num_pages: 496
description: A deluxe compilation of the first five years of James Kochalka's ground breaking daily diary comic strip.Since October 1998, James Kochalka has kept a daily diary, drawn in comic strip form in his sketchbook. Drawn with relaxed and beautiful brushwork, these strips perfectly capture the rhythm of daily life. From the hilarious to the sad, from the poetic to the drunken, these strips offer a direct and intimate portrait of the life of one of America's most important alternative cartoonists. This ambitious and deluxe, perfect-bound volume collect the first five years of Kochalka's diary.Contains a full-color section.
language: English
title: American Elf: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries, Vol. 1
titlecomplete: American Elf: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries, Vol. 1
genres: Autobiography, Comix, Sequential Art, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Biography Memoir, Graphic Novels Manga, Comics, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2236
series: American Elf
publisher: Top Shelf Productions