Description
A couple struggles through their unhappy marriage in this dark science-fiction comedy. Claire and Mark are in the doldrums of an unhappy marriage. She doesn t get out of her bathrobe and chain-smokes while slumped on the couch. Mark has lost track of the days and can t get the kids to school on time. They ve lost interest in family and order-in pizza and chinese food every night. Mark sleeps on the couch and has trouble remembering his son s name. He feels like a fraud at work but somehow succeeds. Claire stalks an ex-boyfriend. How could he have left her to this life? Claire and Mark are both plagued by the idea that this is all a dream. Didn t they have different lives? When reports of an imminent nuclear war come on the radio, the truth begins to dawn on them: this is not the life they chose. Why Don t You Love Me? is a pitch-black comedy about marriage, alcoholism, depression, and mourning lost opportunities. Paul B. Rainey has created a hilariously terrifying alternate reality where confusion and pain might lead people to make bad choices but also eventually freedom maybe.
About the Author
Paul B. Rainey is a British cartoonist who has been making comics for decades. In 2015, his graphic novel There s No Time Like the Present was published by Escape Books. He has been a regular contributing cartoonist to Viz since 2013. His creations include Peter the Slow Eater, 14 Year Old Stand Up Comedian, and Audrey Pemberton. He won the Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize in 2020 with the strip Similar to But Not. In it, he recounts meeting Madonna in his local pub in 1985. He has written, drawn, and self-published many comics, including Pope Francis Goes to The Dentist, Journey into Indignity, and Gripe Night.
Reviews
'A UK version of Peanuts with the grown-ups as the focus Offbeat and often beguiling, the format exploited to play with our expectations in inventive ways.' - Times Literary Supplement.
Book Information
ISBN 9781770466319
Author Paul B. Rainey
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Drawn and Quarterly
Publisher Drawn and Quarterly
About the Author
Paul B. Rainey is a British cartoonist who has been making comics for decades. In 2015, his graphic novel There s No Time Like the Present was published by Escape Books. He has been a regular contributing cartoonist to Viz since 2013. His creations include Peter the Slow Eater, 14 Year Old Stand Up Comedian, and Audrey Pemberton. He won the Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize in 2020 with the strip Similar to But Not. In it, he recounts meeting Madonna in his local pub in 1985. He has written, drawn, and self-published many comics, including Pope Francis Goes to The Dentist, Journey into Indignity, and Gripe Night.
Reviews
'A UK version of Peanuts with the grown-ups as the focus Offbeat and often beguiling, the format exploited to play with our expectations in inventive ways.' - Times Literary Supplement.
Book Information
ISBN 9781770466319
Author Paul B. Rainey
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Drawn and Quarterly
Publisher Drawn and Quarterly
