Asterios Polyp

"What if reality (as perceived) were simply an extension of the self? Wouldn't this color the way each individual experiences the world? As one who doesn't exist, I'm entitled to ask these questions."

A comic that defies simple explanation. Asterios Polyp combines philosophy, psychology, and design theory into an expertly crafted story. Critically praised David Mazzuchelli's magnum opus. Asterios Polyp is an ambitious work of Meta Fiction a decade in the making.

The story is about a man named Asterios Polyp. He is pompous, egocentric, and condescending yet manages to be intensely likable. Asterois is a renowned architect, despite the fact that none of his designs have ever been built. As he turns half a century Asterios's apartment is struck by lightning and burned to the ground. He decides to go on a fateful journey in which he abandons every thing and becomes a auto mechanic in the small town of Apogee. Through out this the book flashes back to various points of his now defunct marriage with Hana. And also fantasy scenes with his dead twin Ignazio, and a few scenes narrated by him also.

The artistic aspect of the book is one of its most unique aspects. The style and artwork are not only used to tell the story but are facet of the story itself. Each of the characters dialogue is written in it own way. And the book will regularly switch art styles to convey its messages.

This work cannot be completely understood in one reading, or for that matter in twenty.

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