Strong Eye Contact

Christopher Adams

2d Cloud

Strong Eye Contact stars an unnamed immigrant and aspiring comedian as he tries to make his way in America. I

Part comic strip collection, part art book. The reader is led by a Buster Keaton-like figure through his memories as he tries, with limited success, to be a typical American: using consumer products, failed vacations, and a fabricated family life.

Using mediums often associated with childhood mark-making (crayons, colored pens, markers) gives the book a simplistic sheen that belies the formal sophistication operating just beneath the surface.