The Idris File

Dix

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Miscellaneous
11 September 2025

Graphic novels; Graphic Novel

In Wales 1974, a fisherman inadvertently reels in a Nazi flag. Meanwhile, young Idris and his mother ride a train in the countryside. Idris's mother has a new housekeeping job awaiting her in the small town of Bothelli, by the sea. Her new employer, a wealthy man named Mr. Miller, is confined to a wheelchair and beginning immediately upon their arrival, Mr. Miller's unceasing demands as an employer leave the socially awkward Idris adrift in his new town, friendless. That is, until he meets the mysterious and profane Gwen in the local cemetery. When Idris shows Gwen a map that he found at Mr. Miller's, it sucks them into a web of mystery and unimagined horrors. As he did in his acclaimed 2018 graphic novel Dull Margaret (Fantagraphics), co-created with Jim Broadbent, Dix brings his world to life with his distinctive cartooning, weaving lumpy characters, earthy palettes, grim rumination, deadpan humour, supernatural elements, and a dreary countryside setting into one of the gnarliest graphic novels of the year.

By: Dix
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 262mm, Width: 188mm,
ISBN: 9798875000690
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 11 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dix was born in Wales in 1967. He studied in London where he first drew comics for Crisis and later cofounded PURR. He moved back to Wales in 1995 where he drew strips for The Guardian newspaper for many years. He collaborated with Si Spencer on the graphic novel, Klaxon, in 2015 and with Jim Broadbent on Dull Margaret in 2018. The Idris File is his first solo graphic novel. He lives in Hay on Wye.

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An excellent comic for those who like boy's own adventures and folk horror, but want something weirder, more disturbing, and more adult.-- ""Fortean Times""

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