The Infinite Wait and Other Stories is the latest book from Julia Wertz; the critically acclaimed author of The Fart Party Vols. 1 and Vol. 2 (Atomic Books; 2007 and 2009) and Drinking at the Movies (Random House; 2010). In contrast to her last book; which was a full-length graphic memoir; The Infinite Wait is not a sustained narrative; but rather a collection of three short stories or graphic novellas. The stories in this collection contain Wertzrsquo;s signature acerbic wit; ribald humour and keen eye for the everyday; but they also find the cartoonist delving into the personal. Industry catalogues 25 years of alternately terrible and terrific jobs; from selling golf balls; feeding and failing to feed animals; waitressing; and finally to cartooning and the publication of her first book. A Strange and Curious Place is a love letter to Wertzrsquo;s hometown library; its mysteries and revelations; and its ability foster growth; rebellion and even artistic affirmation. The most sustained narrative in the collection; the eponymous The Infinite Wait; chronicles Wertzrsquo;s move from her small hometown to San Francisco; her diagnosis with an incurable; auto-immune disease and her subsequent discovery of comics and comic making.
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