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Conor Stechschulte’s The Amateurs is a horror short story about two butchers that enter their shop one morning to find it there is no meat there, but they also realize that they have no idea how to do their job. Women come in to order “the usual,” but they don’t know them. They decided to slaughter Leggi tutto

A very unusual story that comes across as a strange mix between a setup of a joke and a quasi-allegory. The story of the two memory-challenged butchers is weird enough, but the book's structuring device -- a female voice, written in journal form -- adds another level of perplexity. There are some te Leggi tutto

OMG! Got this while randomly browsing shelves and what an amazing surprise. This is probably one of the best shorts I've ever read. This guy has so much talent. From the art, the panels and the way the plot escalates makes reading this a very discomforting and funny experience.

The scenes between the butchers were hilarious!

Grisly, but more disturbing for its psychological effects than its violence, Conor Stechschulte’s “The Amateurs” is an unforgettable debut graphic novel. It’s a comic that reads like the storyboard for the latest A24 horror movie: dark, artsy, and inscrutably creepy. It’s weasels its way into your b Leggi tutto

This is a funny and disturbing little horror comic with a wildly distinctive art style but has a rather opaque narrative structure that keeps it from really coming together. Stechschulte's debut graphic novel, The Amateurs , presents a rather surreal story involving a pair of inept butchers who strug Leggi tutto