Ultrasound [Hardcover]

Driving home from a wedding late one night during a heavy storm, out of cell range, Glen blows out his tires. He knocks on the door of the only house he sees and is greeted by an uncomfortably friendly middle-aged man, Arthur, and his attractive younger wife, Cyndi. The strange couple pours him a drink, and then more drinks, followed by odd confessions and an unexpected offer that Glen cant refuse. WhereIn this graphic novel, which has been adapted into a feature film starring Vincent Kartheiser ( What begins as a man recounting a bizarre encounter...becomes a psychological, erotic thriller that makes you question reality itself. Its filled with tonal shifts, new revelations and Lynchian twists that force you to observe and rethink what youve read previously. Its a comic of such quiet confidence that its hard to discuss or dissect: a perfect whole with no fissures in which to plant a lever. Stechshultes deliberate pacing, gritty illustration style, and clinical use of limited palette create an unsettling depiction of a psychosexual drama that builds to a dizzying climax. A brain-taxing tale which makes the reader work for answers, but the mystery is absorbing and, like a Christopher Nolan film, should reward a return visit. For scholars and practitioners of comic studies and graphic medicine, Ultrasound is particularly significant not only for its comic affordances, but also for its departure from the lived experience aspect of graphic medicine toward a speculative engagement with ethically fraught medical experimentation that highlights the human consequences of unregulated research practices and invasive technologies.