Allison Cole's Never Ending Summer in Stores 04-14-2004

Posted: Friday, April 9, 2004
Posted By: Shawn Patty

Allison Cole’s Never Ending Summer graphic novel (1-891867-66-0) from Alternative Comics will be in comic book stores on Wednesday, April 14, 2004.

From Booklist: “Cole’s characters are lozenges with legs and shields for faces; the boys are the taller ones with sketchy whiskers. Cole tells the everyday story of Allison during a season of cascading disappointments. She wakes with a huge sore on her lip, so her boyfriend, Asher, doesn’t kiss her before he goes away for two weeks. Later, he calls to tell her his two weeks are changing into the whole summer in Australia. When he finally calls from Down Under, he fesses up that he’s reconsidering his former girlfriend. Meanwhile, the comics shop where Allison works closes, a guy she starts getting interested in becomes evasive, and some of her girlfriends are breaking up with their men. At least, she finally cuts the cord to Asher, and the mix tape she was making for him opens a dance-club DJ gig for her. Cole’s minimalist drawing and subdued coloring paradoxically point up the strong emotions that regularly swirl to the surface of her absorbing, realistic narrative.”

Never Ending Summer

A graphic novel that pays attention to the strange details that make up everyday life, the story is an autobiographical account that follows a group of friends through a summer filled with uncertainty and confusion. Relationships break down between boyfriends, friends, and family, throughout which the author must discover how to maintain a sense of balance. Parties, excessive drinking, and financial instability add to the commotion. Drawn in a beautiful minimal, delicate style, Never Ending Summer reflects upon the immediacy of the present and the potential of events to come.

Allison Cole graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Printmaking. She began making her own silkscreened comics a few years back, and has created 15 different minicomics titles to date. She has contributed to anthologies such as Studygroup 12 and Kramers Ergot, and has several more projects in progress. Allison currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Never Ending Summer is a graphic novel by Allison Cole published by Alternative Comics; For Mature Readers; trade paperback; 96 pages; 7” x 8.5”; $11.95; ISBN: 1-891867-66-0

The official Alternative Comics website is: http://www.indyworld.com/altcomics

More sample graphics and information about Never Ending Summer and more about Allison Cole are available at her website at: http://www.comicsoflove.com

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