Undertaking of Lily Chen GN (2014 First Second Books) comic books
-
Published Mar 2014 by First Second Books.$24.00
1st printing. Story and art by Danica Novgorodoff. Deshi, a young man struggling to make a life for himself in rural China, watches his life comes unhinged when he accidentally kills his older brother in a fight. His distraught parents send him on a hopeless journey to acquire a bride for his brother to marry posthumously so he doesn't enter the next world alone, an ancient Chinese tradition with many modern adherents. Eligible female corpses are in short supply, however. When Deshi falls into company with a beautiful, angry, and single young woman named Lily, he sees a solution to his problems. The only hitch is Lily is still very much alive. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 432 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.