In this graphic novel from a rising star in the indie comics scene a young woman vanishes
leaving behind her grieving sister and lover. But this coolly despairing narrative focuses on a
character only tangentially connected to the incident: Calvin a divorced
sleeved-blanket-wearing Air Force technician who was friends with the boyfriend in high school.
When Calvin agrees to let his old friend crash at his place he becomes the target of vague
hostile conspiracy theories spread by internet cranks and late-night radio hosts. Like Drnaso's
debut Beverly the small precise dramas of Midwestern suburban life are positioned against a
larger canvas of contemporary paranoia rumor-mongering and violence. The art is characterized
by simplified blocky figures moving though meticulously measured geometric Settings - Drnaso
wears the influence of Chris Ware on his sleeve.
