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Review ------ “What’s amazing is how much [Jason] can squeeze from so little. Though their emotional register usually falls somewhere between disappointment and death, the stories make an eclectic bunch.... Sure, Jason’s following his muse down the wormiest of rabbit holes these days, but you wouldn’t want him any less weird.” - Ian Chipman, Booklist “If you have not read any of Jason, I can not think of a better way to start than with Athos. Most likely not be the last work of this author that passes through your hands.” - Héctor G. Olarte, el Mundo “Besides a particularly gleeful dark humour, this collection of short stories by Norweigan artist Jason is tied together by a certain obsession with Hollywood genres . . . Jason infuses them with both a slightly tweaked pathos and a taste for melancholy macabre. ...[F]antastic stuff for sad bastards and the people who love them.” - David Berry, National Post “Has Jason become more embittered and misanthropic as he’s aged [?]. . . Athos in America is up to his usual standards, full of stories that build slowly, with plenty of subtle detail in its stone-­faced panels.... The execution, as it always is with both Jason and Fantagraphics, is stellar.” - Hillary Brown, Paste “Visually exciting, at times hilarious and at times devastating, Athos in America will only add to Jason’s well­-deserved reputation as a star of the graphic novel world.” - Publishers Weekly “One of the medium’s finest storytellers.” - Publishers Weekly “Any new work from Norwegian cartoonist Jason is worthy of a comics fan’s full attention, but the new, all­-original short ­story collection Athos in America is one of the best books of Jason’s career, which automatically makes it one of the best books of this year.” - Noel Murray, The A.V. Club “Although Jason’s art is attractive... it’s his grasp of sociopathy that stays with you. Jason is a master of frisson.” - Boston Sunday Globe “...Jason is quite effective in modulating emotion from story to story, going from gags to violence to tragedy . . . Jason is in total control of all aspects of his storytelling, and, even after a decade straight of ambitious publishing, it seems as if he’s just getting warmed up.” - Rob Clough, The Comics Journal “Athos in America is a tour de force that showcases Jason’s immense talents as both an artist and a storyteller. These haunting stories will stick with you long after you’ve turned the last page. Rating: 10 out of 10” - Edward Kaye, Newsarama Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) About the Author ---------------- Jason hails from Oslo, Norway, but currently resides in Montpellier, France. He's won multiple Eisners, a Harvey, and an Inkpot award. Read more ( javascript:void(0) )