Caleb’s shock soon turns to curiosity and leads him to explore his father’s work and legacy, as well as the roots of his own desire to be an artist. Then Jimmi dies unexpectedly, leaving behind a will which stipulates that Caleb assume authorship of his comic strip.
When a disastrous gallery showing of Caleb’s latest abstract paintings emphasizes how totally his life has been lived under Jimmi’s shadow, Caleb boils over with rage and resentment that threatens his sobriety and alienates his boyfriend. Our fossil fuels, in all of their smoggy reality, have never been so clearly interwoven with the abstract systems that maintain their hold on our lives. After spending his youth rebelling, middle age finds Caleb a struggling artist who’s recovering from addiction and still dependent upon his father’s vast fortune for survival. Joe Ollmann, author/artist of Fictional Father 'When I began reading Gasoline Dreams, I was immediately mesmerized. Despite his worldwide reputation as “Everybody’s dad,” Jimmi is actually a cold, casually cruel, self-absorbed, alcohol-addicted father.
“Do we always become the thing we hate most,” Caleb Wyatt wonders, “or do we preemptively hate that trait because we sense it in ourselves?” He’s thinking about his father, Jimmi, the famous creator of a syndicated comic strip beloved for its tender depiction of paternal love. Fictional Father by Joe Ollmann Published by Drawn and Quarterly 10'圆.5', 212p, full color, paperback 24.95 Add to Bag A recovering alcoholic lives in the shadow of a world famous comic strip and its tyrannical creator Caleb is a middle-aged painter with a non-starter career and a checkered past.
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