''Indigo Vertigo'' is a 48-page graphic novella, written by

KatieJane Garside Katrina Jane Garside (born 8 July 1968) is an English singer, songwriter, and visual artist. She is known for her musical projects in an eclectic range of genres including noise rock, alternative metal, acoustic, and neofolk, and vocals that rang ...

and illustrated by ''

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'' creator,

Daniel Schaffer Dan Schaffer (born 3 February 1969) is a British writer/artist working primarily in comics and film. He is best known as the writer and illustrator of cult comic book series, '' Dogwitch''. He is also the co-creator/artist of '' Indigo Vertigo' ...

. It was published by

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in 2005. ''Indigo Vertigo'' is marketed as "the hallucinatory spectacle of one woman's experience at the brink of reality," and described by a

Warren Ellis Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), ''Global Frequency'' ...

quotation on the back cover as, "Like

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fucking

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." According to Schaffer, who acknowledges a heavy influence from Lynch (and also Japanese auteur,

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), the book is an experiment in subjective storytelling, and came about as the result of an unconventional, intuitive creative process developed by himself and

(best known as the former vocalist of London noise punk band

Daisy Chainsaw Daisy Chainsaw were an English rock music, rock band from London, England, formed in 1989. The band was founded by vocalist KatieJane Garside and guitarist Crispin Gray. Garside appeared on the band's early extended play, EPs and 1992 debut alb ...

and Noise Rock band

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, and current vocalist of neo-folk duo Ruby Throat.) In an interview posted on comics news site The Pulse in 2005, Schaffer explains - "Indigo Vertigo is an attempt to connect to the reader by acknowledging the demons and empty spaces that are within everybody. If you're going to do something like that without pretension or agenda, you have to first expose the same thing from within yourself, and so this book is a glimpse of that truth, from the perspective of both Katie and myself, with a little bit of space for the reader. It's a book designed to reach out through example, and it will come alive if you bring something of yourself to it."

References

External links

danielschaffer.com Daniel Schaffer website

katiejanegarside.com KatieJane Garside website
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