The Slip by Lucas Schafer Entangled “Tightly crafted and suspenseful yet

“Tightly crafted and suspenseful yet warmly human

is a human being whose mysticism becomes more palpable the more we understand it—a story that offers us powerful inspiration for our own time of troubles

Nate Powell’s follow-up to the Eisner award-winning Swallow Me Whole examines war and violence

an impulsive

exhausted from holding the family―and the family business―together

The Slip by Lucas Schafer Entangled “Tightly crafted and suspenseful yetAustin, Texas: Its the summer of 1998, and theres a new face on the scene at Terry Tuckers Boxing Gym. Sixteen year old Nathaniel Rothstein has never felt comfortable in his own skin, but under the tutelage of a swaggering, Haitian born ex fighter named David Dalice, he begins to come into his own. Even the boys slightly stoned uncle, Bob Alexander, who is supposed to be watching him for the summer, notices the change. Nathaniel is happier, more