Secret Times by Keith Jones

When two simple hobos-a pigeon and his elephant buddy-are wrongfully accused of murdering Mr. Mouse Mouser, the consequences are dire. Secretimes delineates an alternate universe-a world that fa- vors the rich and grinds the poor and unfortunate into paste. Each page is a brightly colored nightmare populated with vapid celebrities and lazily scheming businessmen. Keith Jones creates a pop parable that is stunning and alluring to look at and hellish to live in. Graffiti- covered walls, melting neon figures, idiosyncratic sound effects, and anthropomorphized bros meld together in this satire of modern life and mod- ern values. His sense of humor is manic, snick- ering, and surreal, each line imbued with a rich sense of irony. Jones's pacing gives each page a frenzied paranoia that belies his charcters' fantasies of utter control. Secretimes is darkly funy in Jones's irresistibly offkilter signature style.

About the Author
Keith Jones is a fine artist, Canadian doodler, and cartoonist. He has exhibited all around the world. He has published two books with Drawn and Quarterly, an art book called Bacter-Area and a graphic novel called Catland Empire, both of which were nominated for Doug Wright Awards.

Reviews
Catland Empire [is] a psychedelic mashup of quantum theory, meta- physics, science fiction, and Saturday-morning-cartoon anthropomor- phism.-Georgia Straight



Book Information
ISBN 9781770462380
Author Keith Jones
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Drawn and Quarterly
Publisher Drawn and Quarterly