The Grey Museum

by Lorenz Peter

Overview

Set in the future, The Grey Museum is a galactic romp, following a small group of survivors as they fend with mystic beings, interstellar parasites and themselves. Everything here is decided by narcissistic gods and goddesses, disturbed spirits, and bored aliens. Our clueless captives are left to wander, meandering their way among ruins, souvenirs, and impossible trails, and the 300-year-old television station attempts to capture it all. The Greys, a cloned race of coffee-drinking pseudo-humanity, have created a machine to “contemplate” things from a distance and annihilate them by turning them into Awht. We experience death, rebirth and everything in between. The fate of all Earthly life is up to these eight hairy humans preserved in jelly, they just don't know it yet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781894994712
Publisher:	Conundrum Press
Publication date:	05/01/2013
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Lorenz Peter was born in Montreal in 1971 and spent his youth in northern Alberta in the 1980s. After a brief passage in art school there in 1990, Lorenz decided to apply his skill to comics full time. In 1997, he released his first self-published graphic novel, The Last Remaining Ancient Mellish Bird. He also produced Side Effect, a series of mini comics that was collected and published in 2007 by Pedlar Press. Pedlar also released the autobiographical graphic novels Chaos Mission (2003) and the Doug Wright award winning Dark Adaptation (2005). The Grey Museum is his return to fiction.

Lorenz Peter was born in Montreal in 1971 and spent his youth in northern Alberta in the 1980s. After a brief passage in art school there in 1990, Lorenz decided to apply his skill to comics full time. In 1997, he released his first self-published graphic novel, The Last Remaining Ancient Mellish Bird. He also produced Side Effect, a series of mini comics that was collected and published in 2007 by Pedlar Press. Pedlar also released the autobiographical graphic novels Chaos Mission (2003) and the Doug Wright award winning Dark Adaptation (2005). The Grey Museum is his return to fiction.

Editorial Reviews

In the future—after humanity has more or less destroyed Earth—the planet and the remaining people are taken over by coffee-slurping, sweater-wearing alien creatures called the Greys. The Greys travel through space, pretentiously discussing with one another whether the things and creatures they see are art and transforming what isn’t into abstract sculpture. A handful of humans escape in a spaceship, preserved in jelly for centuries, until they are discovered by two intergalactic antiquers. The humans return to Earth, where they encounter not just the Greys but a snake god, an Earth goddess, and the last remaining broadcast news team. Graphic novelist Peter (Dark Adaptation) recalls the loose, wobbly people of Lynda Barry (One! Hundred! Demons!) and the surreal landscapes of Jim Woodring (Frank). However, Peter’s grey-and-black palette is monotonous—probably the intended effect but, combined with the meandering semiplot, makes reading a plod. As with most surreal art, this is full of unsubtle objects and backgrounds, plus more straightforward (but nontitillating) sex and nudity.

Verdict Although the book features funny moments and interesting concepts, Peter doesn’t do enough with them to hold the reader’s interest. Not recommended.—Robert Mixner, Bartholomew Cty. P.L., Columbus, IN
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