Sshhhh!

Finally back in print, by popular demand! Jason's first full-length work is an intriguing suite of silent short stories starring one of his trademark bird characters that ends up chronicling a life well lived. Sshhhh! was published before Jason created the distinctive "Jason" format of his later books, and Sshhhh! has now been redesigned to match them, with a brand new cover done just for this edition.

From the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning author comes this sharp suite of short tales, ranging from the funny to the terrifying to the surreal to the touching, all told entirely in pantomime. Like Chris Ware, Jason's clean, deadpan style (featuring animal-headed characters with mask-like faces) hides a wealth of emotion and human complexity,
leavened with a wicked wit. Jason's work has also drawn comparisons to Art Spiegelman for the similar ways both artists utilize anthropomorphic stylizations to reach deeper, more general truths, and to create elegantly minimalist panels whose emotional depth-charge comes as an even greater shock. His dark wit and supremely bold use of
"jump-cuts" from one scene to the next are endlessly surprising and exhilarating.

"Entirely told in pantomime, this suite of short tales veers from the funny to the terrifying to the surreal to the touching. Like Chris Ware's Jason's clean, deadpan style (featuring animal-headed characters with mask-like faces) hides a wealth of emotion and human complexity, leavened with a wicked wit."--Publisher's description Uses birds as characters to explore the tragedy of life