BIG KAHN, big preview
November 30, 2008 by Neil Kleid
Filed under NBM Blog, New Releases
Hey, folks – Neil Kleid here. Wrote BROWNSVILLE with Jake Allen for NBM and am now moving through production on my next book, THE BIG KAHN, with artist Nicolas Cinquegrani.
I wrote this book a while back, before BROWNSVILLE, but hadn’t found the right artist for it until Nico came along. It’s the story of what happens when a New Jersey rabbi dies and at the funeral, his family and congregation of forty years discover that he’s been conning them: he isn’t even Jewish. The book follows the family’s struggle with grief, betrayal and their faith as the town begins to examine them and they begin to examine themselves.
The graphic novel is roughly 172 pages, will be presented in both hard and soft cover, and should be released this summer
Here are a few untoned pages:
hi neil! that’s such an interesting story … i think cons like that are fascinating; looking forward to the book.
Nice art, looks a little like Carol Swain channeled by Carla Speed McNeil.
Thanks, all – Dan, Nico is an artist to watch out for. I’ll do a signing at good old Green Brain when it comes out!
Educational and entertaining. We’re drawen into the characters and story (pardon the pun), even while we learn about Jewish mourning customs.
I look forward to buying this book (assuming I don’t get a review copy), as well as Migdal David (whenever that gets into stores).
Kol ha-kavod, Neil!
Neil,
What are you doing about the film rights to The Big Kahn?