Panther

Evens is the finest ambassador for Belgian illustration since Hergé. The Guardian Brecht Evens the awardwinning author of The Wrong Place and The Making Of returns with an unsettling graphic novel about a little girl and her imaginary feline companion. Iconoclastic in his cartooning and page layouts subtle in his plotting and deft in his capturing of the human experience Evens has crafted a tangled dark masterwork. Christine lives in a big house with her father and her cat Lucy. When Lucy gets sick and dies Christine is devastated. But alone in her room something special happens a panther pops out of her dresser drawer and begins to tell her stories of distant Pantherland where he is the crown prince. A shapeshifter who tells Christine anything she wants to hear Panther begins taking over Christines life alienating her from her other toys and friends. As Christines world spirals out of control so does the world Panther has created for her. Panther is a chilling voyage into the shadowy corners of the human psyche. The Drawn Quarterly edition of Panther is an extended directors cut featuring additional material not included in the original book.