mind, mastur ([info]masturmind) wrote,
@ 2008-09-14 23:56:00
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My favorite graphic memoirs

1. epileptic by david b.


2. pyongyang by guy delisle


3. blankets by craig thompson


4. fun home by alison bechdel


5. clumsy by jeffrey brown


6. pedro and me by judd winick


7. persepolis by marjane satrapi

further reading:
on the term "graphic memoir"
more

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[info]chocnut
2008-09-14 05:04 pm UTC (link)
wow thanks for giving me ideas! i read epileptic and um all of satrapi's graphic novels. check out the one about her uncle "chicken with plums" :D

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[info]masturmind
2008-09-16 08:50 pm UTC (link)
will do. is "chicken with plums" your favorite satrapi?

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[info]chocnut
2008-09-17 12:34 am UTC (link)
nope, persepolis 1 is.

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On a related note...
[info]ex_compound644
2008-09-14 05:29 pm UTC (link)
Lately, there's been plenty of buzz about American Widow by Alissa Torres and Sungyoon Choi. (Fully Booked just started carrying it.)



Are you familiar with it? If so, any first impressions?

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Re: On a related note...
[info]masturmind
2008-09-15 10:38 pm UTC (link)
i'm dying to read it.

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Hmmm...
[info]ex_compound644
2008-09-14 05:34 pm UTC (link)
Does a memoir have to be 100% true to be called a "memoir", even in graphic format?

For example, is Jessica Abel's La Perdida, which is undeniably influenced by her experiences in Mexico City, a memoir (despite the fact that a huge chunk of the people and relationships depicted are quite obviously fictional)?



Or does it fail to qualify as "memoir", in the same way that James Frey's books are not quite autobiography?

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Re: Hmmm...
[info]masturmind
2008-09-15 10:35 pm UTC (link)
i know. it's problematic. same reason i didn't include michael rabagliati's "paul moves out". "semi-fictitious"? "thinly veiled autobiography"? i don't have an answer.

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[info]boytropolis
2008-09-15 06:17 am UTC (link)
they look so good i want to eat them all

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[info]masturmind
2008-09-16 08:51 pm UTC (link)
then you must.

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wah you damn high brow
[info]matevam
2008-09-16 04:52 am UTC (link)
even comics also so high brow .... must be graphics memoir. funny never thot of you as someone who has time to read, even a graphics book. :P

will be in manila for 16 days soon ... see you again.

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Re: wah you damn high brow
[info]masturmind
2008-09-16 08:45 pm UTC (link)
i don't have time to read as much comix as i would want.

i miss you already. :)

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peram books
[info]pinoymonster.wordpress.com
2008-09-20 04:12 pm UTC (link)
siguro ginoogoogle mo pangalan mo kaya nahanap mo 'ko. hahaha. buti na lang, kasi ngayon...mababasa na kita!

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Re: peram books
(Anonymous)
2008-10-07 11:35 am UTC (link)
Peram din!! Good to find you online, i like reading how you think.
Joel

whateverbakesyourcake.wordpress.com

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