Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we are excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they are books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday hosted by the Breaking the Spine blog.
Having perused the Drawn and Quarterly publisher site yesterday, I am anxiously awaiting my next payday so that I can purchase the newest book by cartoonist Guy DeLisle Factory Summers. The graphic novel was published in June 2021. The story is autobiographical and chronicles DeLisle's job at a pulp and paper factory in Montreal when he was sixteen years old. He worked 12 hour shifts in a hot, noisy building. DeLisle was one of the few young people working at the all male factory and only got the job because his father worked a white collar job on the upper floors of the building. His father worked 9 to 5 while his son had to work 12 hours at a time. On his day off DeLisle found refuge in his art and comics.
I own every book Guy DeLisle has written. He is primarily known for his travelogues to North Korea, China, Burma and Jerusalem where he followed his wife on her medical missions to these countries. They are pretty amusing as he is a househusband, taking care of the kids and home. DeLisle won several awards for his book Jerusalem.
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