It follows a troubled teenage boy through the transformative years of high school as he redefines his friends, his interests, and his life path. Big Kids is simultaneously Michael DeForge's most straightforward narrative and his most complex work to date. These eye-catching and sometimes absurd comics coalesce into a book that questions who our cities are for and how we make community in a capitalist society.Summary: The debut graphic novel from a dazzling newcomer with a singular, idiosyncratic style. DeForge is idiosyncratically funny but also deeply insightful about community, cults of personality, and the condo-ization of cities. As this ragtag group makes their way out of the valley, and then out of the park and into the big city, we see them coming to terms with different kinds of community: noise-rockers, gentrification protesters, squatters, and more. Michael DeForge’s Leaving Richard’s Valley expands from a bizarre hero’s quest into something more. Caroline Frog rats them out to Richard and they are immediately exiled from the only world they’ve ever known. When Lyle the Raccoon becomes sick, his friends-Omar the Spider, Neville the Dog, and Ellie Squirrel-take matters into their own hands, breaking Richard’s strict rules.
He oversees everything that happens in the valley, and everyone loves him for it. Richard is a benevolent but tough leader. When a group of outcasts have to leave the valley, how will they survive the toxicity of the big city?
What unfolds is an entertaining meditation on the meaning of community and the many forms it takes. Leaving Richard’s Valley documents a group of forest creatures attempting to survive in the big city after being forced out of their cultish community. Join Michael DeForge for a reading and book signing to launch Leaving Richard’s Valley, his new graphic novel. Leaving Richard’s Valley (Drawn + Quarterly)
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