Yearbooks

Nicholas Breutzman's Yearbooks takes the reader on a trip through the nightmares of high school, both real and imagined.

"Chilling... [ Yearbooks ] raises an interesting issue vis-a-vis the relationship between an artist and their responsibilities as a moral agent in the world. Can art be evil if it's made by predators, or is this entirely in the eye of the beholder?" — The Comics Journal

"Strange, gross, and lovely, Yearbooks is just connected enough to real high school memories to really freak you out..." — Jessica Abel, Best American Comics series editor

"Nic Breutzman's comics are often beguiling, sometimes disorienting, and always formally inventive. Yearbooks is a quick sucker punch that will leave you feeling uneasy but eager for more." – Matt Madden, Best American Comics series editor

In Nicholas Breutzman’s debut effort Yearbooks , we encounter nightmarish scenes of a literal and psychological nature as we plumb the depths of the high school experience. Yearbooks evokes the rubbery realism of Daniel Clowes’ Eightball , the narrative dread not unlike a Todd Solondz film, and the vivid colors commonly found in the work of Lauren Weinstein.

Nic Breutzman is a Minnesotan native by way of New York who has had a number of comics published both through 2dcloud as well as in collaboration with other artists, such as Sharon Lintz ( Pornhounds 2 ) and a collection of SVA grads (Jon Vermilyea, Eamon Espey, Raymond Sohn, et al) for the anthology Critical Citadel . He placed at #24 on The Comics Journal's Top 50 comics of 2009 for his graphic Novella Yearbooks , has been listed as a notable in multiple editions of Best American Comics for work in Motherlover and Yearbooks , and his work with Sharon Lintz on Pornhounds 2 secured him a place on numerous best of 2011 lists. He currently works as a Designer at the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic.