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Alec, 1-2 (2009)

by Eddie Campbell(Favorite Author)
4.11 of 5 Votes: 3
ISBN
8492769874 (ISBN13: 9788492769872)
languge
English
publisher
Astiberri Ediciones
review 1: I bought this with a book voucher I got on my birthday in 2010. I've slowly been reading through it since. Mostly when the mood struck. I'd never heard of it but then Neil Gaiman mentioned it in his blog and while browsing I found this and thought the weight and size of it made it a worthy purchase.I haven't always liked it but it's so compelling you can't really leave it for too long (though it clearly took me a while to complete the thing). The more I enjoyed reading the slower I got as I didn't want to rush the journey. And journey it is as we follow Alec/Eddie from his early wild years through to a more sedate middle age. It's a powerful journey which struck a cord with where I am in my life right now and where I've been.I would recommend this to comic fans, fans... more of life (and the little things that make it), lovers of beer and wine alike. And lovers of stories. There are plenty of them. (Thanks to my friends for the gift)
review 2: I've already read most of these stories in their individual volumes, but I wanted to see the new stuff / have everything wrapped up in a neat little package. Highly recommended: Campbell is the best there is at memoir / autobiographical comics, and he's certainly in the top tier of this kind of writing beyond the comics medium. There are few material things I love more than these comics (particularly The King Canute Crowd, the first section of this volume). less
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charlie
Bored me to death for 150 pages, I didn't have the stomach for another 500 pages of this.
Redd
The autobiography of a life not really worth relating.
Inne
From Neil Gaiman
jace
garooga.
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