Tonight, artist Marcllus Hall will be at Desert Island Comics, in Williamsburg, to launch Kaleidoscope City. His first graphic novel, this is story about a man recovering from a love affair gone wrong as well as a love letter to the city he lives in. 

The book presents a young artist as he wanders the streets, sketchbook in hand. Throughout the four seasons, he takes inspiration from the urban scene and draws his journey out of loneliness. The fluid black-and-white art creates the mood and atmosphere of youthful longing, which Peter Kuper described as “a lyrical love letter to the magic of Manhattan. Marcellus Hall’s stunning art and prose takes us on a remarkable and unexpected journey filled with longings and discovery. In every brush stroke, he captures the allure that has called so many dreamers to this metropolis and inspired brilliant artistic responses likethe one you hold in your hands.”

Marcellus, also known as a musician performing with Railroad Jerk and White Hassle, creates illustrations for The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Time. His last book, Everyone Sleeps, was featured in DART.

Kaleidoscope City (Bittersweet editions 2018) book launch is tonight at Desert Island Comics, 540 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Marcellus will be joined by Ambrosia Parsley for a few songs before an interview with Gabe Soria.

Marcellus Hall is an illustrator living in New York. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Time, as well in American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, and Communication Arts annuals. His first cover for The New Yorker was published in 2005. Hall has self-published books of drawings and writings, including Hard Luck Stories and Legends of the Infinite City.

Hall has also illustrated children’s books. They include Because You Are My Baby (Abrams 2008), City I Love (Abrams 2009), The Cow Loves Cookies (Simon & Schuster 2010),Because I Am Your Daddy (Abrams 2010), Full Moon and Star (Abrams 2011), Because I Am Your Teacher (Abrams 2012), and the self-penned Everyone Sleeps (Penguin 2013).Information. His Drawger blog is here.

As a musician Hall has made recordings with bands Railroad Jerk and White Hassle and has toured the United States, Europe, and Japan. Hall continues to make music under his own name. A solo album, The First Line, was recorded with accompanying musicians and released on Glacial Pace Recordings in 2011. His next album, Marcellus Hall & The Hostages, is funded through Kickstarter with a day and a half to go.