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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The first of Campbell's books published by First Second, this was also the first color work I'd seen from the artist. Anyone who has read Campell's Alec books will be in familiar ground here, and for anyone who hasn't read them, imagine a somewhat magical roman á clef with the author poking fun mostly at himself. The fully-painted artwork is a real treat here, especially after years of reading his work in black and white (and often on newsprint). The relationship with First Second seems to have sparked a real creative fire in Campbell, I hope it lasts. ( ) My first and very last Eddie Campbell. Mediocre drawings by a grossly immature person, all about himself, with a sense of humour so weak that it didn't even make me vaguely smile, not even once. The only thing I liked was the messy range of typographic styles. But the content ... oh, the horror! It can be summarized in the following statement: "I'm an artist! I have therefore the right to be a lazy self-obsessed ass!". Only loser seems to be anybody who, in the real world, actually has to live with this guy. Eddie Campbell clearly has an agenda here to take the limitations of traditional graphic novels to task. For the most part he succeeds in all of his arguments: There is no reason for the graphic novel to be limited to comic book reprints, and there is no reason to privilege either graphics or text when they can exist together in so many ways. Using photographs, full-blown illustrations, and doodles scribbled on scraps of paper, this is a lovingly crafted story of the author’s own demise, crushed beneath the weight of artistic baggage. If it sounds a bit melodramatic, it’s true — but Campbell manages to make the melodrama as enjoyable as possible.
The book works because of Campbell’s experience and stature in the field, which makes him an interesting subject. The odd connections his mind makes keeps the read lively. Pertenece a las seriesCampbell's Alec Books (book 5) Listas de sobresalientes
In this pseudo-autobiography, the subject of the memoir has vanished without a trace. Through six separate threads, each on typographically and stylistically distinct, a private investigator tried to discover the artist's fate through false trails, family and daily life reenactments, and even an imaginary Sunday comic strip. As the narrative threads intersect and colllide in surprising ways, the reader is carried along on a fantastic journey through the life of the artist. A master comics artist, here Eddie Campbell offers a complex, caustic, and surprising meditation on balancing the lonely life of the artist with the demands of everyday life. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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