This "graphic short" from renowned Tijuana caricaturist, newspaper cartoonist, and art instructor "El Kartun" is something very definitely different: both in its field of graphic literature and in the style of work generally associated with the author. The ebook version of a rare cult book prized among Baja artists and writers.
A haunting little piece that moves from everyday humdrum to the kind of violent ultra-reality more familiar to "TJ" citizens than to Americans and other First World citizens, "Just WAKE UP" also resonates from the dissonance of its deadpan text and delicate drawing. Just as the "end" of the "story" is not what the reader expects, there is an odd, questioning air behind the entire project.
A haunting little piece that moves from everyday humdrum to the kind of violent ultra-reality more familiar to "TJ" citizens than to Americans and other First World citizens, "Just WAKE UP" also resonates from the dissonance of its deadpan text and delicate drawing. Just as the "end" of the "story" is not what the reader expects, there is an odd, questioning air behind the entire project.
