'Darkly funny voyage from the bleakness of everyday life'

 Comedian and performance artist Kim Noble has written a memoir in graphic novel form

In Pursuit Of A Wonderful Nothing is described as ‘a fragmented odyssey of artistic survival and longing’. 

Indie publishers Cheerio – which will release the book on May 28 – say: ‘Pieced together to tell the story of the everyday theatre of his life, the graphic novel presents a treasure hunt through the weird tides of love, sex, loneliness and the art of staying afloat.’

The add that the book is ‘reconstructed through hand-drawn illustrations, artefacts, photographs and absurdist musings by Noble [who]  transforms the bleakness of everyday life and his artistic struggles into a darkly funny voyage through time and space while balancing dead-end jobs in the pursuit of an artistic spotlight as romance fizzes and reality unravels.’

Noble’s provocative theatre work blurs the line between art and reality and has included Kim Noble Will Die m which gained an unprecedented 6 stars out of 5 in Time Out when it was performed at Soho Theatre.

He once spent 72 hours in a London sewer for content purposes, lived with a family of foxes for three weeks and spent six months pretending to work in Ikea and B&Q. Noble also has screen credits including The Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.

In Pursuit Of A Wonderful Nothing by Kim Noble is  is available from Amazon priced £14 – or from uk.bookshop.org, below, which supports independent bookstores.  

Published: 17 Mar 2026