IT IS 10.25%, WHICH ON THIS BOOK IS $2.56. *WE HAVE TO CHARGE TAX IF YOU'RE IN ILLINOIS. In the world of comics, I’ve always felt like Joe Ollmann inhabited his own space, but I’m not sure I can cohesively define what that space is. Caleb storms around and slumps in equal measure as he tries to figure out who he is beyond the neglected son of a famous man. Fictional Father By Joe Ollmann Drawn and Quarterly. His furrow-browed and deeply-lined cartooning has never been more expressive than in Fictional Father. His characters vacillate and sob and rage. Is it too late to repair the harm? Are we forever doomed to make the same mistakes our parents did? Joe Ollmann is a master at portraying inner torment. When Caleb gets the chance to step out from his father’s shadow and shape the most public aspect of the family business, he makes every bad decision and watches his life fall apart. His always patient boyfriend, James, is reaching the end of his rope. Now sober, Caleb is haunted by his wasted past and struggling to take responsibility for his present before it’s too late. Known for the internationally beloved father and son comic Sonny Side Up, Jimmi made millions drawing saccharine family stories while neglecting his own son. He also happens to be the only child of one of the world’s most famous cartoonists, Jimmi Wyatt. A recovering alcoholic lives in the shadow of a world famous comic strip and its tyrannical creatorĬaleb is a middle-aged painter with a non-starter career and a checkered past.
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