Books by David B.
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review 1: An interesting approach to narrative: taking dreams and bringing them out in comics form. The very concept raises a number of questions, perhaps the most prominent of which concerns the matter of translation. How much of the dream is glossed over, and how much is elaborated upon,...
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review 1: Well, I must say, you should probably read David B's Epileptic first before anything else because it's such a personal exploration of a boy growing up in France with a brother who has epileptic seizures. It's more extensive and somehow more imaginative. The dreams are also very...
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review 1: David B. is an incredible artist and I really think, for me at least, I have to love both the drawings and the words/story involved in graphic novels (otherwise, I'll still to words only). David B's drawings are sometimes morbid, sometimes sensual, and sometimes just showing ove...
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review 1: I pretty much love all of David B's graphic novels. Both the words and the drawings are exquisite in their sense of detail and imagination. David B. is quite brilliant and I have treasured every graphic novel that has been translated that I have been able to get ahold of. My fa...
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review 1: Id recommended this graphic novel to young adults who are interested in the history and politics of the relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East but not for older individuals who want a more nuanced account of the relationship between the two. Simple, the graphics are de...
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review 1: As usual, beautiful illustrations from David B. I read pretty much everything he puts out because I love his style and the way he integrates the surreal/dream-world into his stories. However, this one just didn't do much for me. I felt like the translation was clunky (I hope--...
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review 1: This is a slightly (ok, quite disturbingly) creepy graphic novel of a ship of dead skeletal pirates who plunder and wreak havoc on passing ships. One day, after the usual devastation, they find themselves in charge of an orphaned baby boy. They agree to rear him until his First ...
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review 1: A quirky little book that just didn't do it for me.I liked the set up and premise, but it failed on two fronts for me.One, I just didn't like David B.'s art.Two, despite that, I was onboard from the first page to the penultimate page, but the ending just let me down flat. It was...