in November — an honest, touching, and mature memoir by Pierre Paquet, chronicling his growing experiences while building an independent graphic novel publishing company and juggling personal relationships! The spiritual sequel to his Eisner-nominated memoir A GLANCE BACKWARD!
Ambition is not for the faint of heart…
POS is the true story of French comic publisher Pierre Paquet, who started publishing original graphic novels out of his own pocket in 1996. It was a small operation at first, but slowly grew into one of Europe’s most respected labels.
Starting his own publishing company from scratch wasn’t easy, especially with all of the other stresses in life: freeloading friendships, financial worries, professional betrayal, peer pressure, and let’s not forget girl problems…
Fortunately, there was one thing he could count on no matter what: a dog named Sonny.
POS is an honest, heartfelt, funny, and touching memoir by the Eisner-nominated writer of A GLANCE BACKWARD, revealing the true trials and tribulations of maintaining relationships while chasing independence. Sometimes when you focus on a dream too hard, the most important things in life get lost, even when they’re sitting right in front of you…
This 252 page hardcover is a surreal, yet all too identifiable, story about growing up in your mid-20s and beyond. Make no mistake: Pierre faces some truly grown-up issues — sex, death, and being a publisher in a turbulent comic industry — but regardless of our own industries, its hard not to identify with the feelings of loneliness and that need for companionship explored in this book…
Sorta like a comics-industry-set BOOGIE NIGHTS meets MARLEY AND ME…