What I Did. (Hey, Wait... / Sshhhh! / The Iron Wagon) (edition 2010)

by Jason

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Collects Hey, Wait..., the first of Jason's books to be translated to English, which tells the story of two childhood friends. A dreadful event midway through the story changes their lives forever;?The Iron Wagon, an ingenious, atypically (for Jason) talky murder mystery set in early-20th-century Norway, adapted from a classic Norwegian novel by Stein Riverton--albeit starring Jason's patented blank-eyed animal-headed characters and told in moody two-color panels.… (more)

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Member:	kxlly
Title:	What I Did. (Hey, Wait... / Sshhhh! / The Iron Wagon)
Authors:	Jason
Info:	Fantagraphics (2010), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 272 pages
Collections:	Your library, Read, Unowned
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Tags:	graphic novel, Jason, Sæterøy, Norwegian, translation, 2010

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What I Did. by Jason

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Formally clever and minimalist, but narratively a bit thin. Enjoyed the final tale (a comic retelling of a Norwegian thriller "The Iron Wagon") more than the haiku simplicity of the first two. There's only so much you can care about a sadsack bird-man who never speaks. (

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Hey, Wait... by Jason

Sshhhh! by Jason

The Iron Wagon by Jason

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Collects Hey, Wait..., the first of Jason's books to be translated to English, which tells the story of two childhood friends. A dreadful event midway through the story changes their lives forever;?The Iron Wagon, an ingenious, atypically (for Jason) talky murder mystery set in early-20th-century Norway, adapted from a classic Norwegian novel by Stein Riverton--albeit starring Jason's patented blank-eyed animal-headed characters and told in moody two-color panels.

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