Looking for a book that offers something different — something a little more rooted in reality? These graphic novel memoirs are as lively and engrossing as any trade issue with a costumed crusader on the front
Graphic novels are so well-suited for memoirs, it's crazy to think they've only been prominent since the 1970s, while the history of comics traces all the way to the 1830s.
Adding visual elements to a memoir allows readers intimacy with the author that is impossible to achieve with words alone. We get to see through their eyes, to feel what they felt, and many authors exploit that perspective to showcase their particular distorted worldview — anxieties can be personified and magnified, or small kindnesses wreathed in heroism. Read more...
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