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Salmon Doubts
by
Adam Sacks
Beautifully illustrated and deeply imaginative, the cast of conversing fish in Salmon Doubts philosophize about the meaning of life as they make their ultimate journey upstream to spawn. With lushly-rendered artwork, uproarious humor, intricately imagined settings, and striking, inventive page layouts, Adam Sacks envelops readers with his genius. The characters in Salmon D...more
Paperback, 128 pages
Published
May 1st 2004
by Alternative Comics
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I didn't think that a book about the life cycle of salmon would manage to eek any emotion out of me but the drawings are so stark and the meaning of the salmon life so pointless that this story manages to tug out melancholy from the array of emotive possibilities. I think I'd prefer a fanfiction account of Geoff's oceanic life but am still impressed that Sacks could provoke thought via salmon.
I love the oddball graphic novels that I find at my library. I'm not always willing to commit to yet another series but I'll pick up a stand alone book in a heartbeat. Salmon Doubts by Adam Sacks is one of my latest impulse picks.
Salmon Doubts follows a school of salmon from hatching through spawning. As they grow up and form friendships one fish decides to question the purpose of life. He follows his own path, constantly questioning the accepted norms of salmon life.
It's a short but thought pro...more
Salmon Doubts follows a school of salmon from hatching through spawning. As they grow up and form friendships one fish decides to question the purpose of life. He follows his own path, constantly questioning the accepted norms of salmon life.
It's a short but thought pro...more
This book took approximately 10 minutes to read. It's a graphic novel - aka a comic book. I had to read a graphic novel for one of my grad. classes.
This book depicts the life cycle of a salmon. It's told by a salmon who is supposed to be like a middle school aged boy... it's kind of funny. A bit different, but funny.
This book depicts the life cycle of a salmon. It's told by a salmon who is supposed to be like a middle school aged boy... it's kind of funny. A bit different, but funny.
Uses the lifecycle of the salmon to explore life choice (for humans). A pair of salmon make friends and one follows the traditional path, and one chooses to skip the long hard road to spawn. Simple, nice. Well illustrated. Didn't get me excited, but definitely an interesting read.
Salmon Doubts, you were fine, I didn't hate you. But I wanted to learn about salmon, and not about men (and ladies I guess) in general. Silly me, wanting to get educated. But it looked good, it's true. Just in the grand scheme of this comix binge it was a weaker one.
Salmon have many hard life decisions to make.
Or... perhaps this is some sort of crazy metaphor for all the hard life decisions people have to make! Oh no!
Or... perhaps this is some sort of crazy metaphor for all the hard life decisions people have to make! Oh no!
I read the whole thing while Charles was going to the gas station. I felt different from when he left!
A funny (but also a little sad) short about the simple lives of salmon.
Nothing profound. Worth a read.
Pretty, but fairly useless.
I liked this. It is a cute and interesting short read. It sort of felt like a music video.
The life cycle of a salmon serves as a metaphor for the human condition in Salmon Doubts. Fish struggle to survive hatching, make connections, be unique, explore the world around them, hit puberty, try to fit in, find a mate and return home to die. Focusing on basic questions such as “Why am I here?” this philosophical tale with its themes of identity and purpose in life will have special appeal to teens. Very highly recommended - a real quality addition to your graphic novel collections.
this was adorable! i picked it up because the title was close enough to douglas adams' the salmon of doubt that i figured it must be intentional and the author must therefore have good taste, at least. it's a graphic novel about the socially inept young salmon, henry, and his friend, geoff, who thinks there might be more to life than spawning. i thought it was just going to be cute, but it was a very poignant story about the meaning of life. read an excerpt here.
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