The Last Delivery

by Evan Dahm

Overview

"Turns with the unpredictable intensity of a dream." — FOREWORD (Starred Review)

“An offbeat quest wrapped up in dark fantasy.” — BOOKLIST

“An unmissable addition to the pantheon of adult fantasy literature.” — BROKEN FRONTIER

An anonymous parcel delivery boy arrives at a sprawling, chaotic mansion, in search of The Resident, who must sign for the package he bears, but this isn’t nearly as simple a task as it should be. The mansion hosts an endless, frenzied party, and the partygoers impede his every step. As the quest takes him further into the dripping, black bowels of the labyrinthine house, his mission galvanizes into his single purpose for existence, and his determination to find The Resident may well prove his undoing.

A phantasmagoric dark fantasy unlike anything you’ve ever explored before, from the wild imagination behind RICE BOY and THE HARROWING OF HELL.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781638991298
Publisher:	Iron Circus Comics
Publication date:	06/11/2024
Pages:	140
Sales rank:	129,447
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Evan Dahm was born in 1987, growing up in Asheville, North Carolina. He's been a resident of Brooklyn, New York since 2010, and has been creating and self-publishing comics online and in print since 2006. His prior work includes Vattu and Order of Tales, the Iron Circus graphic novels The Harrowing of Hell and Rice Boy, and The Island Book series for First Second.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“One of our greatest living fantasy cartoonists conjures up a nightmarish mixture of Carroll and Peake, Poe and Calvino, a Kafkaesque vision of futility, stupidity, and cruelty bubbling in a crucible of endless, meaningless wealth. Astonishing.” —  GRETCHEN FELKER-MARTIN (Manhunt, Cuckoo)

"It’s a fun, strange, disorienting world Dahm has built here, and I’m both glad to have gotten to see it and relieved that I don’t have to visit it. Brutal, relentless, tender." — SARAH GAILEY (Just Like Home)

Editorial Reviews

05/13/2024

Dahm (The Harrowing of Hell) spins a dark fable featuring a meek deliveryman toting an enormous box. When he shows up at the door of a looming mansion, the deliveryman finds a riotous party underway and becomes hopelessly lost while searching for “the resident,” who needs to sign for the package. Grotesque, violent performances unfold in circus rings as the party organizers call out sinister-sounding events like “the Snapping Hour.” As in a bad dream, the deliveryman is forever breaking unwritten rules, stumbling into rituals he doesn’t understand, and getting roped into cryptic conversations as he remains irrationally devoted to making his delivery. With thick, flowing lines and a palette of sunset colors, Dahm creates an impossibly vast interior space filled with glittering ballrooms, dank cellars, back rooms where the staff labors to keep the party going, and even an underground lake with a fleet of ships. This confirms Dahm’s reputation as a craftsman of wholly original, deeply felt fantasy. (June)

Publishers Weekly

"The story turns with the unpredictable intensity of a dream. . . . With rich illustrations that feature excellent composition, color, and content, and a story that is drenched in dark humor." — FOREWORD (Starred Review)
“Will appeal to those looking for an offbeat quest wrapped up in dark fantasy.” — BOOKLIST

“Confirms Dahm’s reputation as a craftsman of wholly original, deeply felt fantasy.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"An unmissable addition to the pantheon of adult fantasy literature." — BROKEN FRONTIER

From the Publisher