The Whistling Factory Release Party and Art Show with Jesse McManus
Floating World Comics 1223 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR, United StatesThis December First Thursday join Jesse McManus for a release party and art exhibit for his debut graphic novel, The Whistling Factory. Imagine comics created from the hybrid DNA of Chuck Jones and Charles Burns… with a dash of Jim Woodring and you’d end up with something resembling Jesse McManus. His fluid, hyper-kinetic, and lush brush strokes delineate a surreal world of feral children, rubbery animals, and constantly-mutating monsters. The Whistling Factory comes straight from McManus’s id. It is both funny and disturbing, meditative yet frantic, and disjointed while simultaneously displaying a complex and intuitive tapestry of childhood experiences and belief systems. The Whistling Factory is an audacious debut from the sui generis frenetic imagination of Jesse McManus. WHO: Jesse McManus WHAT: The Whistling Factory…