Holy Lacrimony reccomended in the Globe and Mail’s Reader’s Best Books of 2025!

“Holy Lacrimony is one of the best books in recent years by Toronto artist Michael DeForge. It starts as a man is abducted by aliens – beautifully illustrated in DeForge’s abstract and surreal style and all wearing some form of the Ghostface slasher mask from Scream in an effort to make him feel more comfortable. They claim he is the ‘saddest man alive’ and must be studied to learn how they can replicate his sadness. But just as quickly as he was taken, he’s dumped back on Earth and forced to make sense of his experience. It’s dark, funny, and strange, and I love it,” wrote Jacob Dubé, The Globe’s community editor, in Toronto.