num_pages: 112
description: The debut graphic novel from a dazzling newcomer with a singular idiosyncratic styleIn the few short years since he began his pamphlet-size comic book series Lose Michael DeForge has announced himself as an important new voice in alternative comics. His brash confident undulating artwork sent a shock wave through the comics world for its unique fully formed aesthetic.From its opening pages Ant Colony immerses the reader in a world that is darkly existential with false prophets unjust wars and corrupt police officers as it follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants. On the surface its the story of this war the destruction of a civilization and the ants all too familiar desire to rebuild. Underneath though Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concernsloneliness faith love apathy and more. All of this is done with humor and sensitivity exposing a world where spiders can wreak unimaginable amounts of havoc with a single gnash of their jaws.DeForges striking visual sensibilitystark lines dramatic color choices and brilliant use of page and panel spacestands out in this volume.
language: English
title: Ant Colony
publisher: Drawn & Quarterly