The Alcoholic (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
  • Published: 25 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9781506708089
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $45.00
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The Alcoholic (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

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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

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!
  • Published: 25 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9781506708089
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $45.00
Categories:

Praise for The Alcoholic (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

"An engaging graphic novel...unflinching...powerful".-The New York Times

"Painfully honest...I'm glad I read The Alcoholic."-Neil Gaiman

"Rarely does a collaboration produce a graphic novel of such literary and artistic merit. - Kirkus Reviews

THE ALCOHOLIC is gonna be hard to top as my favorite original graphic novel of the year. -Brian K. Vaughan, writer SAGA

this hilarious, wrenching story gorgeously illustrated in a graphic novel is a flat-out thrill. -- Bret Easton Ellis, author AMERICAN PSYCHO