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A Small Killing (1993)

Name:
A Small Killing
Start year:
1993
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Eisner Award winning title for Best Graphic Album: New in 1994.

Plot Summary

A Small Killing is an Original Graphic Novel about an adman named Timothy Hole who goes to Russia to sell soda. The story is mostly told in a reverse time-line. There is a symbolic digression or devolution with the modes of transport Hole takes in this series: Plane, train, car, bike and feet. This devolution ties in to Hole's moment of evolution to the cold calculated business man who killed the child like innocence that was once there. A Small Killing is this battle of guilt chasing Hole and Hole chasing guilt until he has to come to terms with it.

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