The new world - Chris Reynolds

A surreal vision of a post-alien-invasion Earth where human beings still have to deal with quotidien frustrations, ennui, and understanding their place in the world.

Since the mid-1980s, the British cartoonist Chris Reynolds has been
assembling a world all his own. On the surface, it seems much like ours:
a place of cool afternoon shadows and gently rolling hills, half-empty
trains and sleepy downtown streets. But the closer you look, the weirder
it gets. After losing a mysterious intergalactic war, Earth is no
longer in humanity's control. Blandly friendly aliens lurk on the
margins and seem especially interested in the mining industry. The very
rules of time and space seem to have shifted: Mysterious figures
suddenly appear in childhood photos, family members disappear forever
without warning, power outages abound, and certain people gain the power
of flight. A helmeted man named Jimmy is somehow causing local
businesses to shutter and is being closely watched by the "trendy new
police force," Rational Control. The world is being remade, but in what
image?

This new collection, selected and designed by the acclaimed
cartoonist Seth, includes short stories, a novella, and the full-length
graphic novel Mauretania. It is the ideal guide to all the
mystery and wonder of one of the most underappreciated cult classics in
the history of comics.

This NYRC edition is a hardcover with foil stamping, debossing, full-color endpapers, and extra-thick paper, and features new scans of the original artwork.