Broken Balloons

Beautifully drawn and painted, accompanied by stories and poems, this wonderful menagerie of insects, animals and people are startling, at times frightening, but always grin-inducing over the pages. Broken Balloons is a unique and satirical take on the world, like a children’s adult view of the universe that springs from a lifetime of looking at reality sideways. Welcome to Gail's world. Linger as long as you like – it can be quite contagious!

Gail Prussky spent fifty-plus years leading an "average, unassuming life," the final decade as a hard-drug addiction therapist, and then she moved from the city to retire in the country and suddenly began to draw and paint, discovering an avenue for catharsis after a long life of keeping everything inside. Influenced by artists like Edward Gorey, Ralph Steadman, Gary Larson, Robert Crumb, and others, Gail has been delighted to discover that her inner world makes people smile at life. David Cronenberg is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, actor and author. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. Jeff Rollings is a magazine journalist.