Ex Libris

By Matt Madden

Book Overview

Ex Libris revolves around a character trapped in a room with nothing but a futon and a bookcase full of comics. As they peruse covers, read stories and fragments of stories, they begin to suspect that the comics contain hidden messages and... a threat. Fiction and reality blur; sanity and madness become increasingly intertwined as the reader becomes convinced the key to their predicament is to be found between the panels of the strange books. With a dizzying array of inventive visual and narrative styles, Ex Libris continues the line of exploration and play that Madden initiated with 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style . Ex Libris is a tribute to the meta-fictional tradition of writers like Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Vladimir Nabokov, and Italo Calvino (whose novel, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, was the inspiration ). MATT MADDEN (NYC 1968) is a cartoonist, teacher, and translator. His best-known book is 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style , a comics adaptation of Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style . His recent work includes the comic books Drawn Onward and Bridge . He has been living in Philadelphia since 2016.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941250440
• ISBN13: 9781941250440
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Uncivilized Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.7"
• Age Range: 16 years and up