What Awaits Them - Liam Cobb

What Awaits Them by Liam Cobb / ISBN 9781911081227 / 222-page paperback with flaps, 6.5 x 8.75 inches, printed offset, published in 2023 by Breakdown Press (UK) *** “Liam’s name crops up often as a measure of a great work with an instant narrative that makes you stop and stare at an image for far too long.” -- Lucy Bourton - It’s Nice That Breakdown Press is thrilled to release What Awaits Them, the long-awaited and complete collection of Liam Cobb’s short-form comics. Bringing together the previous Breakdown Press releases “The Inspector” and “The Fever Closing”, this new anthology includes strips and stories from every part of Cobb’s career. Readers will be transported to exotic luxury islands, the darkest rainforests, snow-swept frontiers and a bizarrely run Michelin-starred restaurant, and will discover the unique mix of lush extravagance and bleak realities that his comics bring to the form. Cobb’s comics reflect the relative loneliness of contemporary life with gleaming, mono