Almost Silent

Almost Silent packages four original Jason graphic novels three of them out of print since mid-2008 into one compact, hardcover omnibus collection. (As the title indicates, this volume favors Jason s pantomime works.) You Can t Get There From Here, the longest story of the book (and the only one to [...]
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Almost Silent packages four original Jason graphic novels three of them out of print since mid-2008 into one compact, hardcover omnibus collection. (As the title indicates, this volume favors Jason s pantomime works.) You Can t Get There From Here, the longest story of the book (and the only one to be printed in color well, a color), tells the tale of a love triangle involving Frankenstein, Frankenstein s Monster, and The Monster s Bride: Jason cleverly alternates between totally silent sequences involving the three characters and scenes in which Frankenstein s hunchbacked assistant discusses the day s events with a fellow hunchbacked assistant to another mad scientist. (You didn t know they had a union?) Tell Me Something is a brisk (271 panels), near-totally-silent (just a few intertitles) graphic novelette about love lost and found again, told with a tricky mixture of forward- and back-flashing narrative. Meow, Baby is a collection of Jason s short stories and gags, and finally, The Living and the Dead is a hilariously deadpan (and gory) take on the traditional Romero-style zombie thriller.All of these yarns star Jason s patented cast of tight-lipped (or -beaked) bird-, dog-, cat- and wolf-people, and show off his compassion and wry wit. Almost Silent is a perfect starting point for a new reader wanting to know what the fuss is all about, and a handsome, handy, inexpensive collection for the committed Jason fan.