Stripmalling

Stripmalling is a novel by Jon Paul Fiorentino, illustrated by Evan Munday and published by ECW Press.

It's now available in bookstores almost everywhere. Click on the book's cover for a five-page preview of one of the comic book sections, or watch the Stripmalling film trailer below.

About Stripmalling:

Stripmalling is the story of one young man’s embarrassing and hilarious journey to literary awareness. Jonny lives and works in a strip mall in suburban Winnipeg. For some people, this would be an exciting and fulfilling life. But Jonny has a dream: he wants to be a writer. He has almost everything he needs to make this dream come true: a supportive girlfriend, an active imagination, and an abundance of subject matter. There is only one obstacle: his own relentless stupidity.

Imagine Proust without all those annoying words and insights. Imagine a book so funny, so clever that even just touching it makes you a smarter, better person. Part journal, part comedy routine, and part graphic novel, Stripmalling is a unique experiment in genre and voice that is ambitious, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny.

'Stripmalling is the first novel by poet Jon Paul Fiorentino, and a very funny one it is . . . Amid the hilarious scenes that make up Stripmalling — gas-station hot-boxing, desperate ploys for sex, moderate success in the writing world — Fiorentino produces peaks of warmth and true sadness.' – Globe and Mail

'Part memoir, part diary, part how-to, part novel, part comic book, this incredibly comedic, somewhat tragic literary work is unlike anything you'll read, ever.' – Joe Meno, author of The Boy Detective Fails