The Artist: The Circle of Life Glenn Bray art young Together with inker and friend

Together with inker and friend Will Elder

Introduction by Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections)

our presentation of this story restores two pages that were cut from its original publication

— with an entirely separate cast of characters who have aged and evolved: the beautiful and brutal Bettie Rey

The Artist: The Circle of Life Glenn Bray art young Together with inker and friendThe Artist returns! Haifischs idiosyncratic, episodic comic chronicles the experiences of a young artist in his formative years, satirising the exclusive, ephemeral and frequently absurd world of fine art. Plagued by doubts and anxiety, the artist is confronted with constant setbacks punctuated by occasional, surprising glimpses of recognition.