After a highprofile family scandal, sticks escapes to the woods to live in what would be relative isolation were it not for the many animals that surround and inevitably annoy her. Sticks angelica, folk hero interior art by michael deforge everything is not only canadian, but selfconsciously so, with multiple references to sweaters, mounties, maple. Sticks angelica, folk hero by michael deforge goodreads. Explore michael deforges strange nature in sticks angelica. Overall, sticks angelica, folk hero is an entertaining read. The air is so crips and clean that you can see the molecules floating in the space around youbrushing against your face, even, sticks tells. Sticks angelica, folk hero plays with autobiography, biography, and hagiography to look at how we build our. Sticks angelica, folk hero hardcover skylight books. Michael deforge on tour for sticks angelica, folk hero.
Sticks angelica, folk hero is michael deforge at his playful. Michael deforge on what his inner critic says and looks like. Sticks angelica, folk hero plays with autobiography, biography, and hagiography to look at how we build our own sense of self and how others carry on the roles we create for them in our own personal dramas. Reviewing the critically acclaimed comic sticks angelica. It follows a woman who flees into the canadian forest to escape a family scandal and make. In it he creates a reality that we accept without explaining any of the rules. Michael deforge and sadie dupuis appear at brickbat books on thursday, march 23 at 7. Oct 04, 2017 for nearly a decade, annie koyama koyama press and michael deforge sticks angelica, folk hero have been wowing readers with their strange and darkly humorous, ongoing anthology series, lose. Quimbys is one of nine stops on the book tour for deforges latest graphic novel, sticks angelica, folk hero, which ventures deep into one of those forests a canadian national park where a. Sticks angelica, folk hero is an unexpected journey that is ultimately satisfying.
He could be seen gradually moving towards a bucolic and more muted approach. Pdf download sticks angelica folk hero free ebooks pdf. Sticks angelica, folk hero is a highly entertaining comic that got released in the year 20. Mar 14, 2017 sticks angelica, folk hero plays with autobiography, biography, and hagiography to look at how we build our own sense of self and how others carry on the roles we create for them in our own personal dramas. April 7, 2017 deforges new book sticks angelica, folk hero grew out of a collection of tumblr strips. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. That little running gag itself tells you a lot about this weird and quirky comic that features sticks as she talks about her past life as an athlete and politicians daughter and how she fled it all. Below, michael deforge answers eight questions submitted by eight of his fellow writers in the cbc books.
Along the way, she encounters many unique characters such as oatmeala bunny who is in love with sticks after she saved him from being killed by. While this is an unusual story, its nonetheless one of deforges most conventional stories, at. Marvel just doesnt know what to do with its group of. Sticks angelica, folk hero by michael deforge, hardcover. Michael deforge sticks angelica is, in her own words, 49 years old. Sticks angelica, folk hero a johnson has his boswell and every sticks angelica has her michael deforgesticks angelica is, in her own words, 49 years old. Rendered in black, white and magenta, its a vehicle for play. Micheal deforge does an excellent job with worldbuilding with sticks angelica, folk hero.
It shows its creator moving to an altogether new level, far away from the grotesque humor and acidic clashing colors that were the trademark of his last comic ant comic. Pa sticks angelica, folk hero signing convention scene. The strangeness of the book becomes an effective part of the story. Deforges witty dialogue and deadpan narration create a bizarre yet eerily familiar tale of how we build our own sense of self and how others carry on the roles we create for them in our own personal dramas. Sticks focuses on the titular character of sticks angelica is, who, in her own words, is49 years old.
A johnson has his boswell and every sticks angelica has. Pdf sticks angelica folk hero download full pdf book. Mar 2017s gnofthemonth club meeting for sticks angelica. They start off with michael deforges latest book, sticks angelica, folk hero drawn and quarterly. Like will eisner, deforge repeatedly and noticeably varies the lettering of the strips title. Deforges cynical humour takes on a lighter tone compared to his last graphic novel big kids, published in 2016. Deforges new book sticks angelica, folk hero grew out of a collection of tumblr strips. Sticks angelica, the heroine of michael deforges latest graphic novel, is a 49yearold canadian celebrity included among her former titles are. Mar 24, 2017 sticks angelica, folk hero interior art by michael deforge.
Sticks angelica is, in her own words, 49 years old. Like all of deforges work, sticks angelica, folk hero is weird, hilarious and affecting. Sticks has decided to live in the forest with a group of talking animals, and the rest of the. On the days she doesnt bathe shell rub flowers on her armpits. May 21, 20 his latest, sticks angelica, folk hero, shows him moving into another gear, away from the acidic clashing colours and grotesque humour of his recent ant comic and towards a more muted and bucolic approach. Read download sticks angelica folk hero pdf pdf download. Olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist, governor general. Sticks angelica plays with autobiography, biography, and hagiography to look at how we build our own sense of self and how others carry on the roles we create for them in our own personal dramas. There is a rabbit named oatmeal who harbors an unrequited love for her, a pair of kissing geese, a crossdressing moose absurdly named lisa hanawalt. Sticks angelica, folk hero book 2017 by michael deforge. Michael deforge will be on tour his latest release, sticks angelica, folk hero, with stops in toronto, montreal, providence, philadelphia, chicago, cambridge, and brooklyn. A day in the life of sticks angelica, folk hero arts the harvard. Pdf sticks angelica folk hero download ebook for free.
Olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist, governor general, entrepreneur, line cook, headmistress, mountie, columnist, libertarian, cellist. In his first longform weekly comic after ant colony, deforge turns from the acidic, grotesque universe of colony to a surreal vision of canada, and from cynicism to a softer, gentler tone sticks angelica decides to escape fame, the city and her family by settling in monterey. Deforges witty dialogue and deadpan narration create a bizarre, yet eerily familiar world. Marvel just doesnt know what to do with its group of young. Sticks angelica, folk hero by michael deforge, 9781770462700, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Maisonneuve sticks angelica heads back to the land. Mar 27, 2017 sticks angelica, folk hero is the story of a middleaged recluse named sticks who abandons her celebrity status as the daughter of a prominent canadian politician, and goes to live in the forest. After a highprofile family scandal, sticks escapes to the woods to live in what would be relative isolation were.
Sticks angelica, folk hero is michael deforge at his. One of the many steady trickles of deforges work was his serial webcomic strip from 2015, sticks angelica, folk hero, compiled in this recent. Apr 05, 2017 mar 2017s gnofthemonth club meeting for sticks angelica. My brother, who specializes in finding weird, cool comic books and graphic novels. Sticks has escaped her heritage for the refuge of the woods and through her story, deforge delivers another deeply humane work, one that subtly questions the. There is a feeling of trust, the way that deforge wrote the book, the way he trusts the readers to understand the bizarre or at least accept it. A day in the life of sticks angelica, folk hero arts. The narrative fits into a continuous storyline with some standalone moments and mini story arcs that showcase a particular character. Apr 07, 2017 deforges new book sticks angelica, folk hero grew out of a collection of tumblr strips. Olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist, governor general, entrepreneur, line cook.
Olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist. The main protagonist of sticks angelica, folk hero is the selfsufficient and fierce sticks angelica, who is a pretty intriguing person. Sticks angelica is a former olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist the list goes on who is now living in a fictitious canadian national park. A sort of jackofalltrades, sticks spends her life in the canadian wilderness with her rabbit friend, oatmeal, and various other animals, trying to order the wilderness to her willmuch to its. You can go through her occupations in the first instalment of the comic. Sticks angelica, folk hero stars a woman who flees to the canadian forests to escape a family scandal.
Every morning she runs 12 miles, and in the evening she wrestles local bears if shes bored. A johnson has his boswell and every sticks angelica has her michael deforge sticks angelica is, in her own words, 49 years old. It follows a woman who flees into the canadian forest to escape a family scandal and make a new life. This is the heroine of the celebrated torontobased cartoonist michael deforges latest work, sticks angelica, folk hero. Mar 22, 2017 sticks angelica is, in her own words, 49 years old. If you do, youd learn that shes an olympian, a cellist, a headmistress and a mountie among many others. Pdf sticks angelica folk hero download full pdf book download. Description this book sticks angelica is, in her own words, 49 years old.
Sticks angelica folk hero hc discount comic book service. Quimbys welcomes michael deforge with sadie dupuis 325. Michael deforge was born in 1987 and grew up in ottawa, ontario. The more i chat about comics in different cities and contexts, the more i realize just how massive michael deforges influence is not just in toronto, but the world over. Mar 28, 2017 sticks angelica, folk hero plays with autobiography, biography, and hagiography to look at how we build our own sense of self and how others carry on the roles we create for them in our own personal dramas. The best american comics 2017 ben katchor,bill kartalopoulos 20171003 comic books, strips, etc author. Sticks angelica plays with autobiography, biography, and hagiography to look at how we build our own sense of self and how others carry on the roles. Sticks angelica, folk hero by michael deforge, 9781770462700, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Sticks angelica, folk hero graphic novel the seattle. Sticks angelica is a canadian renaissance woman celebrity who lives in a nature preserve, where she mostly complains about the annoying anthropomorphic animals and also deals with the weird laws of this world that involve the allowed hunting of animals that have been marked for death because they committed a crime like forgery or embezzlement.
Sticks is an arrogant selfobsessed force who wills herself on the flora and fauna. A sort of jackofalltrades, sticks spends her life in the canadian wilderness with her rabbit friend, oatmeal, and various other animals, trying to order the wilderness to her willmuch to its chagrin. After a highprofile family scandal, sticks escapes to the woods to live in what would be. My brother, who specializes in finding weird, cool comic books and graphic novels, got me this collection by canadian artist michael deforge. Michael deforge forces readers to accept such situations in his new graphic novel, sticks angelica, folk hero. Michael deforges latest, sticks angelica, folk hero, plays with the idea of identity, community and sense of self. Its one that hints at topicality, while retaining a breezy humour if not occasionally containing traces of deforges trademark cruelty. Folk hero the title character sticks angelica has an almost ironic followup to her name as she is actually pretty unpleasant.