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Loved and Lost GN (2022 IDW) A Relationship Trilogy comic books

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Loved and Lost GN (2022 IDW) A Relationship Trilogy 1-1ST


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    1st printing.

    Story and art by Jeffrey Brown.

    A pioneer of 21st-century graphic memoir, Jeffrey Brown captures timeless insights into love, intimacy, and vulnerability in three unforgettable relationship portraits.

    Twenty years ago, young painter Jeffrey Brown grew frustrated with the expectations of the art world and wanted desperately to make something real. In a single sketchbook, working directly in ink, he began recording his memories of a recent long-distance relationship, matching the emotional frailty of the young lovers with painfully honest writing and art. As that book, Clumsy, struck a chord with readers and spawned the follow-ups Unlikely and Any Easy Intimacy, Brown's work proved a watershed for the emerging form of the graphic memoir.

    Chronicling the awkward mess of romantic relationships in unsparing and unflinching detail, these works also reflect the fragmentary nature of memory, the risk of opening ourselves to pain, and the giggly rush of falling in love. Now collected into one volume for the first time, this Relationship Trilogy is a bittersweet reminder of the everyday joy, heartbreak, and humor that-despite everything-keep us coming back for more.

    Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 608 pages, B&W.

    Cover price $29.99.