PALOOKAVILLE HC VOL 25

Palookaville 25 offers a portrait of Seth's expansive art practice through a mix of memoir and fiction, essays, and comics. This hardcover collects benchmark projects from the acclaimed cartoonist known for Clyde Fans and New Yorker covers, including the intimate memoir Nothing Lasts, which returns in this volume. Set against Toronto in the 1980s, it traces Seth's youth, a budding romance at the Cove Inn, and the move to art school, marking the end of his teenage years. Interwoven with a biographical thread is the ten-episode meditation on the life and death of the Dominion painter Owen Moore, serialized previously in The Walrus and now collected for the first time. The book pairs pages from the original sketchbook with the final art, offering readers a rare, transparent look at Seth's creative process as well as his quietly eloquent storytelling.

Who might be interested in reading?

• Fans of graphic memoirs who value intimate, drawn-from-life storytelling
• Readers who appreciate the interplay between sketchbook pages and finished art, revealing an artist's process
• Longtime readers of Seth and Palookaville who want a reflective look at his youth and Toronto in the 1980s
• People who enjoy stories about artists' creative journeys and the making of comics