First Year Healthy

<p><b>A mysterious, unsettling parable from one of North America's most popular cartoonists</b><br><b></b><i></i><br><i>First Year Healthy</i> purports to be the story of a young woman, recently released from the hospital after an outburst, and her burgeoning relationship with an odd, perhaps criminal Turkish immigrant. In a scant forty-five pages, working with a vibrant, otherworldly palette of magentas, yellows, and grays, Michael DeForge brings to life a world whose shifting realities are as treacherous as the thin ice its narrator walks on. <i>First Year Healthy</i> is all it appears to be and more: a parable about mental illness, a folktale about magical cats, and a bizarre, compelling story about relationships.<br> DeForge's singular voice and vision have, in a few short years, rocketed his work to the apex of the contemporary comics canon. <i>Ant Colony </i>was his first book with Drawn &amp; Quarterly: It appeared on <i>The New York Times</i> Graphic Bestseller List and was lauded by the <i>Chicago Tribune</i>,<i> The Globe and Mail</i>, and <i>Harper's Magazine</i>. His effortless storytelling and eye for striking page design make each page of <i>First Year Healthy </i>a fascinating puzzle to be unraveled. <i>First Year Healthy</i>, knotty and mysterious, demands to be read and reread.</p>