Persiflage

When does the shadow of a legend merely block out the sun?Everyone remembers The Rest of Quiglet that heartwarming sitcom starring Grace Mannix. For four years it told the story of a typical teenage girl her widowed father and their robot maid (played by the exotic Biltong). The legend was made complete by the chance casting of the shows composer Sherman Schiegel in an onscreen role as Quiglets boyfriend.In perpetual syndication the show still has many avid fans. Elyse Argawal following its progress and absorbing its teachings has made it the focus of her successful academic career while teenage twins Tabby and Billy Tibbins have pursued their obsession with the shows machinations in their fanzine Silent Zone.A crucial part of Quiglet mythology is its much discussed but long suppressed finale: the so-called murder episode. But while doing research in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain Elyse stumbles upon a copy of this jewel in the Quiglet crown. And when she and Billy fall in love she faces the same dilemma the shows cast has long faced: what is their identity without the myth that brought them fame and fortune?Extending over four decades and told from a range of perspectives and paradigms this debut graphic novel from renowned Australian cultural historian David Nichols is a pitch-perfect satire that explores ambition desire and the pursuit of perfection.