This The River At Night exclusive experiments with form to illuminate the mundane
Glenn Ganges drinks too much caffeine while reading a new library book and can’t fall asleep. Kevin Huizenga takes this simple concept and uses it for a sprawling exploration of time and the self in his new Drawn & Quarterly graphic novel, The River At Night, finding creative ways to depict mundane moments in Glenn’s present alongside essential events from his past. Huizenga’s cartooning blends the clear, concise storytelling of classic comic strips with more experimental layouts and compositions, a fusion of aesthetics that makes his artwork deeply expressive and consistently surprising. Insomnia has never been so exciting, and Huizenga embraces the medium’s unique visual properties to turn one man’s relationships with his family, friends, work, and play into a marathon of inventive sequences.
