Almost Summer 4

by Sophie Bédard, Helge Dascher (Translator)

Overview

"Worth a binge read." —Broken Pencil

The final chapter of the Almost Summer saga features Emily and Anthony looking for an apartment, and Michelle desperately trying to find the perfect dress for prom night. And then the next thing you know school's out for summer, high school is over and the gang celebrates by going to a cabin in the woods: Barbecues, campfire singalongs, occult rituals... Wait, what?! Things do get a little weird after everyone eats the "special brownies" prepared by Michelle's mother.

This fourth and final volume of Sophie Bédard's coming-of-age tale is the most sincere, poignant one yet... But also the funniest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782924049426
Publisher:	Pow Pow Press
Publication date:	09/03/2018
Series:	Almost Summer , #4
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 6.25(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Sophie Bédard completed studies in graphic design before launching her breakthrough webcomic Almost Summer at just 19 years old. She then went on to earn a BA in sexology prior to starting Lonely Boys, winner of the Doug Wright Award for Best Book in 2021. She lives in Montreal with her cat Jacques and hopes that obtaining a degree will not become a prerequisite for every new book she writes.

Helge Dascher has for 25 years translated texts with a dynamic relationship to images. A background in art history and literature has grounded her translation of over sixty graphic novels, many by artists who have broadened the medium's storytelling range. Her translations included acclaimed titles such as Julie Delporte's This Woman's Work (co-translated with Aleshia Jensen, Drawn and Quarterly, 2019), Sophie Bédard's Lonely Boys (co-translated with Robin Lang, Pow Pow Press, 2020) and Michel Rabagliati's "Paul" books (Drawn and Quarterly, Conundrum). She also translates exhibitions, digital stories, and films, most recently Theodor Ushev's The Physics of Sorrow (with Karen Houle, NFB, 2019). A Montrealer, she works from French and German to English.

Robin Lang has been co-translating graphic novels for Pow Pow Press alongside Helge Dascher since 2017. Most recently she was lead translator on The Jellyfish, by Boum (Samantha Leriche-Gionet), The Adventures of Sgoobidoo, by Cathon, and Lonely Boys by Sophie Bédard, winner of the 2021 Doug Wright award for best book. Other works she has co-translated include The Pineapples of Wrath by Cathon, and the Almost Summer series by Sophie Bédard. Robin runs a cut-flower farm in the Eastern Townships during the growing season and translates from French to English in the winter. She thoroughly enjoys the intricacies involved in translating graphic novels and draws great satisfaction from helping these stories reach new readers.

Reading Group Guide

Sophie Bédard was only nineteen years old when she first started Glorious Spring as a webcomic. The series has been nominated twice for a Joe Shuster Award, as well as a Bédélys award and a Bédéis Causa. Sophie currently lives in Montréal. She often posts comics and illustrations on he

Editorial Reviews

"Sophie Bédard has a style that I can only call 'compulsively readable'... Almost Summer just aches with inchoate desire, frustrated dreams, and the endless possibilities of youth."
—Rob Clough, High-Low

"Worth a binge read."
— Anisa Rawhani, Broken Pencil

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