We Come Here to Starve
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We Come Here to Starve
Merchfox Comic Shop
Wiener Straße 20
4481 Asten
Austria
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At the Midnight Café, everyone is hungry for something.
The people who find their way to this place have nowhere else to turn. They don’t fit into society or into their relationships—they can’t even find their place before God. This run-down café has become their refuge—a place where they can hide from a world that leaves no room for them.
The fly, the café’s silent owner, welcomes every animal that walks through the door. She listens as they all search for a sense of belonging—only to arrive time and again at the same painful realization: survival and true belonging are mutually exclusive.
Come on, sit down. The bow tie is already waiting for you.
*We Come Here to Starve* is a hand-illustrated, philosophical graphic novel about the conflict between survival and belonging. It is a beautiful yet unsettling allegory about crumbling sanctuaries, the moral compromises of survival—and the dangerous desire to be loved without having to change.
Note:
This book addresses sensitive topics such as self-harm, trauma, and faith. It contains depictions and discussions of suicide and abuse, as well as explicit language. If such content might be distressing to you, please consider whether this book is appropriate for you.
If you appreciate Paige Parker’s style but prefer a gentler read, you might want to check out her other hand-illustrated work, *Observations on the Human Condition*—a poetic, contemplative story that many readers find moving without being quite as intense.
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