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Karl Stevens's fifth book collects two graphic novellas along with several shorter works; featuring a suite of collaborations with the writer and artist Gustavo Turner, including the critically acclaimed Succe$$, originally serialized in the Boston Phoenix. Imitating Life is the story of a young academic/cartoonist named Veronica Fleece who lives her life through art, in both her professional and personal lives. By day she teaches art history (specifically Rembrandt) at NYU and by night (and at any spare moment) she commits herself to documenting her thoughts on life and art through comics. Illustrated in a number of mediums (including oil paint, watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil) to mirror the breadth of ideas and tones the story deals with. Succe$$ is a post-9/11 story about a new breed of young capitalists. They're eco-friendly, gadget-obsessed, and they scorn the gaucheness and vanity of the Gordon Gekko yuppies. They're Reagan babies, programmed to Just Say No and Just Do It at the same time. If you looked at the back seat of their Priuses, you'd find well-thumbed copies of Atlas Shrugged. Karl Stevens is a graphic novelist and painter. His first book, Guilty, was published in 2004 with a grant from the Xeric Foundation. He is also the author of Whatever (2008), The Lodger (A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, 2010), and Failure (2013).

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Karl Stevens: Karl Stevens is a graphic novelist and painter. His first book, Guilty, was published in 2004 with a grant from the Xeric Foundation. He is also the author of Whatever (2008), The Lodger (A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, 2010), and Failure (2013). His comic strip, Whatever, ran from 2005-2008 in the alternative weekly the Boston Phoenix. A collection of the strips was published in April 2008 by Alternative Comics. In May 2008 Whatever was replaced by a new comic, Succe$$, illustrated by Stevens and written by Gustavo Turner. Failure was his final series for the Phoenix. As an illustrator, Stevens collaborated with Anthony Apesos on the book Anatomy for Artists: A New Approach Discovering, Learning, and Remembering the Body, released in October 2007 by North Light Books. His short stories have appeared in Volumes 1 and 3 of Blurred Vision, anthologies of New Narrative Art published by Blurred Books. Stevens is represented by the Carroll and Sons Gallery in Boston.

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