GANGES (2009)

"by Kevin Huizenga Everyman Glenn Ganges tries to decide what to do when confronted with 'The Litterer,' gets into an argument with his wife Wendy about The Beatles' 'She's Leaving Home,' indulges in some whimsical 'Time Travelling' while on a walk around his neighborhood, and more!"

"Everyman Glenn Ganges ruminates on the simple times of the dot-com era when the reality of business was propped up by the unreality of addictive technology and hope. Kevin Huizinga cleverly parallels that unreality of addictive networked first-person shooter games and the attempts of the people around him to connect with one another."

"In the third issue of Kevin Huizenga's Eisner Award nominated comic (the best selling 'Ignatz' ongoing series), Glenn Ganges still can't get to sleep. In 'Mind and Body' Glenn tries lying still, but his mind-The Wanderer-keeps thwarting his plans! In 'Getting Things Done' he gives up trying to get to sleep and tries to get some things done...until the cops show up! All executed in Huizenga's strikingly crisp, lovely two-color 'clear line' style."

"Can you make an exciting comic out of insomnia? Kevin Huizenga rises to the challenge as he depicts his alter ego Glenn Ganges wrestling with sleeplessness, trying to trick it by reading a particularly abstruse book, obsessively breaking his past, present and future life into ever more hallucinatory, complex grids, and wandering around his darkened house trying not to wake up his wife. Also: Loose cat action!"

"'The Eisner and Harvey nominated and Ignatz winning series is back. In this pulse pounding issue Glenn Ganges travels back in time and learns about mountains and rivers at the speed of 'Deep Time.' Glenn and his wife Wendy also spend some time trying to work together, go to the airport and go to a funeral. Every page is a jam packed jewel of cartooning power. Arguably, the comic book highlight of the year.'"

"The Eisner and Harvey nominated and Ignatz winning series is back again. In this mindblowing issue Glenn Ganges' long battle with insomnia comes to a complicated close. Glenn and his wife Wendy also learn productivity tips from a TED talk in 'The 2 Minute Mind'. Every page is a jam-packed jewel retina display of cartooning power. One of the comic book highlights of the year."