The Understanding Monster - Book Two by Theo Ellsworth

The Understanding Monster #3

by Theo Ellsworth

"An urgent (and often very funny) attempt to explain a coocoo-rococo cosmology made up of garbled fragments of role-playing games, Transformers episodes, relaxation exercises and horror movies."— The New York Times The final chapter of this epic trilogy finds our hero, Izadore, awoken with his mind, body and soul reunited. The last Monks of the Imaginary Man lead him beyond Toy Mountain to discover the true nature of the relationship between imagination and reality. Not simply concluding the relentless, psychedelic plot, The Understanding Monster—Book Three explains how our creativity re-shapes our world, how we can overcome doubt through self-actualization.

Genres: Graphic Novels

Hardcover

First published October 13, 2015

About the author

Theo Ellsworth is a self-taught artist and storyteller who grew up in the mountains of Montana. He developed his art while wandering the United States in a motor powered vehicle. He is uncommonly fond of clouds, monsters, trees, and impossible objects. He is prone to fits of whimsy, and his mind is filled with preposterous notions, yet he still manages to come across as semi-normal. He now lives in Portland, Oregon with a witch doctor and a slightly evil cat, and spends as much time as possible making comics, art zines, and imaginary phenomenon. He also helps run the Pony Club gallery, which he co-founded. He has replaced his motor powered vehicle with a two-wheeled, human-powered contraption.

Reviews

[Shamanjules · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every once in a while you can get a very vivid representation of what’s going on inside someone’s imagination and this book is just bursting with Mr. Ellsworth’s personal surreality. The narrative is like a codex spanning different timelines and alternate realities. Thousands of lines seem to fill the pages in pop-Meso American comix styling. Put on your inner space suits for this one, it’s one heck of a voyage.

[Eric T. Voigt · Rating 5 out of 5]

The least frantic of the three. Mostly split between hope and dread. Another trilogy or more would be awesome.

[Eszter Szép · Rating 5 out of 5]

these spaces created out of textures blow my mind and my senses

[Frederic · Rating 4 out of 5]

In which Izadore is reunited with his physical self, and reality continues to be questioned. Still not sure I really understand all that was going on here, certainly not rationally, but what a ride!

[Derek Royal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this, along with the other volumes of the series, for our interview with Theo: http://comicsalternative.com/comics-a....