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Title: Breakfast After Noon by Andi Watson, Jamie S. Rich ISBN: 1-929998-14-7 Publisher: Oni Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: the dregs
Comment: I purchased this book beacause a friend recommended it to me after I read Alex Robinson's wonderful graphic novel _Box Office Poison_ I enjoyed BOP because the characters seemed very real to me unlike the characters found in Super Hero comic. Breakfast's story deals with a young couple who have been living together for quite awhile but who have never tied the knot. When they are finally ready to enter wedlock they both lose their jobs at a ceramic manufacturer. Whereas Rob becomes obsessed with the idea to get his old job back, Louise views being laid off as an opportunity to do something else with her life. Rob really does not take job hunting seriously and does little more than drink beer, lounge around the house, and play games. Louise goes back to school and takes a course in computers. the two characters drift apart from each other as the book goes on. Drawn in a deceptivelt simple style, Watson's art is very moving with bold sparse lines.
Rating: 5
Summary: The comic for non-comics readers
Comment: For fans of graphic novels, comics and sequential art, Andi Watson is the real-deal. His use of line, texture and brushstrokes evokes a masterly touch in a medium frequently given to assembly line product and connect-the-dot plotting. One look thru his great graphic novel, "Breakfast After Noon" will make you a fan of his art. Luckily, those that buy the book and read it will also become a fan of Andi the writer.
His stories have that lived-in feeling and his characters eminate from real life in a way that is all too rare in today's spandex-obseesed comics market. BAN is a particularly English story, sprinkled as it is the British slang and set in an English town reeling from the closing of a local manufacturing plant. The couple caught in the center of the story could be friends of yours, but Watson makes them distinct individuals with their own agendas and desires. This is a slice-of-life story with no urgent plotting or climatic ending. But that doesn't mean that BAN is without suspense or dramatic purpose, but it achieves its meaning and resonance thru character instead of external plot machinations, which is refreshing in a medium so often over-written.
And Andi's art is a true treasure, and the best part is he keeps getting better with each subsequent series. He's done other excellent work and has a new series coming out for ONI Press where he plans on putting his own unique twist on the world of superheroes.
BAN is the comic you can read and feel confident passing along to your non-comics reading friend. It's a great book by a great artist.
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Title: Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson ISBN: 1891830198 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Blankets: An Illustrated Novel by Craig Thompson ISBN: 1891830430 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: I Never Liked You: The New Definitive Edition by Chester Brown ISBN: 1896597149 Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly Pub. Date: 15 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Good-Bye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson ISBN: 1891830090 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Unlikely by Jeffrey Brown ISBN: 1891830414 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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