![]() The result is an imaginative and funny fable that can be enjoyed on its own terms and as a nicely judged satire on ignorance, routine and the deadening influence of corporate and celebrity culture. ![]() ![]() Collins' wonderful debut unfolds with slow and simple elegance through black-and-white panels, Dave's increasingly intimidating beard contrasting beautifully with Here's clean lines and tight-lipped populace. ![]() He is surprised when he grows a beard, and shocked when it keeps growing, swelling over his crisp shirt and into his manicured front garden, turning him into a cause celebre, and making his neighbours aware that beyond the ordered shores of Here there might, terrifyingly, be a There. Dave is hairless, apart from his eyebrows and a bristle beneath his nose. He spends his days preparing clear, colourful infographics, which he presents to his dutiful colleagues every lunchtime, and his evenings staring out of his window, jotter in hand, the Bangles' Eternal Flame on his stereo. The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is a parable as timeless as it is timely: a crosshatched commentary on the climate of fear marketed by the modern media. Here sits on an island, surrounded by the sea, separated from the far-off land of There. 7, 2014 Cartoonist Collins’ debut graphic novel is a long, smooth fable of a man whose unkempt facial hair ravages the tidy city of Here. D ave lives a neat life in a neat house at the corner of a neat street on a neat island called Here. THE GIGANTIC BEARD THAT WAS EVIL by Stephen Collins RELEASE DATE: Oct. ![]()
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