Escape from the Great American Novel

by Drew Lerman

Escape from the Great American Novel by Drew Lerman follows best friends, Roy and Dav, as they find themselves on opposite sides of a battle between apocalyptic oil barons and bomb-chucking anarchists. But Dav just wants to write the Great American Novel, while Roy wonders what the big deal is—after all, their world is only another fiction.

This second volume of Lerman’s Snake Creek strips features a self-contained narrative drawn between August 2019 and August 2021. Using improvisational cartooning techniques, Drew crafts a complex story, panel by panel, strip by strip, packed with puns and o’erflowing with literary references. The result is a cohesive graphic novel that irreverently tackles climate collapse, late-stage capitalism, and the plight of the modern author.

Genres: Comics

176 pages, Paperback

Published April 18, 2023

Reviews

[S.Matt Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite reads of 2023, maybe even my choice pick. It is funny, insightful, weird, crudely drawn, and just fantastic in every way. This book can go to bat with Catch-22. I cried laughing and enjoyed every minute of this completely unsuspecting, unexpected masterpiece.