Jason Lutes is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. He has worked as an art director and editor for various alternative media and comics companies but he's happiest being his own boss. He freelances from his new home in Asheville, North Carolina.
"A lovely, short 'picture novel' exploring the tenacious bond
between an alcoholic stage magician and his cranky mentor." --New
York Times Book Review"Jar of Fools is full of people trying to
stop things they care about from melting away, like estranged
lovers and old-fashioned jobs...all the main characters--the
magician, a coffee-shop cashier, a small time con-man--are in
danger of ending up beaten down and swallowed up by the silences of
life which Lutes' well-paced art evokes so effectively"
--Details"The story itself is so masterfully told that it could
stand alone as a novella in Harper's. When combined with Lutes'
spare black-and-white line drawings and creative use of the comic
book medium, it becomes something transcendent--a piece of
literature that speaks to the emotional core." --Wired"Employing
the lost skills of mood, sparseness, and language, Lutes' stunning
comic Jar of Fools transcends the usually mealy-mouthed limits of
graphic novels and, in the process, winds up being a damn good
read." --Spin Magazine"Reading Jar of Fools is like getting a slow
motion punch in the face. There's plenty of time to get out of the
way, but something compels you to wait and find out of it's
actually going to hurt as much when it hits. And, of course, it
does." --Chris Ware, author of Jimmy Corrigan
A lovely, short 'picture novel' exploring the tenacious bond
between an alcoholic stage magician and his cranky mentor. "New
York Times Book Review" "Jar of Fools" is full of people trying to
stop things they care about from melting away, like estranged
lovers and old-fashioned jobs...all the main characters--the
magician, a coffee-shop cashier, a small time con-man--are in
danger of ending up beaten down and swallowed up by the silences of
life which Lutes' well-paced art evokes so effectively "Details"
The story itself is so masterfully told that it could stand alone
as a novella in" Harper's." When combined with Lutes' spare
black-and-white line drawings and creative use of the comic book
medium, it becomes something transcendent--a piece of literature
that speaks to the emotional core. "Wired" Employing the lost
skills of mood, sparseness, and language, Lutes' stunning comic
"Jar of Fools" transcends the usually mealy-mouthed limits of
graphic novels and, in the process, winds up being a damn good
read. "Spin Magazine" Reading "Jar of Fools" is like getting a slow
motion punch in the face. There's plenty of time to get out of the
way, but something compels you to wait and find out of it's
actually going to hurt as much when it hits. And, of course, it
does. "Chris Ware, author of Jimmy Corrigan""
"A lovely, short 'picture novel' exploring the tenacious bond
between an alcoholic stage magician and his cranky mentor." --"New
York Times Book Review"
""Jar of Fools" is full of people trying to stop things they care
about from melting away, like estranged lovers and old-fashioned
jobs...all the main characters--the magician, a coffee-shop
cashier, a small time con-man--are in danger of ending up beaten
down and swallowed up by the silences of life which Lutes'
well-paced art evokes so effectively" --"Details"
"The story itself is so masterfully told that it could stand alone
as a novella in" Harper's." When combined with Lutes' spare
black-and-white line drawings and creative use of the comic book
medium, it becomes something transcendent--a piece of literature
that speaks to the emotional core." --"Wired"
"Employing the lost skills of mood, sparseness, and language,
Lutes' stunning comic "Jar of Fools" transcends the usually
mealy-mouthed limits of graphic novels and, in the process, winds
up being a damn good read." --"Spin Magazine"
"Reading "Jar of Fools" is like getting a slow motion punch in the
face. There's plenty of time to get out of the way, but something
compels you to wait and find out of it's actually going to hurt as
much when it hits. And, of course, it does." --Chris Ware, author
of "Jimmy Corrigan"
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