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Low Moon ~ Jason
Hardcover: 216 pages ISBN-10: 1606991558 ISBN-13: 978-1606991558

The author, known simply as Jason, is an acclaimed graphic novelist based in Norway.  This book contains five stories and takes its name from one of them, my favorite, a chess western.  His characters are all hapless dog-faced creations grappling with desire and melancholy.  The stories are interspersed with deadpan wit and bits of slapstick humor.  It's very cool and apparently Jason has a rabid following.  Last year the title piece was serialized in the New York Times Sunday Magazine "Funny Pages" section.  Count me in as another fan.

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