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![]() ![]() There he finds himself guiding a motley band of kids, misfits and troublemakers, much like himself.Ĭoming of age, slice of life, memoirist novel. But instead Paul follows the path of so many Quebecois he lands a job as a counselor at one of the many summer camps in the mountains outside the city. Defiant, he quits school and anticipates a summer of leisure. But he's been asked to put art aside because his other grades are so terribly low. Paul is outraged that he is forced to stop his high school art training. ![]() Paul Has a Summer Job continues the story of Paul, a Quebecois teenager in the 1970s, as he experiences the first conflicts of responsibility with his desire to be free. This, his first graphic novel, is eagerly anticipated by comix connoisseurs who enjoy a sweet, unsentimental story about being a teenager and Rabagliati's crisp retro-modern 1950s drawing style. Rabagliati`s strip " Apprentice Typographer" was one of the highlights of 1999`s Drawn & Quarterly anthology, and his first comic book Paul in the Country won the 2000 Harvey award for Best New Talent. ![]()
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