Palookaville #20

Palookaville #20

<p><i>Palookaville #20 </i>is the first volume of the seminal comic book series to be published in book form. The expansion into hardcover from pamphlet is a parallel that illustrates Seth's growth into an award-winning cartoonist, book designer, hobbyist, editor, essayist, and installation artist. </p><p>Seth's first autobiographical comics since <i>Palookaville #2 </i>and <i>#3 </i>will be featured in <i>#20</i>. Drawing in his loose sketchbook style, similar to his book <i>Wimbledon Green</i>, Seth details his trip to a book festival and his awkward struggle to overcome isolation and communicate with the people around him. Seth continues the serialization of his acclaimed <i>Clyde Fans </i>story line, about which <i>The New York Times Book Review </i>aptly noted, "Seth truly believes in his wares―the little meanings of regular lives." This is, perhaps, nowhere more apparent than in the cartoonist's ongoing three-dimensional rendering of his fictional Dominion City, most recently featured in his book <i>George Sprott</i>. Using sketches, photographs, and an essay, the cartoonist explains why the need to conceptualize the fictional city in sculptures was a natural extension from comics storytelling, and how if he had his way, it would have stayed in his basement forever.</p>