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When Monsieur Jean first appeared in the pages of Drawn & Quarterly, the series instantly became one of the most popular in the publication's history, drawing enthusiastic reviews from readers. Now, for the first time, D+Q is publishing all the early stories from this series collected together in one handsome volume. Here, we follow one man's life through his bachelorhood in his 20s and early 30s and along the road to impending marriage, kids and deadlines for his publisher. Written with a sophisticated wit and charm, Get a Life promises to be one of the graphic novels of the year.

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Since the character of Monsieur Jean first walked onto the page in 1998, he has endeared himself to readers, maturing with each frantic, surreal, heart-warming episode. Beginning as a young Parisian bachelor, defeatist writer, and urban bon vivant, Jean has reluctantly transitioned into a family man of forty, learning how to live with, and ultimately love those around him unconditionally. Constantly surrounded by a group of childhood class- mates, an unbearably idealistic live-in friend Felix and his adopted son, Eugene, as well as his sweet daughter Julie, Jean questions life and those of others in an honest and endearing way; his unmistakable joie de vivre always undermined by a palpable sense of cynicism. The joy of these award-winning cartoons stems from that fact that Jean s weaknesses are our own; his doubts about life, universal; his relent- less quest for happiness understood. With their unique collaboration, both writing and drawing each Monsieur Jean story, celebrated French cartoonists Du-puy and Berberian prove time and time again just how powerful and seductive a simple, yet elegantly told story can be.

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