

EPHEMERATA HC SHAPING THE EXQUISITE NATURE OF GRIEF (MR)
Description
During collisions between life and death, estrangement and loss, Carol Tyler turned to her pen to face facts and extract meaning from the oddly sacred experience. Exploring realms metaphorical, half-imagined, and all-too-real, she explored previously uncharted emotional territory for herself and others, in a work that is both painfully intimate and philosophically rich. An artistic advancement nearly forty years into Tyler’s comics-making career, The Ephemerata features Tyler’s most breathtaking picture making ever — fine, dense brush lines complemented with occasional color washes or highlights — and formally stunning cartooning. Combining art and text in multiple ways — in the traditional comics panel grid, as words-and-illustration, as organically flowing images surrounded by floating text — she depicts the inner monologue of a fallible human being grappling with questions of profound relevance. Tyler’s memoirist skills also rise to the fore, excavating and colliding scenes from her history, delineating with sensitive intuition ways in which the inevitability of grief is built into our lives and our loves. To struggle in the face of loss is a universal experience. To turn it into this compassionate, deep and beautiful book takes a true artist.
Who might be interested in reading?
- Readers interested in exploring deep emotional and philosophical themes.
- Fans of memoirs and personal storytelling.
- Art enthusiasts who appreciate intricate and expressive illustration.
- Individuals seeking a profound exploration of grief and healing.

EPHEMERATA HC SHAPING THE EXQUISITE NATURE OF GRIEF (MR)
PRODUCT INFORMATION
cover type
Hard Cover
artist
Carol Tyler
writer
Carol Tyler
rating
MATURE
series name
Ephemerata
print color
Full Color
number of pages
232
publisher
Fantagraphics
issue number
1
initial order due
Jul 24, 2025
final order cutoff
Aug 04, 2025
in store date
Sep 10, 2025