Sunburned?
Sunburn is actually coming out TODAY (at time of typing). March down to your local comic emporium, slam your hard earned clams down on the counter and demand your copy on Wednesday 30th of November or Tuesday 6th of December everywhere else (bookstores, retirement communities, liquor dispensaries, truck stops, all the places good comics are sold in high numbers).
Or just ask nicely and use your card like everyone else.
Whenever possible please support independent businesses. If they don't have a copy then ask to have one ordered.
Thank you for buying our book, Simon and I hope you enjoy it.
Here's the first few (gorgeous) pages:
What's it about?
Rachel is a teenager who lives a grey suburban life in grey suburban England. It's a world of scrambled eggs every Tuesday, brown sauce and warm beer. With her summer already mapped out for her, a job working at the butcher and a caravan holiday in Clacton, she longs to be treated as an adult. When a family friend invites her to spend the summer with them in Greece she jumps at the chance to escape her life. The Warners are everything her parents are not, glamorous, sophisticated and carefree. When Rachel meets Benjamin, the handsome young friend of the Warners, she soon learns that on a small island everyone knows each other's business and feels the pain of growing up.
Details:
Publisher : Image Comics; 1st edition (6 Dec. 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 1534322337
ISBN-13 : 978-1534322332
Reading age : 13 years and up
Dimensions : 16.26 x 1.78 x 25.65 cm
Still not persuaded? Read what the fancy critics say:
Watson (Breakfast After Noon) and Gane (Ghost Tree) whisk readers away to a sunny Greek fantasy island in this romantic character-focused graphic novel... Gane's lush illustrations, portrayed in bright oceanic hues, earthy browns, and red accents, artfully render intricately detailed Grecian backdrops and conventionally attractive characters frolicking in the ocean. Watson conveys understated emotion via layered dialogue and measured pacing paired with deliberate plotting in this quiet, sun-drenched drama. --Publishers Weekly
The spare dialogue flows naturally, propelling the story forward. The luminous, evocative artwork steals the show with its palette of blues and sandy browns accentuated with occasional pops of red and yellow. This is a contemplative study of a girl battered and disillusioned by her first glimpses of adult complexities. Atmospheric and nostalgic. --Kirkus Reviews
On different hands, the concept of Sunburn could seem unrelatable to a reader, yet Watson and Gane team up masterfully to tell Rachel’s story. On the surface, Sunburn is just what you imagine it would be, but in its pages, you find the depth, beauty, and complexity that comes with growing up. --Gatecrashers
The book sweeps you away and brings you home a changed person. Awe-inspiring double-page spreads show nature’s beauty, while close, intimate moments help you connect to the characters on a human level. These two aspects of the comic allow the creators to pull at your nerves and your heartstrings. They control your emotions from the opening pages making this a book that is very, very difficult to put down.
Watson and Gane have created a wonderful romance novel. It is packed with emotional connections to people and places. It will move you just like any family drama or teenage coming-of-age story should. --Monkeys Fighting Robots
Bookplates:
Order from OK Comics and you will get the book with a signed exclusive bookplate.
Order from Page 45 and you will get the book with a (different) signed exclusive bookplate.
We’re very lucky to have wonderful retailers who support our (and many other authors) books so please support them if you can.
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Simon has made two A3 prints from our Paris book and they are gorgeous. Drop by his store and snag one for yourself.
Patreon
I have a patreon which I update regularly. Tuesdays and Saturdays I post sketches and behind the scenes stuff such as Punycorn colour pages. Thursdays I post a one page comic story. And this year I am posting a review of the book I have read that week every Sunday.
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