Fleep

"Fleep" is a graphic novel by Jason Shiga. It was originally published in comic strip format in AsianWeek, in 2002.

Synopsis

Jimmy Yee awakens to find himself trapped in a telephone booth that is buried in concrete, and must figure out what happened before he suffocates.

Reception

"Fleep" won the 2003 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story.[1]

TIME has described "Fleep" as "ingenious", "far from predictable", and "worthy of Arthur Conan Doyle".[2] The Comics Journal considered its ending to be "quite shocking", and an example of the "strain of nihilism" in Shiga's work.[3]

History

Shaenon K. Garrity has noted that the publishers of AsianWeek had wanted "a comic about the 'Asian-American experience'", and were consequently "a little baffled" by "Fleep", which fits that description only in that the protagonist is Asian-American.[4] AsianWeek cancelled "Fleep" mid-story, and Shiga then took it to the Modern Tales webcomics collective.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 2003 Ignatz Award Recipients, at Small Press Expo; published October 1, 2003; retrieved January 13, 2018
  2. ↑ The Puzzling World of Jason Shiga, by Andrew D. Arnold, at TIME; published November 1, 2002; retrieved January 13, 2018
  3. ↑ Reviews: DEMON, by Rob Clough, in the Comics Journal; published July 25, 2014; retrieved January 13, 2018
  4. 1 2 Shiga Shiga Ko Ko Bop, by Shaenon K. Garrity; at ComixTalk; published February 9, 2003; retrieved January 13, 2018
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