Dillon Glyn The Nao of Brown

<DIV><B>This new edition contains eight pages of additional material, including previously unseen artwork that provides insights into Glyn Dillon’s creative process.</B><BR/><BR/> An unforgettable heroine striving to make “normal” feel right<BR/><BR/> Twenty-eight-year-old Nao Brown, who’s <I>hafu</I> (half Japanese, half English), is not well. She’s suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and fighting violent urges to harm other people. But that’s not who she really wants to be. Nao has dreams. She wants to quiet her unruly mind; she wants to get her design and illustration career off the ground; and she wants to find love, perfect love.<BR/> Nao’s life continues to seesaw. Her boyfriend dumps her; a toy deal falls through. But she also meets Gregory, an interesting washing-machine repairman, and Ray, an art teacher at the Buddhist Center. She begins to draw and meditate to ease her mind and open her heart—and in doing so comes to a big realization: Life isn’t black-and-white after all . . . it’s much more like brown.<BR/><BR/> Praise for <I>The Nao of Brown:</I><BR/><BR/> “Lushly rendered, passionately digressive” —<I>The New York Times</I><BR/><BR/> “Dillon turns in a narrative tour de force, featuring a script that works in perfect concert with almost cinematic art reminiscent of Milo Manara, but with far more expressive characters. A triumph of comics for grownups, this is a must-read.”<I> —Publishers Weekly, </I>starred review<BR/><BR/> “The art in <I>The Nao of Brown</I> is absolutely gorgeous . . . An intense story about a young woman who fights as hard to get out of her own head as some superheroes fight to save the world.” —<I>The Onion</I>’s A.V. Club<BR/><BR/> “This was the best read I have had in a long time.” —Scott Stantis, cartoonist for the<I> Chicago Tribune </I><BR/><BR/> “Dillon makes his grand return in what can only be described as a visual spectacle.” —<I>The Beat</I><BR/><BR/> “Amazing artwork; a truly novelistic piece of storytelling, full of wisdom and compassion; and a book which is a beautiful artifact, a treat for those of a bibliophilic inclination.” —<I>Comic Book Resources</I><BR/><BR/> “The battles are internal, but no less monumental for all of that. Such inner wars made <I>Sandman </I>a classic, and I have no doubt that Dillon’s graphic novel will likewise be regarded as a seminal work in comic art.” —The Houston Press<I> Art Attack</I> blog<BR/><BR/> “Psychologically complex and surprising.” —<I>Paste Magazine</I><BR/><BR/> “It’s a masterpiece, and I really can’t recommend it enough.” —Comic Book Resources<BR/><BR/> “Penciled and watercolored by hand, the pages glow with a lush realism, even in their darkest moments. The ever present motif of red can either anchor or engulf the reader, but always provides a vibrant glimpse into Nao’s life.” —<I>Asian Fortune News</I></DIV>