false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172171855m/145240.jpg 145240 2 <B>The first book from an amazing new talent.</B><BR><BR>In what we predict will be the most impressive comics debut of 2005, Kikuo Johnson has created an intimate and compelling graphic novel-length drama of young men on the cusp of adulthood. Loren Foster was handed an island paradise when he moved to Hawaii with his father six years ago. But, with the end of high school just around the corner, his best friend Shane has grown distant. Their friendship is put to the test when they get mixed up in a frivolous crime that leads to an arrest.<BR><BR>What sets Kikuo's drama apart is the naturalistic ease with which he explores the relationships of his characters. Visually, Johnson captures the languid tropical climate and strip mall tackiness of Hawaii in a rich chiaroscuro style reminiscent of Milton Caniff combined with the sensual ink work of Paul Pope or Jessica Abel.<BR><BR>Kikuo Johnson's debut graphic novel is a compassionate, hard-nosed coming of age story, an unsentimental portrait of that most awkward period between adolescence and adulthood, and that rarest of things&#151;a mature depiction of immature lives. <I>Kirkus Reviews</I> writes, "Johnson's debut is not only remarkably assured but astonishingly fresh, one that refuses to trade in the usual hoary high-school clichés&#133; A dark, grand, sweeping dream of a book." 140145 9 11 2005 Night Fisher total:132|5:12|4:25|3:66|2:23|1:6| 132 410 160 26 2 0 false false Tue Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Mar 08 14:42:36 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 14:45:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 07:29:03 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 07:29:11 -0700 2008 4 2 false false Mon Jan 21 15:11:41 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 15:12:10 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jun 23 16:36:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 16 20:21:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:05:28 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:11:38 -0800 2009
Comparisons to Blankets are apt: quasi-autobiographical; high school; contemporary regional Americana; often killer brushwork; often lame story, occasionally great comics grammar, occasional...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jan 30 14:31:30 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 14:33:07 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 12:19:41 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 12:22:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 06:35:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 06:38:27 -0700 2009
I want to read more by Johnson.]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 17:54:24 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 18:47:33 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 17 23:49:42 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 23:50:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 17:52:04 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 17:53:35 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 28 21:58:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 21:58:41 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Oct 17 07:48:56 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 17:24:19 -0700 2008 1
I thought some of the interactions between the characters wer...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 19:20:26 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 18:34:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jul 06 20:02:02 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 20:15:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 10:23:59 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 19:09:09 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 08:50:35 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 07:53:51 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 06 09:11:35 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 09 08:14:33 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue May 27 19:07:36 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 19:17:01 -0700 2008 Teen People magazine (RIP). Covering this book in the magazine was one of them. (See also Tea, Michelle; Rose of No Man's Land)]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 14 09:40:21 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 25 07:12:53 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=145240