$19.99 The award-winning author of Box Office Poison, Tricked, and Too Cool to Be Forgotten returns to his home turf, as a small constellation of city-dwellers take a frightening step into the unknown: parenthood. Amid dinner parties, game nights, and hospital stays, a once-tight group of friends wrestle with the shifting shapes of their lives. Under the pressures of marriage and the passage of time, will they cling to the past, leap into the future, or self-destruct? Hey, not every implosion leads to a Big Bang...
Praise for Alex Robinson “Brilliant…Through his well-rounded characterizations, naturalistic dialog, and excellent black-and-white cartooning, Robinson brings characters to vivid life.” — Library Journal “A master of the slice-of-life indie comic genre.” — Publishers Weekly “Robinson lets his flawed characters make bad decisions and resists the urge to sentimentalize their frequently bleak lives. The result is heartbreaking and eye-opening.” — The Village Voice
ISBN 978-1-60309-377-4
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Our Expanding Universe © & ™ 2015 Alex Robinson Published by Top Shelf Productions PO Box 1282 Marietta, GA 30061-1282 USA Editor-in-Chief: Chris Staros Top Shelf Productions is an imprint of IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Offices: 2765 Truxin Road, San Diego, CA 92106. Top Shelf Productions®, the Top Shelf logo, Idea and Design Works®, and the IDW logo are registered trademarks of Idea and Design Works, LLC. All Rights Reserved. With the exception of small excerpts of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of IDW Publishing. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork. Edited by Chris Staros and Leigh Walton with Zac Boone Design by Chris Ross. Visit our online catalog at www.topshelfcomix.com. Printed in Korea. ISBN 978-1-60309-377-4 18
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