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Drawn and Quarterly
October 2014
On Sale: September 23, 2014
241 pages
ISBN: 1770461647
EAN: 9781770461642
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Graphic Novel
Poetic musings on illness and the art of getting by from a
mini-comics master The Hospital Suite is a landmark work by the
celebrated cartoonist and small-press legend John
Porcellino—an autobiographical collection detailing
his struggles with illness in the 1990s and early 2000s. In 1997, John began to have severe stomach pain. He soon
found out he needed emergency surgery to remove a benign
tumor from his small intestine. In the wake of the surgery,
he had numerous health complications that led to a flare-up
of his preexisting tendencies toward anxiety and
obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Hospital Suite is
Porcellino's response to these experiences—simply told
stories drawn in the honest, heart-wrenching style of his
much-loved King-Cat mini-comics. His gift for spare
yet eloquent candor makes The Hospital Suite an
intimate portrayal of one person's experiences that is also
intensely relatable. Porcellino's work is lauded for its universality and quiet,
clear-eyed contemplation of everyday life. The Hospital
Suite is a testimony to this subtle strength, making his
struggles with the medical system and its consequences for
his mental health accessible and engaging.
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