An Iranian Metamorphosis Karl Christian Krumpholz "Loving families

"Loving families

Vande Wiele has illustrated a knowingly ridiculous yet loving portrayal of a world he clearly adores

By Josh Simmons

Printz Honor Book

The Comics Journal DeForge returns with another arresting collection of cryptic

An Iranian Metamorphosis Karl Christian Krumpholz "Loving familiesBy Mana Neyestani. Published by Uncivilized Books. Softcover, 200 pages, B&W, 2014. "[Mana Neyestani] remolds the exhausting terrors of his lifes worst months into grim comedy, and presents his friends and adversaries alike as mad eyed, putty bodied grotesques, crosshatched with a political caricaturists wicked eye for frailties." New York Times "Neyestani, who uses Kafka as a reference point, is plunged into a nightmare as bizarre as Gregor Samsas []