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Extended Play
Jake Terrell's debut collection employs a deft, impetuous line to toy with notions of youthful abandon and surrealistic malaise.
” “Extended Play” is an apt title. The pleasure of Terrell's line, and his storytelling, is infectious. It’s a battle cry for cartooning as mark making, as line design, for thinking of drawing as handwriting and a form of searching and discovery. It may be his first book, but already he seems to understand what IT is, better than most. I could read his work all day long."— Sammy Harkham, author of Everything Together and editor of the Kramers Ergot series
Extended Play, the debut collection by Jake Terrell, seizes upon the millennial zeitgeist from an array of angles. From the haze of summer to the conflicting feelings of ennui and hope that guide the figures in Terrell’s magical realist landscapes, there’s an effortlessness to his work that obscures the heightened sense of understanding he brings to the form.
Jake Terrell is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. His comics have a loose, confident line, often focusing on a youth-centric cast of characters written into magical realist or measured fantastical narratives.
” “Extended Play” is an apt title. The pleasure of Terrell's line, and his storytelling, is infectious. It’s a battle cry for cartooning as mark making, as line design, for thinking of drawing as handwriting and a form of searching and discovery. It may be his first book, but already he seems to understand what IT is, better than most. I could read his work all day long."— Sammy Harkham, author of Everything Together and editor of the Kramers Ergot series
Extended Play, the debut collection by Jake Terrell, seizes upon the millennial zeitgeist from an array of angles. From the haze of summer to the conflicting feelings of ennui and hope that guide the figures in Terrell’s magical realist landscapes, there’s an effortlessness to his work that obscures the heightened sense of understanding he brings to the form.
Jake Terrell is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. His comics have a loose, confident line, often focusing on a youth-centric cast of characters written into magical realist or measured fantastical narratives.
104 pages, Paperback
First published February 7, 2017
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May 1, 2019
A nice little book with gorgeous illustrations. The stories in it are cool but it's more like a "sketchbook/stream of consciousness" thingy the author is playing with (thus maybe the title?), so there's kind of a lack in substance.
June 17, 2019
Not only is the line work amazing, and the color palette vibrant and buoyant, but the abstract storytelling really works wonders. I found myself reading various stories throughout this book over and over in an attempt to find the meanings, the yearning, the heart of them. In my opinion, this is a graphic novel that forces the reader to think conceptually and thematically about what rests hidden in plain sight within the art. Excited to see more from Terrell in the future.
July 9, 2017
Don't always follow his narratives easily (not sure that's all that important anyway), but I totally love Terrell's wonderfully alive, whimsical drawings. Another beautiful little book from publisher 2dcloud.
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October 20, 2021So much life in the lines
July 7, 2018
Stories start and progress, then abruptly end. These diverse and distinct pieces depict the images of eternal youth still in development, which is an allegory of the comics form. This is one of the most underrated graphic novels of the decade.
Stories start and progress, then abruptly end. These diverse and distinct pieces depict the images of eternal youth still in development, which is an allegory of the comics form.
Stories start and progress, then abruptly end. These diverse and distinct pieces depict the images of eternal youth still in development, which is an allegory of the comics form.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews