Luke Healy – författare

THE OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH, 'a beautifully observed masterpiece''I loved it- it's quiet and funny and anxious, most of all it's dreadfully human. Really great.' EVIE WYLD'Joy, terror, good jokes, bad decisions, mystery moustaches - this book has them all, and more!' JOFF WINTERHART'It is amazing. Really just perfect comic writing, in both senses.' STEPHEN COLLINSLove, friendship, fraud and the stories we tell...Frank only wanted three things this year- to perform stand-up comedy, go to therapy, and to keep his house plants alive.Then Giorgio got hit by a bus.As Frank moves in with Giorgio to help him recover, he begins to suspect that the perfect life Giorgio has been sharing online may be nothing more than a web of lies and scams. Finding himself unable to break free from his friend's complicated life, has Frank become Giorgio's unwitting accomplice?

'Playful, funny.' Guardian, BEST GRAPHIC NOVELS OF 2024'Hilarious ... there's no one else quite like him working today.' RACHEL COOKE, Observer Graphic Novel of the month'Full of unexpected laughs; at once both absurd and sincere.' SOPHIE YANOW, author of The Contradictions'A joy to read.'RAFEL FRUMKIN, author of ConfidenceThe funniest, most moving and expansive graphic novel yet from the acclaimed author of The Con Artists and Americana.'Who is Luke Healy?'For over ten years, a graphic novelist called Luke Healy has invested all of his self-esteem into his career. Then, almost overnight, just as his brother is getting married, both seem to vanish.Spiralling and lacking purpose, he searches for identity - in self-help books, replacement jobs and human connection - and visits cheesy British hotels and abandoned Greek islands.Set against the backdrop of a dangerously changing global climate, with melting ice-caps and flooding cities, Self-Esteem and the End of the World spans two decades of tragicomic self-discovery until the unlikely prospect of a Hollywood revival of Luke's work comes into view - but what might be the cost?'One of the finest cartoonists working today.' James Sturm

'Hilarious . . . there's no one else quite like him working today' RACHEL COOKE, OBSERVER'A love letter to dating' AMINDER DHALIWAL'Hilarious, hopeful, poignant, goofy, gorgeously illustrated, and gay af' JUSTIN HALLA shaggy-dog graphic novel love story to melt the coldest of hearts.If you can't believe in a cute, funny boy who was nice to you once . . . what can you believe in?Meet Bernie and Brad, two single dogs getting by in Dog City. Bernie has just dropped out of university and Brad, working for an environmental charity, is trying not to have a meltdown about the melting ice caps. When the pair crash into one another's lives, they em(bark) on a series of dates - new food spots, terrible films, nights in and mishaps a plenty - as they realise that maybe it's not just about meeting the right match, but whether you can then make it work.Funny, anxious, and heartwarming, this is the story of two dogs trying to find hope in love, and in each other.Readers loved Dogs on Dates:'Made my cheeks ache from smiling throughout''I found myself wanting to share almost every joke with my partner''Outrageously cute & hilarious''This hilarious and sincere rom-com reminded me why I love being gay!!''Adult Heartstopper with dogs'

This is going to be Frank’s year. He’s going to do it all: find love, become a famous comedian, and responsibly parent his plants. But then, Giorgio gets hit by a bus.Self-assured and utterly entitled, Giorgio has always seemed like “Frank, but better.” Moving in with and caring for his estranged childhood friend quickly starts to chip away at Frank’s sense of self, as well as Giogio’s carefully curated online persona. Is Giorgio’s penchant for overindulgence truly aspirational? Or is it ultimately a red flag? The further Frank is pulled into Giorgio’s orbit, the quicker his existential dread blooms. Expectation and reality soon collide in a singular tale about trust and confidence.Luke Healy’s playful, hilarious third graphic novel uses crisp lines and physical comedy to portray an uneasy friendship between two young men on the cusp of adulting. Snippets from Frank’s middling stand-up routines are punctuated by the subtle farce of Healy’s mise-en-scène and the lively, at times scathingly pointed, banter of old friends. The Con Artists is a stylish character study that asks the question of who fools who once everyone is off-camera.

For over ten years, cartoonist Luke Healy has invested all of his self-esteem into his career. But two years post publication of his last book, and suffering the blow of his twin-brother not finding him fit to act as best man, both Luke’s career and self-esteem seem to have disintegrated.Set against the backdrop of a dangerously changing global climate, with melting ice-caps and flooding cities, Self-Esteem and the End of the World spans two decades of tragicomic self-discovery. From self-help books to summiting Greek mountaintops, and workplace murder mysteries to a Hollywood revival of Luke’s early work, we see our protagonist grappling with his identity as the world crumbles.Quietly funny, smartly introspective, and grounded in deeply-felt familial highs and lows, Self-Esteem and the End of the World ponders what happens when the person you are isn’t who you need to be, who you are when nobody’s watching, and ultimately, Who can you possibly be at the end of the world?

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