The Gull Yettin

Joe Kessler

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Miscellaneous
02 May 2023

Graphic novels; Graphic Novel

The life of an orphaned boy is shaped by the devotion of a fantastical Gull in this lovingly rendered, entirely wordless graphic novel by a contemporary comics innovator.

The life of an orphaned boy is shaped by the devotion of a fantastical Gull in this lovingly rendered, entirely wordless graphic novel by a contemporary comics innovator.

Joe Kessler is at the forefront of European comics. Co-founder and art director of UK's Breakdown Press, and winner of the Angoulame International Comics Festival's Fauve Revelation for his breakthrough comic book Windowpane, Kessler rejuvenates the form once again with his vivid and moving The Gull Yettin.

Told in striking colors and loose but confident lines, The Gull Yettin's story begins when a young boy awakens late one night to find his home on fire. The boy is saved by a lanky, shapeshifting Gull. Orphaned by the fire, and now adrift in a boat piloted by the Gull, the boy faces an uncertain future, one that will be both helped and hindered by his new attendant.

Without a word, Kessler builds a strange but recognizable world, using it to explore all the forms that grief, jealousy, longing, and love can take in our lives, and the compassion and cruelty that can dwell in a single heart.

Filled with all the warmth and poignancy of a great folktale, The Gull Yettin proves that Kessler is pushing comics to new heights.

By: Joe Kessler
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781681377391
ISBN 10: 168137739X
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 02 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joe Kessler is a cartoonist and co-founder and art director at Breakdown Press, a London-based comics publisher. His book Windowpane won the Angouleme International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book in 2020.

Reviews for The Gull Yettin

"""Joe Kessler’s drawings are radical, beautiful and glimmering. The Gull Yettin is my favorite thing in contemporary comics. I love this bird!"" —Anna Haifisch ""Kessler thinks of everything."" —Ed Park ""Nobody told me a book could be like this: ethereal and nearly abstract, yet so legible and concrete. A page-turner, and a huge accomplishment."" —Dash Shaw ""Kessler’s art is a striking mix of heavy, kinetic lines; simple but expressive faces and bodies; and a riot of mostly primary colors. . . . Mesmerizing."" —Kirkus starred review"

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Joe Kessler

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