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| What's It About? |
Our late teens is that period when we seem to be stuck in a holding pattern, like we're only marking time, waiting for our lives to progress somehow. The Waiting Place is a window into that nowhere time that, when we're in it, we're certain we'll never escape.
The Waiting Place is a teen drama which follows the lives of a group of teens and one young adult as they spin their wheels in the remote, tourist-trap town of Northern Plains, USA. It is an atmospheric, poignant tale of silent desperation peppered with moments of profound joy.
Recommended for ages 14+.
Contains some strong language and sexual content. |
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| Critical Praise |
You'd do well to take [The Waiting Place] somewhere quiet for few hours and digest the little slice of life it represents—the characters are you and I and people we knew just beyond high school. Everything is real, even though none of it is.
- Paul Jenkins, Eisner-award winning writer
What makes The Waiting Place special is that...all of the longing, frustration, confusion and even joy that goes along with being in high school has been caught up in black ink on a white page. I don't know how they did it. The Waiting Place evokes all of the emotional memories. Not just of the bad things and the hard struggles we have as we become young adults trying to figure out who we are and who we want to be, but also the joys of discovery and friendship that can happen along the way.
- Adrienne Rappaport, Sequential Tart
If The Waiting Place were on TV, you'd be dropping everything to catch it. If it were on the radio, then you'd actually use the radio you own. If it were a book, you'd be sick of hearing about it by now. But it's a comic. A very intelligent, perceptive comic about being trapped in a small place that you've already outgrown but cannot yet get away from. Might not ever get away from. The sort of town you're only born into in order to get out of. The troubled lives of people waiting to escape. It's as clever as 'Northern Exposure' wanted to be and sharper than 'Dawson's Creek' could ever hope to be.
- Warren Ellis, acclaimed writer
In any industry but comics, The Waiting Place would be mainstream, with all the success and accolades that implies. It's certainly got the broad appeal of 'Dawson's Creek' or other popular teen dramas, with the benefit of having stronger writing, more interesting characters and a believable darkness that just grabs you and won't let go.
- Randy Lander, The Fourth Rail
[The Waiting Place] succeeds in creating a range of highly convincing characters, and the strength of the story lies in how wholly plausible it all is. Grade: A.
- Paul O'Brien, The X-Axis
I'm glad that shows like 'Dawson's Creek' aren't this good, because I'd hate to spend all night watching television. If you aren't reading The Waiting Place, you really are missing out on one of the big secrets of comics.
- Greg McElhaton, iComics
The Waiting Place excels where other teen dramas fail. Here, the kids talk and behave like kids, rather than mouthing adult mores and ideas. Characters are not allowed to be tokens, and don't attempt to teach "lessons" to the reader.
- Marcia Allass, Sequential Tart
Chances are you are not reading The Waiting Place. You should be.
- Don MacPherson, The Fourth Rail
I'm one of those people who loses a little faith in comics now and then. But there's always something to bring me back. The Waiting Place is a comic about people in high school. I can't call them "kids" because they're beyond that, and I hesitate to use the word "teens" because that just conjures up images of 'Dawson's Creek' and Freddie Prinze Jr. movies; cheesy stuff, not in the good way, with hip, trendy teenagers fumbling through life accompanied by hip, trendy soundtracks. I can't stand to watch that stuff, but I read every issue of The Waiting Place.
- Steve Pheley, Savant |
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The Waiting Place is TM & © writer/creator
Sean McKeever. All rights reserved.
Artwork for The Waiting Place by:
Brendon & Brian Fraim (Book One)
Mike Norton (Books Two and Three)
David Yurkovich (Book Two)
Published by SLG Publishing.
Header art by Adam Shaw. |
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