Boundless [Paperback]

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The cartoonist ofThis One SummerandSuperMutant Magic Academyexplores the virtual and IRL world of contemporary women via a lens both surreal and wry

Jenny becomes obsessed with a strange mirror Facebook, which presents an alternate, possibly better, version of herself. Helen finds her clothes growing baggy, her shoes looser, and as she shrinks away to nothingness, the world around her recedes as well. The animals of the city briefly open their minds to us, and we see the world as they do. A mysterious music file surfaces on the internet and forms the basis of a utopian societyor is it a cult?

Boundlessis at once fantastical and realist, playfully hinting at possible transcendence: from ones culture, ones relationship, oneself. This collection of short stories is a showcase for the masterful blend of emotion and humour of award-winning cartoonist Jillian Tamaki.

Each story is as indelible as it is singular [and] so beautifully told that after a while you begin to feel that Tamaki... is capable of almost anything. And perhaps she is. The Guardian

Restlessly versatile&Boundlesscollects short stories that are so far apart from one another in tone and technique that they could almost pass for the work of entirely different artists. New York Times

Boundlessfeels at one time wholly of this moment and otherworldly, presenting a reality thats tilted slightly off its axis. Her evocative drawings are intimate, energetic, in moments loose and casual, in others tight and finely rendered. Boston Globe

Jillian Tamaki's short comics are propelled by contemporary phenomena... but such elements never seem to shackleBoundlessto the present. Tamaki's existential wistfulness lifts text messages and memes into the realS+