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NEW EDITION Victims at the End of the World is the tale of Algernon, a furry doll in his early twenties who lives in the city, works in a used record store, frequents the local Starbuckses and spends his time obsessing over his friends and their skewed relationships, trying his best to be the person everyone (who counts) thinks he should be as he struggles with the conflicts of life and death, love and friendship and heroes and victims.
• 68 PAGES - 5.5 x 8.5 SADDLE-STITCHED - BLACK & WHITE • LEAVE FEEDBACK |
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"It's very accomplished material in the 'Lives of Quiet Desperation' category with a multi-character cast that he manages to keep tightly reined in even as he goes to town with the narrator's introspection. A very difficult balancing act and I was very impressed." -Dave Sim • davesim.blogspot.com "In terms of the characters, which I have already stated a distaste for, I think I understand what you are doing with them. These are reflections of young adults... who operate under the illusion of control, grandeur. Here are beings that strive to assert themselves as serious, significant, profound yet are ignorant (either through willful ignorance or blind stupidity) to the irony that they are mere children's toys, dolls, objects used to comfort the child or adult (in Chloe's case) in one form or another. In addition, they are now discarded, deemed useless by their owners. Here lies the question of many people starting their lives on their own. What to make of the purposelessness of life and how to live with that question for the next fifty years. Separated from their caretakers (parents, guardians, etc.) toys struggling with new responsibility. And for the most part, failing." -Dan E, PA "What Victims said to me at the end is that the cynicism and judgement of hipsters can be damaging to those who are brave enough to be earnest, but might be insecure at the same time. I identified with Algernon as a person who is growing out of being a hipster, but is beginning to regret the cruelty he took part in before..." -Claire P, MI "seriously, i adore what i've seen, the character design - forgotten dolls, the dolls themselves - and i bawled my ass off when i finished victims.. sat there all mopey & puffy-eyed for the longest time just contemplating meanings -" -Kylie K, KY |
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