, and domesticity.” – Montreal Review of Books
About The Author
Cole Degenstein
Hailing from the prairies and based in Montreal, Cole Degenstein is an artist whose work takes form in illustration, comics, and bookmaking. Tenderness is at the core of his work, which centres itself in storytelling about intimacy, rural life, gay history, and domesticity. His graphic novel 10-10 to the Wind (Fieldmouse, 2021) received the 2024 Cartoonist Studio Prize from the Center for Cartoon Studies for best Graphic Short, and was nominated for an Ignatz Award.
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