Issue No. 141

A DARK, PSYCHEDELIC COMING-OF-AGE STORY BY AWARD-WINNING COMIC ARTIST MICHAEL DEFORGE

Big Kids

by Michael DeForge

Drawn & Quarterly

2016, 96 pages, 5 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches

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I have been fascinated by the work of Canadian comic artist Michael DeForge for a while now. If you like unvarnished explorations of the human psyche and the high weirdness that an unhinged mind and a free hand can render, check out Michael’s Lose series, Very Casual , and Dressing , all from Toronto-based comics publisher of note Koyama Press.

Big Kids is something of a departure for DeForge, or at least it starts off seeming that way. On the surface, Big Kids is a dark and mopey coming-of-age tale.…