| Chiaroscuro | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Meanwhile Studios IDW Publishing (collected volume) |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | 2001–2003 (1–7) 2004–2005 (8–10) |
| No. of issues | 10 |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Troy Little |
| Artist(s) | Troy Little |
| Collected editions | |
| Chiaroscuro | ISBN 978-1-60010-119-9 |
Chiaroscuro is a comic series developed by Canadian artist Troy Little between 2000 and 2005.
Little began self-publishing in 2001 and after releasing two issue he received a Xeric in 2001[1] which allowed him to produce another five issues. Personal circumstances slowed progress until he was given a second grant from the P.E.I. Council of the Arts in 2005[2] which allowed him to finish and release the last three issue. In 2007 the series was collected into a single volume by IDW Publishing. In July 2008 IDW also gave out a free preview comic featuring Chiaroscuro and Little's next project Angora Napkin.[3]
The story is about an unemployed artist named Steven Patch, who leads a depressing life of drinking and complaining about his life. He eventually runs into a situation of mistaken identity, which sends him into a spiraling series of life-altering decisions.
It has been praised by independent comics legend Dave Sim[4]
It has been collected into a single volume: