2dcloud

24 pp • 5 × 7" • 2018

"'Gustave Flaubert Trois Contes' beguiled me on my first read and opened up to greater and greater depths on each return visit. It is a funny and complex book about the porous border between art and life that operates on more than trois levels—a comic about its own making whose self-awareness is intimate and revelatory." —Conor Stechschulte, author of Generous Bosom

"Wtf did I just read? I've gone back to it over and over and the details get funnier and more bonkers with each pass. There are so many subtleties, it's not for the casual reader. Must pace with pure joy, this arcane glimpse into the mind of Chris Adams." —Melissa Foley-King, librarian at the Harford County Public Library

"haha wow this is really weird chris. ok oh jeez i've never tried to blurb before it's harder than i thought! if you enjoy a one-word blurb i would say "disorienting" which i mean as a compliment but it might not read that way i guess? dunno? i put a letter complaining about how my comics suck on the back of my book so i might have a different approach to this than someone else in general i now realize lol or how about:"

"Like finding out you're the people in Powers of Ten just before getting kicked out of the theater you're watching it in." i worked on that one! is that a blurb? i might not know how to do this also can i just say i am in love with this radiator you drew i don't know why" —Dina Kelberman, creator of I'm Google

Drawn with ball point pen in late 2016, Gustave Flaubert Trois Contes is lent a level of immediacy with its stream of consciousness narrative. A seahorse guides the reader through CB radio chatter, intimate apartment living, dinosaur sitcoms, and the authors own memories.

Christopher Adams is an artist and musician. He has published several books with 2dcloud including "Strong Eye Contact" and "Yule Log", both listed as "Notable" in Best American Comics.

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airplane mode — publisher
melissa carraher — publicity
brianna perry — publicity assistant
kristina tzekova — house illustrator

publisher in search of some transcendent moment — a piece of liberating information. comics, art, literature, and the internet. est. 2007.

i had a hard time coming up with a way to say this — i want to read all of [ 2dcloud’s ] books. [ 2dcloud is ] one of the few publishers who consistently puts out material I love. maybe that's better than the quote below.

2dcloud has a specific, idiosyncratic voice, like that of an artist. it’s a point of view that’s recognizable, but hard to define. it’s art books-meet-comics with a sense of warmth, humanity and vulnerability. it’s pain, with hope, always beautiful and surprising. —keiler roberts, author of rat time, and chlorine gardens

nobody is publishing weird, avant-garde, and visually innovative art comix like 2dcloud. it’s the kind of work that, by its very nature, will never be lucrative, but they do it because they believe in artists, and i believe in them.

i want to see art with a unique hand. i want artists that tell stories no one else can. i want my visual vocabulary expanded when I look at what you do. comics that look how a comic should look are for babies and for the birds. —julia gfrörer, author of laid waste, and black is the color

[this] small publisher [is] upping the whole country’s alt-comics game. —aiga eye on design

2dcloud takes its inspiration from the loose, in-progress aesthetic of some conceptual artists. —hyperallergic

2dcloud continues to publish work that, with exhilarating honesty and fresh illustration, captures the vastness of what it is like to be alive in this moment. —rachel davies, rookie magazine

2dcloud [is] one of the most interesting and exciting independent publishers working today. —blouin artinfo

2dcloud is king of the jungle! their books are wild! Their artists are nuts! I love everything they're doing. —anna haifisch, author of the artist

2dcloud takes chances on work that takes chances. their optimism is contagious. the world of comics — and the world of culture — can’t afford to be without them. —bill kartalopoulos, the best american comics series editor

"2dcloud goes boldly where other comics publishers fear to tread. —anders nilsen, Poetry is Useless

everything 2dcloud is doing right now isn’t just good; it’s exciting. there’s no better publisher of its size and orientation working in comics." —tom spurgeon, the comics reporter

it doesn't make sense not to support 2dcloud. —dash shaw, director of my entire high school sinking into the sea

2dcloud is a vital force within the comics industry and print publishing as a whole. they showcase the work of experimental practitioners of the medium; [work that] widen[s] the scope of comics beyond what most readers think is possible. 2dcloud’s dedication to creating books with the highest quality production value exemplifies their understanding of what consumers in the mass market are attracted to. comic shops and bookstores alike would benefit from carrying the 2dcloud line. —jacquelene cohen, director of publicity & promotion for fantagraphics books inc.

Gustave Flaubert Trois Contes | Christopher Adams

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