Eye of the Majestic Creature
“Leslie's work communicates an urban loneliness that I relate to a lot, seeing as we live in the same place. It's cute and sad and familiar, especially if you're 30 or under.” (Nick Gazin - VICE)“Drawn in a totally out-there Surrealist style, this quick page-turner is proof that while you might be too old forGarfield and Friends, there are cartoons you can still relate to...and love.” (Liza Darwin - Nylon)“Eye of the Majestic Creatureis a total left-field-wtf-lol-rotf-gut-buster.” (Birdsong)“Stein combines misanthropy and the longing for human connection with an absurd, biting wit and plenty of self-effacement. She also combines a fluid line with a dense stippling style to create memorable image after memorable image. Stein’s on my short list of artists who deserve much wider recognition.” (Rob Clough - High-Low)“Early in the 20th Century, a beautiful cartoonist, Marcel Duchamp, pretended to be a marginally attractive woman and spent considerable time watching dust accumulate. Early in the 21st Century a beautiful cartoonist, Leslie Stein, pretended to be a funky dweeb and spent considerable time counting sand. Catch my drift?” (Gary Panter)“[T]his book is phenomenal.... I really enjoyed this collection, and I want to see more from this creator.... There is significant depth to this fantastic story about a girl, her guitar, and the quirks associated with staying alive.” (Alex Jarvis - Spandexless)“...Eye of the Majestic Creature... blend[s] autobiographical self-discovery, surreal free-association, philosophical ruminations, nostalgic reminiscences and devastatingly dry wit to describe life filtered through a seductive meta-fictional interior landscape…. and the results are enchanting and entrancing.” (Win Wiacek - Now Read This!)“Visual inventiveness combined with a high level of wit.” (Michael Kupperman)“Eye of the Majestic Creatureis a wonderful comic book, and really one of the best books that I’ve read [this year].” (Comic Book Resources)“Leslie Stein’s comics inhabit a charming and semi-autobiographical (in the most ‘semi’ sense of the word) yet surreal, insular world where her best friend and closest confidant is an acoustic guitar. What’s not to relate to?” (Peter Bagge, creator of Hate!)