Bad Gateway [Hardcover]

Perpetually drunk?and?high, lovable degenerates Megg and Mogg have drifted through a life full of raucous antics and free of?consequences. But their heavy drug use, once a?gateway?to adventure, has begun to take a grim psychological toll. As her unstable lifestyle finally catches up to her, Megg must turn to her past to uncover the roots of her self-destructive habits that have led her down this dark path.Megg and Mogg, whose story is told in three previous, international, best-selling graphic novels, come to a breaking point in this volume. If you like your comedy black, profane and outrageous, youve probably already encountered Hanselmanns twisted tales of Meg, Mogg, Owl and Werewolf Jones or should want to soon. Astoundingly well-crafted and punishingly heartfelt. Hanselmann is one of the most gifted cartoonists alive. Readers struggling with their own demons will find Hanselmann's work chillingly real. These are simultaneously some of the meanest and most tender comics you will ever read. Hanselmann is a phenomenally talented, internationally renowned cartoonist who switches between laugh-out-loud absurdist humor and startlingly raw scenes of extreme sadness from one panel to the next, and this is his finest, funniest, and most mature work to date. Hanselmann's particular brand of surrealist, sharp-witted humor [is] augmented with a darkness that draws from his own deeply personal experiences, but which has clearly touched a helluva lot of people. Are apathy and depression swallowing you whole while all the relationships in your life descend into codependency and drug addiction? Well, Simon Hanselmann's Bad Gateway is for you!