A quick follow on about Shaun Tan, who has a website here. In October Hachette Livre Australia will published Shaun’s next book, The Arrival. It’s literally like nothing he’s done before. I’ve seen some pieces from it – and he’s said he’s going to bring the rest over to the house in the next few weeks – and it’s basically a 128 page graphic novel with no text. He’s been working on it for nearly four years, at one point throwing out a large chunk because the style didn’t quite fit, and redoing it. If it’s as good as I think it’s likely to be, it’s going to be astounding. I’ll post more on it when I have more from Shaun. In the meantime, I don’t think there’s an edition currently slated for outside Australia (though that’ll probably happen). Were I coming to World Fantasy I’d bring a box of copies and sell them myself. As I’m not, you might want to try pre-ordering it here or here.
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Hey Jonathan -
The link to his site isn’t working!
Auughhh! Can’t wait to see images from the new book…
James
I’ve corrected the link. It should have been to http://www.shauntan.net. Sadly, there are no images for The Arrival yet, but hopefully we’ll get some soon.
The Arrival has been adapted into a puppet-based performance work by Spare Parts Puppet Theatre in Fremantle, too. I think that opens in July, from memory.
The link to the publisher isn’t working either (or maybe that’s a recent development).
I still have the email from Lothian assuring me it will be available for the start of the school year. I don’t begrudge the delays though, seems like it’s going to be a cracker.
After reading an old wood block print graphic novel called God’s Man, I wished there was more like it. Images scream what words can’t whisper. How perfect is it that my new favorite artist is producing what I crave? I can’t wait.
I am using the opening image as the stimulus for developing a drama when I am working with teachers. Its very powerful.