Living the Line is Proud to Present SURIVING ON MARS, A Collection of Diary Comics

Published: Thu, 07/11/24

Updated: Thu, 07/11/24

“An inventive look into the slice-of-life visual artist’s diary, comics as confessional, comics as drawn memory.”

― Paul Pope, Battling Boy, THB, Heavy Liquid, 100%

SURVIVING ON MARS

Published by: Living the Line
Written & Illustrated by: Brandon Graham

ISBN: 9781961581029

Coming September 2024

Living the Line and Diamond Book Distributors are proud to present an insider's memoir about survival, persistence, ennui, aesthetics, and pornography: Surviving on Mars.

If you're going through hell, KEEP GOING. From daily routines and art-making, to dealing with depression, and living among porn performers in Las Vegas, Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Brandon Graham (King City, Rain like Hammers, Prophet, Moonray) offers a funny and touching look into the life of an artist making his way in the 21st century.

Graham, who has been known primarily for his strange far future science-fiction and pun-filled fantasy works, has been making memoir comics for decades. This is the first major collection of this work, exploring Graham's life in the seedy alien landscape of Las Vegas, while he strives at making art as a tool for surviving the chaotic universe.

“Since Brandon's graphic novel debut King City in 2007, he's been surprising and delighting comics readers with his wild science fiction concepts, his deep but playful writing, and his utterly distinctive mashup of manga, European clean-line bande dessinee, and American graffiti influences,” says Living the Line publisher Sean Michael Robinson. “But Surviving on Mars gives us the first look at the thoughtful and vulnerable person behind the spectacular and stylish images.”

“I hope that people can connect with the comics I use to help me try to parse out being a person,” says Brandon Graham. “There's a lot that the comics medium can do that feels untapped, we've only scratched the surface of everything words and pictures can do.”

Surviving on Mars joins other recent breakout non-fiction graphic memoirs from Zoe Thorogood, Noah Van Schiver, Craig Thompson, and Kate Beaton, in presenting a compelling portrait of a quiet but notable life in an unusual milieu. Graham's deep introspection and exquisite meditative drawing paired with his chaotic lifestyle and environs creates a reading experience unlike any other.

"Brandon Graham’s diary comics are full of interesting reflections, sometimes quotidian, funny, or surreal, more often deep and universal, but always expressed with a vulnerability and honesty that is really rare to find." ― Maria Llovet, CRAVE, LUNA, FAITHLESS, LOUD, PORCELAIN

Surviving on Mars is Graham's follow-up to the sprawling space epic graphic novel series Moonray, also published by Living the Line, which has so far reached two volumes, and promises at least two more. Together the two books show the full range of this modern comics master.

"Whether masterfully creating vast, fantastical, sci-fi worlds or sharing “a quiet, thoughtful moment of his life, Brandon handles both with equal aplomb. Surviving On Mars is a must read!” ― Troy Nixey, Trout, Vinegar Teeth, Jenny Finn

Surviving on Mars is a 6.65” x 10.25” 116-page full-color graphic novel retailing for $14.99. It will be released on September 24th 2024.

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