An innovative, award-winning graphic novel that uses the visual language of infographics to tell the story of Simon—an average teenager whose brush with a fortune teller sends him on a surreal adventure
The Color of Things is an internationally acclaimed, groundbreaking graphic novel that tells its story from a bird’s-eye view. Characters are depicted as colored circles in a graphic and strikingly designed visual approach reminiscent of Chris Ware's. Readers are forced to actively engage with the story as its relatively simple setup unfolds into a shocking and surreal adventure.
Thrilling, funny, fresh, and surprising, The Color of Things is a one-of-a-kind graphic novel that is impossible to put down.
Simon is an unpopular and awkward 14-year-old boy. Overweight, eager to please, and well-meaning, no matter how hard he tries, his lot in life is to be bullied by the neighborhood children and neglected by his a