Almost Silent

"One gets the sense that ... Jason, like poets writing sestinas, [is] testing [his] powers, letting the fierce constraints of the form reveal new possibilities, and it's a wonderful thing to observe."

"Jason's work is poetry. Beautiful and frightening. Redemptive and hopeless. He is the Kafka and Keats of the comic world."

"The graphic novel's cinematic qualities have rarely been so well wielded as they are by the artist known only as Jason."

"[Almost Silent] is a really good book and Jason is a strong cartoonist. He does a lot with his simple-but-well-drawn characters and little to no dialogue. ... you get a nice sampler of what Jason can do. This is entirely worth owning."

"Throughout the sublime Almost Silent, Jason examines traditional relationships and social norms via a deliciously warped lens, quite probably one constructed by Dr. Frankenstein himself."

"Thank God then for Almost Silent, a new collection repackaging some of Fanta's older Jason books--some of which are no longer in print in their original format--as an anthology the same size, shape and design as Low Moon. ... Buy it to read the stories, keep it to restore order and balance to your bookshelf."

"This is the output of an artist with a clear vision who is truly at the top of his game. ... Beautifully bound and reasonably priced, you're not going to find a much better entry point into the world of contemporary graphic novels than Almost Silent."

"Jason's simple, elegant artwork... allows any reader to dive right in. ...Jason's comics... are funny, and absurd, tinged with sadness and loneliness, outrageously goofy, slapstick, human and just plain pretty to look at. ... It's a treat to enjoy a comic like Almost Silent."