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To those who wait: Motel Universe 3 concludes the sci-fi trilogy that’s been in the works since 2017, the first two books of which were counted among the
Comics Journal’s best of their respective years.
A real keeper: The
Motel Universe trilogy exits in style, with 176 full-color, offset-printed pages wrapped up in a very hard cover.
Art is everywhere: Drescher’s comics have been published in
Lumpen Magazine and
AIGA’s Eye on Design. He has been interviewed by
Ello,
De: Formal and
TDK. Drescher’s paintings and prints have been exhibited at Galerie Mikael Andersen and Printed Matter. His illustrations have appeared on
Inlaid Ear and
Cultura Collectiva. Joakim Drescher’s work was featured in
Sketchbooks by Richard Brereton (Laurence King Publishing). Drescher was a resident at the Knust & AGA LAB, a speaker at the 2016 Post Design Festival and a featured guest of the Beast Crawl Literary Festival. He has performed both music and comics at STEIM.
A Royal Pedigree: Joakim is the eldest son of illustrator and best-selling author Henrik Drescher, and artist Lauren Weber - and stepson of artist Wu Wing-yee, and musician Tom Bailey, of the Thompson Twins. Not a bad way to get born, and an even better support system.
All over the world: It may not the intergalactic, epic journey of
Motel Universe, but Joakim Drescher will finally be on a near-world tour with
Motel Universe 3.
About the author
Joakim Drescher was born in Denmark and raised in Indonesia, New Zealand and China. He is the eldest son of illustrator and author Henrik Drescher and artist Lauren Drescher. Joakim studied fine arts in Amsterdam at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy where he was a part of the now defunct tape label So Obsolete Records and one part of the DIY publishing outfit Stalking Cat Editions with artist and illustrator Marie Boye Thomsen.
Summary
You have reached the end of the Motel Universe.
The Skins, a slave race once hunted for their pelts, have turned the tables on their masters, the Jeffs, making for the hottest reality show in Depression Land. Meanwhile, the Skins’ home planet of Epidermis is ravaged by inflation, a Neuro drug epidemic, and an all-controlling hyperconglomerate, the Shackler Corporation. Sounds like another uprising may be in order!
Motel Universe 3 is the final volume of a trilogy of graphic novels from Joakim Drescher, an artist Print Magazine says is “is carving a place for himself in the image world.”
Foreword
- Author Tour: Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; Toronto, ON; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; London, UK; Copenhagen, Denmark.
- National Print Campaign: Advance copies to the following publications: the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlantic Monthly, Portland Monthly, the Portland Mercury, Bitch, Print, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Midwest Book Review, the LA Times, the LA Review of Books and many others.
- Advance copies to trades Publishers Weekly, Booklist and Library Journal.
- Online Media Campaign: Advance copies, interview and review pitches to: NPR, the Huffington Post, Comics Beat, the Comics Journal, Comic Book Resources, Flavorwire, Pop Matters, Under the Radar, Paste Magazine, the Onion A.V. Club and Slate among others.
- Promotion through the Secret Acres Scuttlebutt blog, Secret Acres Facebook, Twitter and tumblr and through Joakim Dresher's website, www. joakimdrescher.com, and the artist’s Instagram and Twitter.
- Quotes to come!
