QUIT YOUR JOB AND OTHER STORIES - Tapa blanda

"Another darling comic by the brilliant James Kochalka." -Bridget Evans "By focusing on the tiniest moments --a second gazing at the moon, a thought over breakfast -- readers come to know what truly goes on inside the author's head." -Whitney Matheson, USA Today "Kochalka has emerged as a talent to be reckoned with." -Francis Hwang, City Pages "Kochalka deftly combines childlike wonder with flashes of very funny adult cynicism; his singular black and white cartooning is some of the loveliest out there." -SciFi.com "There's an other-worldly sweetness about a man and his cat -- and a magic ring and a prize-winning essay. You may even want to buy copies as gifts." -Maggie Thompson, Comics Buyer's Guide "James Kochalka is my autobiographical idol." -Alison Bechdel (creator of Dykes to Watch Out For and Fun Home) "James Kochalka draws beautiful music." -Nicholas Gurewitch (creator of The Perry Bible Fellowship) "brain-meltingly cute" -Rob McMonigal, Panel Patter (on Paradise Sucks)

Eisner Award winner James Kochalka has been called "one of the brightest lights of independent comics" and Quit Your Job is a shining example of his genius. On his way to work at the Chinese restaurant, Magic Boy discovers an enchanted ring and determines to make an expedition to the North Pole. He only gets as far as the coffee shop on the next block, but his world is forever changed in the short journey. The predecessor to the author's popular American Elf diary comics. Includes the entirety of Kochalka's 1997 book Paradise Sucks and two additional stories featuring characters from that world. Double the size of the first edition. Features a brand new five page introduction by the author, as well as the original Introduction by Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL)