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Freeway by Kalesniko, Mark is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Freeway about?
In his first new graphic novel since 2001's acclaimed Mail Order Bride , Kalesniko delivers an ambitious 416-page tour de force chronicling a single day - a few hours, even - in the life of his recurring dog-headed alter ego, Alex Kalienka. Stuck in a horrendous traffic jam on his way to his increasingly miserable job as an animator at "Mickey Walt" Studios, a burnt-out and depressed Alex alternately rages, reminisces, fantasizes and hallucinates. There are flashbacks to his earliest days as a starry-eyed young animator snagging his dream job, through the increasingly depressing political battles and creative compromises, with a love affair gone badly wrong along the way, alternating with scenes of an increasingly agitated present-day Alex, who imagines a series of increasingly violent deaths for himself. Then again, are they in fact fantasies, or prescient flashes? Is a threatening car tailing Alex just a paranoid fantasy or a genuine threat? Readers will have to wait until the very end of this hugely ambitious graphic novel to find out. Moreover, woven into this narrative fabric is a series of imagined moments from two generations ago, a Golden Age of animation, when an earlier A
Who reads Freeway?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Kalesniko, Mark
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781606993569
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Crafts & Hobbies, Literary Fiction, Graphic Novel
- Rating
- 3.53 / 5 (154 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14