Angst #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis second volume of the Angst series continues to showcase the best of Norwegian comics, featuring a curated selection of works from various Norwegian cartoonists. Published collaboratively by Dongery Forlag, Jippi Forlag, and No Comprendo Press, it offers a diverse look at the country's vibrant comics scene through short stories and strips.
"Three Stories" in Angst #2 (2008) delivers a quietly unsettling blend of absurdity and melancholy, with Jason’s stark, unified art and writing weaving three distinct vignettes featuring cartoon animals in bleakly humorous predicaments—chasing butterflies with no clear purpose, trading balloons for scythes in a moment of eerie exchange, and slipping into the water while fishing, all rendered in a tone that’s as dry as it is disarming. The cover by Lars Fiske captures the issue’s off-kilter mood with a single, haunting image that hints at the quiet dread beneath the surface.
In "Three Stories," a trio of absurd, melancholic vignettes unfolds in a world where cartoon animals navigate quietly desperate moments: a lone figure chases butterflies with a net that seems too heavy for the task, another trades a bright balloon for a rusted scythe with unsettling finality, and a fisherman slips into a murky pond, the water swallowing the last of their grip. The story’s quiet dread is matched by its deadpan humor, all rendered in a stark, expressive style that lingers on small, telling details.
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↩ Reprints Pushwagners Soft City #[nn] (2008)
Reprinted in Herr Merz #[nn] (2012), Herr Merz #[nn] (2013), Munch #[nn] (2013), Munch #[nn] (2016), Soft City #[nn] (2016)
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