Michael DeForge is back with another intellectually unsettling, visually stunning exploration of near-future technodystopia. In a world where everything is constantly automatically updating, even one’s body, is true connection still possible?

DeForge’s narrator, the sole human in the government’s department of complaints, is perhaps best placed to find out. 

Deforge's book poses profound questions about surveillance, centralized control, tech companies, and finding connection in a fractured society. 

Familiar Face is told in Deforge's signature style using bright and colourful images and deadpan storytelling. There is so much creativity with how he conveys and propels narrative.  

  DeForge’s ability to find the humanity and emotional truth within the outlandish bureaucracy of everyday life is unparalleled.  Familiar Face is a masterful and deeply funny exploration of how we define our sense of self, and how we cope when so much of life is out of our control.