Grass of Parnassus

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	Kathryn and Stuart Immonen's webcomic series Grass of Parnassus is being collected in a special hardcover edition from AdHouse Books this fall. Grass of Parnassus is a slice-of-life kind of story, but set aboard a drifting spaceship. Originally serialized on Instagram, the Immonens have reformatted it - and added some extras - for the Grass of Parnassus hardcover. "Join a huge cast including angry space techs, anxious energy workers, obsequious ramen robots, suspicious arcade owners, snack-driven vat-grown bears, and correspondence school druids in this backstage adventure aboard a malfunctioning flying space rock," reads AdHouse Books' description of Grass of Parnassus. In some ways, Grass of Parnassus is similar to the personal stories from their previous series Never As Bad As You Think, but taking place in a more fanciful - if you consider dilapidated sci-fi 'fanciful', as I do - locale. Stuart Immonen's cartooning here has shades of his comedy work from Nextwave, and seemingly a deep appreciation for the work of French cartoonist Yves Chaland. For those early-adopters who read Grass of Parnassus when it was originally serialized online, this new hardcover collection will include over 50 pages of supplementary material - akin to Stuart Immonen's beloved Centifolia artbook series. The Grass of Parnassus hardcover goes on sale on September 29 in comic shops, and October 12 in bookstores.