The Academic Hour Rory McConville i09 Tezuka meets Moomin

i09 Tezuka meets Moomin

two unlikely friends who get swept up in an epic quest to save their world from falling into eternal darkness

and wordless world

and his current situation

and subtle (and other times not-so-subtle) comedy

The Academic Hour Rory McConville i09 Tezuka meets MoominBy Keren Katz. Published by Secret Acres. Softcover, 176 pages, Colour, 2017. Open every illuminated correspondence between two star crossed artists yet to meet and discover a dizzying, dazzling almost love story. The 2018 Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies sixth annual Cartoonist Studio Prize winner for Best Print Comic, the Academic Hour charts the romance between Poethel, a disgraced architecture professor, and his student, Liana.