1-800-Mice Pierre Oscar Lévy except for Cat

except for Cat

there’s no shortage of narratives about adolescence

an unseen and surreal world comes alive—a world witnessed only by the small family of cats that lives in the attic

negotiate relationships

Tomine recounts the highlights of his career through a series of cringe-worthy encounters

1-800-Mice Pierre Oscar Lévy except for CatBy Matthew Thurber. Published by PictureBox. Hardcover, 160 pages, B&W, 2011. "1 800 MICE" is Matthew Thurber's comic book anthropological study of the imaginary city of Volcano Park: a cross between Thomas Pynchon, Robert Altman and J. R. R. Tolkien. Over the course of the story we meet Peace Punk, a punker on the verge of a bourgeois lifestyle; Tom Chief, a beat cop with an identity crisis; and Groomfiend, a daffy creature who leads the narrative.