{"product_id":"9781770462243","title":"Big Kids","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBig Kids\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael DeForge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeenage misfits and adolescent rabble-rousing take center stage in this dark coming-of-age tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Kids\u003c\/i\u003e is simultaneously Michael DeForge's most straightforward narrative and his most complex work to date. It follows a troubled teenage boy through the transformative years of high school as he redefines his friends, his interests, and his life path. When the boy's uncle, a police officer, gets kicked out of the family's basement apartment and transferred to the countryside, April moves in. She's a college student, mysterious and cool, and she quickly takes a shine to the boy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe boy's own interests quickly fade away: he stops engaging in casual sex, taking drugs, and testing the limits of socially acceptable (and legal) behavior. Instead, he hangs out with April and her friends, a bunch of highly evolved big kids who spend their days at the campus swimming pool. And slowly, the boy begins to change, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEerie and perfectly paced, DeForge's \u003ci\u003eBig Kids \u003c\/i\u003emuses on the complicated, and often contradictory, feelings people struggle with during adolescence, the choices we make to fit in, and the ways we survive times of change. Like \u003ci\u003eAnt Colony \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFirst Year Healthy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBig Kids\u003c\/i\u003e is a testimony to the harshness and beauty of being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBig Kids\u003c\/i\u003e is a bildungsroman of sorts; the story of a troubled teenage boy navigating the transformative years of high school, redefining his friends, interests, and life path. Anybody with a passing familiarity with DeForge’s unsettling, vividly beautiful comics will know that this is a deceptively simple summation.\"—Zainab Akhtar, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the world of comics, there’s no shortage of narratives about adolescence. But you’ve probably never read one as memorably surreal as Michael DeForge’s \u003ci\u003eBig Kids\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—Abraham Riesman, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eMichael DeForge's\u003ci\u003e Big Kids\u003c\/i\u003e comic is a transcendental heartbreaker.\"— \u003ci\u003eThe Fader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... an outstanding work by one of the most original voices in comics today.—Pete Redrup, \u003ci\u003eThe Quietus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBig Kids\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelation and DeForge’s art is an unsettling, uncompromising and highly refreshing addition to the comics landscape.\"—Mark Sinclair, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCreative Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... a book that is bursting with complex ideas and fragile emotions\"—Craig Hubert, \u003ci\u003eArtinfo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781770462243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40595355566286,"sku":"9781770462243","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a7effff3-332d-4858-89bd-9675345562ac.jpg?v=1637829304","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781770462243","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}