Broken Frontier

Jeff Lemire's Essex County Trilogy of graphic continues in September from Top Shelf Comix! The first volume Tales From The Farm is one of the most critically acclaimed graphic novels of the year, earning praise from Entertainment Weekly, Booklist and comic fans everywhere. Now Lemire returns this fall with the second installment: Ghost Stories!

Ghost Stories is the second volume in a trilogy of graphic novels set in a fictionalized version of Lemire’s hometown of Essex County, Ontario. Ghost Story follows the lives and relationship of brothers Lou and Vince Lebeuf over the course of nearly seven decades. In this volume, eldest brother Lou, now a deaf and lonely man, lives out his final days on his farm full of guilt and regret for the decisions he made that tore his family apart. From their childhood on the farm, to Toronto in the 1950’s (where they both played professional hockey), Lou revisits his life, a silent observer haunting by his own memories.

Jeff will be along with the Top Shelf gang at The San Diego Comic Con this month. Enjoy these exclusive preview pages of Essex County Vol.2: Ghost Stories !

-- 224 pages, Graphic Novel, Diamond Order Code: JUL073879, ISBN 978-1-891830-94-5, $14.95 (US)

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ESSEX COUNTY VOLUME 1: TALES FROM THE FARM:

"Books like this are the reason alternative comics publishers such as Top Shelf exist. Lemire uses an utterly personal, idiosyncratic drawing style, rough but completely clear, that even just-off-mainstream publishers would insist on gussying up for publication. And the simple story's slice-of-life lyricism, sparked by magic realism, is way too arthouse-movie-ish for the mainstream. But lordy, does it work!" -- Ray Olson, Booklist

"Jeff Lemire's Tales From The Farm is one of the best books I read last year and I'm glad to see that it's finally coming out through a publisher that consistently brings interesting new talent to the fore. Lemire's going to go places and I'm glad to get to watch him rise." -- beaucoupkevin.com

Xeric Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire (Lost Dogs) illustrates the tale of Lester, a recently orphaned 10-year-old who goes to live on his Uncle’s farm. Their relationship grows increasingly strained and Lester befriends the town’s hulking gas station owner, Jimmy Lebeuf. The two escape into a private fantasy world of Superheroes, Alien Invaders and good old-fashioned pond Hockey.

Tales from The Farm is the first volume in a trilogy of graphic novels set in a fictionalized version of Lemire’s hometown of Essex County, Ontario. -- 112 pages