The Alcoholic

10th Anniversary Expanded Edition

Jonathan Ames, Dean Haspiel, Lee Loughridge , Pat Brosseau

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Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
25 September 2018

Graphic novels

Featuring gritty, yet poignant artwork by Dean Haspiel (The Quitter), The Alcoholic marks Ames' hilarious yet heartbreaking graphic novel debut. This tenth anniversary edition hardcover also features a new afterword by Jonathan Ames as well as a special behind-the-scenes artist section!

In the proud tradition of drunken writers everywhere . . . comes the tale of Jonathan A., a boozed-up, coked-out, sexually confused, hopelessly romantic-and of course, entirely fictional-novelist who bears only a coincidental resemblance to real-life author Jonathan Ames, critically acclaimed author of Wake Up, Sir!, The Extra Man, and What's Not to Love as well as HBO's Bored to Death and Starz's Blunt Talk

Featuring gritty, yet poignant artwork by Dean Haspiel (The Quitter), The Alcoholic marks Ames' hilarious yet heartbreaking graphic novel debut. This tenth anniversary edition hardcover also features a new afterword by Jonathan Ames as well as a special behind-the-scenes artist section!

By: Jonathan Ames
Illustrated by: Dean Haspiel, Lee Loughridge, Pat Brosseau
Imprint: Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 171mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 392g
ISBN: 9781506708089
ISBN 10: 1506708080
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 25 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan Ames is the author of the novels Wake Up, Sir!, The Extra Man, and I Pass Like Night; a graphic novel, The Alcoholic (with artwork by Dean Haspiel), and the essay collections I Love You More Than You Know, My Less Than Secret Life, and What's Not to Love? He is the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a former columnist for New York Press. Ames performs frequently as a storyteller and has been a recurring guest on David Letterman. He has fought in two amateur boxing matches as ""The Herring Wonder,"" and he has peformed in a number of shows. Ames had the lead role in the IFC film ""The Girl Under the Waves,"" was a porn-extra in the porn film ""C-Men,"" and played himself in a pilot episode for the Showtime network. At the time, he said, ""It's the role I've been waiting for!"" He lives in Brooklyn, New York.