Life Sucks

Life Sucks

Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, Warren Pleece (Illustrator)
$19.99
Publication Date: December 3rd, 2024
Publisher:
Fantagraphics
ISBN:
9781683969969
Pages:
188

Description

A timeless goth love triangle/coming-of-age story from a trio of acclaimed comics creators.

“I’m psyched. I’m totally psyched. I’m not a loser… Who the hell am I kidding?”

Life sucks for Dave Miller — he’s broke, girlfriendless, and stuck in a dead-end job. Really dead-end: Dave is the night manager at the Last Stop, LA’s finest vampire-owned and operated, all-night convenience store. Facing an eternity of turning hot dogs and restocking blood broth for his crappy boss and Vampire Master, the future looks about as appealing as the sunrise. It’s bad enough that Dave is clinging to his days as a vegetarian and refusing to feed off humans, leaving him weak as a kitten. But when he finds himself competing with psychotic surfer-vamp Wes for the affections of Rosa, a beautiful mortal flirting with the dark side, unlife gets about as sucky as it possibly can.

Originally published in 2008, Fantagraphics is proud to bring this YA classic back into print with a new edition. Veteran comics creators Jessica Abel (Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars), Gabe Soria (Batman ’66), and Warren Pleece (Incognegro) have crafted a timeless goth love triangle/coming-of-age story that garnered awards and accolades when initially published, including the 2009 YALSA Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens list.

About the Author

Author and coach Jessica Abel is the author of many books, including the graphic novels La Perdida and Out On the Wire and two textbooks about making comics. She is Chair of the Illustration Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and lives with her family in Philadelphia.

Gabe Soria writes books, comics, role-playing games, album liner notes, and assorted other things. He is the creator of the Sword & Backpack RPG, the Midnight Arcade series from Penguin Workshop Books, and can sometimes be seen on the streets of New Orleans.

Warren Pleece is a British comics artist who has contributed to comics titles such as Hellblazer, The Invisibles, 2000 AD, and many others.

Praise for Life Sucks

Abel and Soria hit their mark with plenty of attitude and just enough snark to let their characters come to life. Warren Pleece’s art marvelously captures the humor of the mundane that lend the book’s crew of late-night wage-slave vamps' believability and energy. A really fun read!
— Booklist

Abel and Soria’s light approach, combined with Pleece’s bright, Technicolor art, gives the book an entertaining gloss to its Gen-Y bloodsucking melodrama.
— Publishers Weekly

A long, satisfying read that both subverts and rises above the paranormal genre, giving even minor characters room to breathe, and deglamorizes, if you will, the vampire mystique.
— The Globe and Mail

A fascinating, thoughtful read.
— School Library Journal