Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
First Second (2006), Edition: 1st, 96 pages
Description
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.
Media reviews
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.
User reviews
LibraryThing member grunin
Completely charming and really entertaining. Makes you think that Campbell and his (apperently) long-suffering family would be a pleasure to know. (Ignore the blurb on the back cover, it makes it sound more philosophically ambitious than it actually is.)
LibraryThing member msprint
Great read if you are into graphic novels. If you are not this is a good one to start with as it is made up of short sections. Eddie Campbell is a fun person who doesn't take himself too seriously (nor does his family, apparently).
LibraryThing member shawnr
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
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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. Show Less
LibraryThing member tabascofromgudreads
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
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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. Show Less
Subjects
Original language
English
Physical description
96 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
1596431334 / 9781596431331