A Body Beneath

Praised by Publishers Weekly as 'one of his generation's most admired cartoonists," Michael DeForge is the vanguard of a new wave of alternative cartoonists, and Lose, collected here for the first time, is his signature series. Lose is DeForge's place to experiment with a variety of comics of various lengths and style, from three-panel gag strips to longer narratives. Lose has been the preeminent showcase for DeForge's uncanny ability to show the creepy side of cute, and the manic side of the mundane. DeForge pries back the veneer of the everyday to reveal the half-formed and fantastic lying just beneath the surface. DeForge is a storyboard artist and prop designer for the mega-hit Cartoon Network program Adventure Time. One can see hints of that show?s house style filtered through the Lynchian landscapes and otherworldly vistas of DeForge's vision. The issues of Lose that make up this collection have been nominated for nearly every major comics award including the Eisner Awards, which are considered the comics equivalent to the Oscars and are awarded each year at the industry's biggest event Comic-Con International. This collection includes issues 2-5 of Lose. Issue 1 will never be reprinted or re-released at the behest of the artist.