Mid-life : a comic book / by Joe Ollmann.

Title
  1. Mid-life : a comic book / by Joe Ollmann.
Published by
  1. Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the United States by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, ©2011.
Author
  1. Ollmann, Joe, 1966-

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  1. Small Press Expo Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Description
  1. 172 pages : chiefly illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
  1. "Mid-Life is the story of a 40-year-old man, John, who becomes a father again with his much younger second wife, which results in a slow, painful attack by flowered baby bags and front-facing baby carriers on his former virility and self-identity. John always believed that age is a state of mind; however, his adult daughters, baby son, energetic wife, stressful job, house full of cats, and flabby body--complete with bloated stomach and sagging bosom--all lead John reluctantly to admit that he is having a midlife crisis. The crisis drives John to yell at his wife, pick fights with his daughters, and miss deadlines at work that put his job on the line. John takes solace from the stress of everyday life with a seemingly harmless infatuation with the pretty children's performer Sherry Smalls, who sings adoringly to him directly from his son's DVD. Sherry Smalls, meanwhile, is equally desperate to find a distraction in life. Her path to rock stardom has been rudely overtaken by a semi-successful but completely loathsome gig as a children's performer. It pays the bills, and a Saturday-morning television show is on the horizon--that is, if she is able to fire her alcoholic on-again, off-again boyfriend/bandmate. John's infatuation turns into obsession and a haphazard, fateful e-mail leads to an unexpected meeting that could unravel John's and Sherry's lives"--Cover flap.
Subject
  1. Middle-aged men > Comic books, strips, etc
  2. Midlife crisis > Comic books, strips, etc
  3. Man-woman relationships > Comic books, strips, etc
  4. Comic books, strips, etc. > Canada
  5. Medicine > Comic books, strips, etc
  6. Life change events
  7. Men
  8. Adulthood
  9. Family Relations
  10. Interpersonal Relations
  11. Life Change Events
  12. Adult
  13. Hommes d'âge moyen > Bandes dessinées
  14. Crises de l'âge adulte > Bandes dessinées
  15. Relations entre hommes et femmes > Bandes dessinées
  16. Médecine > Bandes dessinées
  17. Événements stressants de la vie
  18. Hommes
  19. Adultes
  20. men (male humans)
  21. adulthood
  22. adults (people)
  23. Medicine
  24. Comic books, strips, etc
  25. Man-woman relationships
  26. Middle-aged men
  27. Midlife crisis
  28. Canada
Genre/Form
  1. Autobiographies
  2. Graphic novels – Canada.
  3. Graphic Novel
  4. Autobiography
  5. graphic novels.
  6. Comics (Graphic works)
  7. Graphic novels
  8. Graphic novels.
  9. Autobiographies.
  10. Romans graphiques.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain