TONIGHT,
Thursday, January 30th, at 7pm, join Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for the launch of Michael DeForge’s darkly existential graphic novel
Ant Colony! In just a few short years, DeForge’s singular, idiosyncratic style has made him an important new voice in alternative comics. Here, he will present a slideshow with a signing to follow.
Ant Colony follows
the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red
ants: from its opening pages, DeForge immerses the reader in a world of
false prophets, unjust wars, and corrupt police officers. On the
surface,
Ant Colony tells the story of this war, the destruction
of a civilization, and the ants’ all-too-familiar desire to rebuild.
Underneath, though,
Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concerns –
loneliness, faith, love, apathy, and more. DeForge’s striking visual
sensibility – stark lines, dramatic color choices, and brilliant use of
page and panel space – stands out in this volume.
Michael DeForge was born in 1987 and grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. After a few years of experimenting with short strips and zines, he created Lose #1,
his first full-length comic, which won Best Emerging Talent at the Doug
Wright Awards. He has since published a handful of comic books, which
have received industry praise and two Eisner Award nominations. His
illustrations have been published in the New York Times and Bloomberg View; his comics have appeared in Believer, Maisonneuve, and the Adventure Time comic book series.
