num_pages: 268
description: A matching volume to 2009's Almost Silent What I Did collects three of Jasons acclaimed 1990s graphic novels into a handsome definitive omnibus format.Hey Wait... which was the first of Jason's books to be translated to English tells the story of two childhood friends. A dreadful event midway through the story changes their lives forever and the story becomes the summary of lives lived wasted and lost. Jason's sparse dialogue dark wit and supremely bold use of jump-cuts from one scene to the next make Hey Wait... a surprising and engaging debut.Sshhhh! is one of Jasons virtuoso silent performances the cradle-to-grave life of one of his bird-headed characters. A sharp suite of short tales ranging from funny to terrifying to surreal to touching all told entirely in pantomime. Jason's clean deadpan art style hides a wealth of emotion and human complexity leavened with a wicked wit.And the one Jason fans have been waiting for is the long-out-of-print 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 Jasons patented blank-eyed animal-headed characters and told in moody two-color panels.
language: English
title: What I Did.
publisher: Fantagraphics Books