Back to Black: Jules Feiffer's Noir Trilogy

by Fabrice Leroy

Back to Black examines, for the first time, Jules Feiffer's late trilogy of graphic novels -- Kill My Mother (2014), Cousin Joseph (2016), and The Ghost Script (2018) -- as a body of work that pays homage to the iconography and themes of film noir through constant graphic experimentation and a striking reinvention of the author's distinctive style. In numerous close readings, it reflects on Feiffer's singular depiction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978842929
• ISBN13: 9781978842922
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.