James Joyce

Seamus Deane

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Roman Muradov

Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

In an age of obsessive productivity and stress, this illustrated ode to idleness invites readers to explore the pleasures and possibilities of slowing down. Beloved author and illustrator Roman Muradov weaves together the words and stories of artists, writers, philosophers, and eccentrics who have pursued inspiration by doing less. He reveals that doing nothing is both easily achievable and absolutely essential to leading an enjoyable and creative life. Cultivating idleness can be as simple as taking a long walk without a destination or embracing chance in the creative process. Peppered with playful illustrations, this handsome volume is a refreshing and thought-provoking read.

Finding Inspiration in Idleness

On Doing Nothing

(In a Sense) Lost and Found, the first graphic novel by rising star Roman Muradov, explores the theme of innocence by treating it as a tangible object - something that can be used, lost, mistreated. Muradov's crisp, delicate style conjures a world of strange bookstores, absurd conspiracies and harming wordplay. A suureal table told in the mould of the best American comics, In a Sense retains its distinctly Eastern perspective.

(in a Sense) Lost and Found

Written and drawn in thirteen tones, from comedy and confession to interpretative dance, Vanishing Actis synchronized in time and space on one melancholy evening. A paranoid man rehearses for an upcoming party. A disheveled actor expounds on the conceptual potential of sitcoms. A beloved dog accesses the internet and starts a cult. A couple argues in reverse. A bored seagull excretes the entire known universe.

Vanishing Act

The ink-smeared story of a misplaced illustration set in a Blakean vision of 1940s New York.

Jacob Bladders and the State of the Art

Noah Van Sciver

Nick Thorburn

Jesse Reklaw

Matthias Lehmann

Maria Medem

Rebecca Kirby

Walt Holcombe

JC Menu

Walter Tate

The New Comics Anthology

Now #4

Al Columbia

Lucas Varela

Anna Haifisch

Roberta Scomparsa

Now #3

The End of a Fence

Box Brown

Picnic Ruined

Un personnage perd son innocence et doit la retrouver ; un autre amène un prêtre à un pique-nique ; un autre est illustrateur dans un New York fantasmé ; d'autres se parlent sans communiquer... En six histoires, Roman Muradov montre, tout en finesse et en intelligence, qu'on peut, plus que jamais, nourrir une ambition littéraire et faire de la bande dessinée. Jeu, humour, absurde, science-fiction... le registre est large pour celui qui s'est d'abord fait remarquer par son sens marquant et sublime de l'image.

Roman Muradov

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