Two cartoonists team up to tell the story of a prodigal mother's return
A cross-Atlantic collaboration, Hobo Mom was drawn simultaneously. Both cartoonists' clean line styles fit together perfectly to tell the story of Tom, who lives a simple life with his pre-teen daughter, Sissy. Her mother, Natasha, who left to hop trains and has become a vagrant, shows up on the doorstep of the family she abandoned years ago. There, Natasha finds an upset husband (who is still deeply in love with her), and a little girl yearning for a mother. Can someone who covets independence settle down?
Published by Fantagraphics
USA Import
Hardback
64 b/w pages
7 x 8.5”
"An extraordinary story by two giants of the genre." - The Guardian
"An understated, satisfying graphic novella." - Publishers Weekly
"A short but unputdownable slice of heartbreak." - Grovel
"A tale of fractured family and personal freedom that you won't want to miss." - Broken Frontier
"A quiet but powerful story... Forsman and de Radiguès are astute, emotionally observant writers." - Sequential State
Two cartoonists team up to tell the story of a prodigal mother's return
A cross-Atlantic collaboration, Hobo Mom was drawn simultaneously. Both cartoonists' clean line styles fit together perfectly to tell the story of Tom, who lives a simple life with his pre-teen daughter, Sissy. Her mother, Natasha, who left to hop trains and has become a vagrant, shows up on the doorstep of the family she abandoned years ago. There, Natasha finds an upset husband (who is still deeply in love with her), and a little girl yearning for a mother. Can someone who covets independence settle down?
Published by Fantagraphics
USA Import
Hardback
64 b/w pages
7 x 8.5”
"An extraordinary story by two giants of the genre." - The Guardian
"An understated, satisfying graphic novella." - Publishers Weekly
"A short but unputdownable slice of heartbreak." - Grovel
"A tale of fractured family and personal freedom that you won't want to miss." - Broken Frontier
"A quiet but powerful story... Forsman and de Radiguès are astute, emotionally observant writers." - Sequential State
