Exclusive Preview: Pear Shape from Fantagraphics Books

Pear Shape is a brand-new graphic novel by musician and cartoonist Nick Thorburn (Islands, The Unicorns) described as his love letter to underground comix. The Fantagraphics Books title arrives in comic book and book stores on June 16th, and we’ve got a first look at the upcoming release. Check out our preview below.

A good old fashioned underground comic for our current times: a heady bouillabaisse of humor, philosophy, profanity, absurdism, and existentialism.

From the pen of multi-talented indie musician (Islands, Unicorns) and cartoonist (Penguins) Nick Thorburn comes this perfect object of the comic book form. A 64-page color one-shot menagerie of interconnected comic strips that smartly channels the tradition of underground comix. Find out why those smarty pants at The Believer magazine say, "Thorburn makes sharp social commentary through a series of dark humor vignettes that revolve around macabre body horror, dalliances into the absurd, and the sociopolitical intricacies of human existence."

You can purchase Pear Shape from Fantagraphics or order from your local comic book store.