Love, Laughter, and Loss: A Comics Collection

by Von Allan, Sam Boswell (Editor)

Overview

This collection contains nine short stories by Canadian writer/artist Von Allan that, together, represent the best and worst parts of life; love, laughter, and loss. Travel around the world (and sometimes even off world!) with average people, heroes, cowardly adventurers, and even a dog. While these stories were previously published in two periodical collections ("WIZARDS FOR HIRE-CHEAP!" and "STORIES! 2015 TO 2019"), this marks the first time they've appeared in a premium hardcover format.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781989885161
Publisher:	Von Allan Studio
Publication date:	03/24/2021
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Von Allan was born red-headed and freckled in Arnprior, Ontario, just in time for STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE. The single child of two loving but troubled parents, Von split most of his childhood between their two homes and, consequently, spent a lot of time in the worlds of comics and wrestling. He managed an independent bookstore in Ottawa for many years, all the while working on story ideas in his spare time. Eventually, he decided to make the leap to a creative life. Von currently lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his writer/editor geek wife, Moggy and their husky dog, Corbin. Von was recently featured in the documentary film I AM STILL YOUR CHILD written and directed by Megan Durnford (http: //iamstillyourchild.com) and produced by Katarina Soukup of Catbird Films (http: //catbirdfilms.ca). His artwork was also featured in a CBC Arts video profile at http: //www.cbc.ca/arts/exhibitionists/as-a-kid-his-mother-s-illness-scared-him-now-he-s-using-comics-to-come-to-terms-1.4281356

Sam Boswell has been finding dangling modifiers, correcting spelling, and fixing misused apostrophes in fiction, non-fiction, university theses, graphic novels, technical manuals, and government bureaucratese for almost 20 years. She lives in Ontario, Canada, and, when she's not solving language problems for other people, she can be found deep in a book, untangling yarn, or digging in the garden.

Table of Contents

WIZARD FOR HIRE-CHEAP! (2017)

"The Cowardly Clerics of Rigel V" page 1

WIZARDS FOR HIRE-CHEAP! (2017)

"Total Party Kill" page 7

WIZARDS FOR HIRE-CHEAP! (2017)

"The Planet With No Beer" page 17

WOLF'S HEAD #3 (2018)

"The Two Magic-Users" page 27

STORIES! 2015 TO 2019 (2019)

"The Street" page 33

STORIES! 2015 TO 2019 (2019)

"Bubbles" page 43

STORIES! 2015 TO 2019 (2019)

"Bushido Bob" page 51

STORIES! 2015 TO 2019 (2019)

"When I Find You Again, It Will Be In Mountains..." page 59

WOLF'S HEAD #4 (2019)

"I Was Afraid For My Life..." page 67

Afterword page 74

Editorial Reviews

"The short story is an under-rated form, instilling a discipline. Each requires a full dose of plot, personality, action and surprise in a limited number of pages, and supplying that as comics is more difficult than prose, yet Allan scores with every story here. Be warned, the final story is a real tearjerker, but before then we've had everything promised by the title, plus a lot more besides in a captivating showcase for Allan's talent."

Frank Plowright, SLINGS & ARROWS GRAPHIC NOVEL GUIDE (https://theslingsandarrows.com/love-laughter-and-loss-a-comic-collection/)

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