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02103aam a2200325Mi 4500 001 44C20C440CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 220709s2023 waua 6 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781683966975 020 $a 168396697X 035 $a (OCoLC)1334722025 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d IUO $d OCLCF $d FHP $d IaU $d SILO 050 4 $a PN6727.S293 $b C48 2023 082 04 $a 741.5 $2 23 100 1 $a Sala, Richard, $e artist. $e artist. 245 14 $a The chuckling whatsit / $c Richard Sala. 250 $a First hardcover edition. 264 1 $a Seattle : $b Fantagraphics, $c 2023. 300 $a 182 pages : $b chiefly illustrations ; $c 26 cm 520 $a Sala weaves the gothic cartooning traditions of Edward Gorey and Charles Addams with a melodramatic murder mystery involving astrology, ghouls, academia, and outsider art. Part noir, part horror, and part comedy, this labyrinthine tale of intrigue follows an unemployed writer named Broom who becomes ensnared unwittingly in a complex plot involving mysterious outsider artist Emile Jarnac, the shadowy machinations of the Ghoul Appreciation Society Headquarters (GASH), and the enigmatic Mr. Ixnay. Sala's deadpan delivery makes this ingeniously layered narrative a roller-coaster ride of darkly pure comic suspense. Sala's drawing style also reveals the influence of everything from Hollywood monster movies and Dick Tracy to German expressionism and Grimm's fairy tales. It's a style that's perfectly suited to the narrative, constantly flirting with Sala's fascination for the grotesque and lending palpable tension to the gruesome riddle of The Chuckling Whatsit.--Amazon.com. 650 0 $a Horror comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Graphic novels. 655 0 $a Horror comic books, strips, etc. 655 7 $a Horror comics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921683 655 7 $a Graphic novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024056.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=44C20C440CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search