The Rough Pearl

Author: Kevin Mutch

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An aspiring digital artist contends with his bleak prospects - and his own drug-addled mind!

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Summary

An aspiring digital artist contends with his bleak prospects - and his own drug-addled mind!

Description

In this graphic novel, Adam Kline is an aspiring digital artist stuck in a thankless university adjunct position, married to an ambitious woman sick of supporting his pipe dreams, and is completely ignored by the New York art scene. Miraculously, though, his fortunes seem to be turning around. However, there's just one problem — his mysterious medical condition keeps blacking him out at the most inopportune times, and slowly blurs his perceptions of reality and fantasy… And, if that wasn't enough, he has to content with eerie, pitch-black void, flesh-eating zombies, and a vast, secret network of bug-eyed, bald-headed aliens.

Critic Reviews

“"Mutch draws readers into the full bloom of mental breakdown in this viciously satirical graphic novel."”

Every choice Mutch makes in The Rough Pearl feels organic, and they all serve the story well.-- "Comics Bookcase"
In The Rough Pearl, there's no simple answer, and it would be a lesser work if there were.-- "Comics Beat"

About the Author

Kevin Fraser Mutch is a cartoonist, digital artist, and painter from Winnipeg, Canada. He received an MFA in painting from the University of Victoria. His graphic novel Fantastic Life received a Xeric Award in 2010 and was excerpted in The Best American Comics 2011.