$22.95
Maggie Umber
104 pages
6.8 in x 8.5 in
full color offset
flexibound
A paint and paper documentary, observing great horned owls in their natural habitat.
Sound of Snow Falling is a graphic novel done in a poetic documentary mode. In this unique work, the reader becomes a voyeur of the natural world, following a great horned owl family through the dead of winter. Extensively researched and expressively painted, Sound of Snow Falling is a triumph of the comics form.
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Awards
It is a BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2018 Notable title, selected by Bill Kartalopoulos.
Blurbs
Mesmerizing... As in nature, the more you look, the more you see.
— Julie Zickefoose, author & illustrator of Baby Birds: An
Artist Looks Into the Nest, The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with
Common Birds, and Letters from Eden: A Year at Home, In the Woods
Umber beautifully uses comic form to take the reader through intimate
movements in nature.
— Aidan Koch
Reviews
Umber has captured a small reflection of the natural divine.
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Tiny Pages Made of Ashes
Umber's thrillingly inventive approach to cartooning constitutes an act
of real empathy with the earth, an attempt to embrace the alterity and
sovereignty of the sentient life that surrounds us.
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The Globe and Mail
Est-ce que tu as cherché à figurer la vision animale?
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Les cahiers du bruit