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Daytripper
What are the most important days of your life?
Meet Brás de Oliva Domingos. The miracle child of a world-famous Brazilian writer, Brás spends his days penning other people's obituaries and his nights dreaming of becoming a successful author himself—writing the end of other people's stories, while his own has barely begun.
But on the day that life begins, would he even notice...more
Meet Brás de Oliva Domingos. The miracle child of a world-famous Brazilian writer, Brás spends his days penning other people's obituaries and his nights dreaming of becoming a successful author himself—writing the end of other people's stories, while his own has barely begun.
But on the day that life begins, would he even notice...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
February 8th 2011
by Vertigo
(first published February 2010)
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Let's get this out of the way up front: Daytripper may be the best graphic novel I've ever had the pleasure to read. Consider yourselves warned.
Perhaps Daytripper's biggest success is that it saves itself from being cliche. All the things that people want to say about it (e.g. "The book is life-affirming" or "The book shows that death is just another part of life") are exactly the kinds of things that could be said about that new movie that you don't want to see, the one that is bound to be an o...more
Perhaps Daytripper's biggest success is that it saves itself from being cliche. All the things that people want to say about it (e.g. "The book is life-affirming" or "The book shows that death is just another part of life") are exactly the kinds of things that could be said about that new movie that you don't want to see, the one that is bound to be an o...more
I am absolutely sure that loads of readers will love this graphic novel and that it deserves better than what I could say about it. The weaving of well-worn story lines into one whole is done “artfully” with some good moments, text and art matching nicely, and with some clever presentation. However, I found the writing itself laden with superficial self-importance that can only come when a writer writes about being a troubled writer, sort of Latino Indie Film existential bombast (if that’s possi...more
It aint about the lenght of time you're given.
It's about how you live.
A great set of stories about a man's life / lives.
Loves, Friends, Family... enjoy 'em while you have 'em
It's about how you live.
A great set of stories about a man's life / lives.
Loves, Friends, Family... enjoy 'em while you have 'em
Undoubtedly the best Graphic Novel I read this year.
A narrative stitched out of 10 short stories about a man - each separate and complete on its own (the man in question Bras dies at the end of each story) - and yet joined cos all the stories are about Bras and his world (his people, his family, his work, his duties, his search for an identity -- his life). In each story he's is a different stage of life with everything else from the earlier stories relevant except his death - which in each boo...more
A narrative stitched out of 10 short stories about a man - each separate and complete on its own (the man in question Bras dies at the end of each story) - and yet joined cos all the stories are about Bras and his world (his people, his family, his work, his duties, his search for an identity -- his life). In each story he's is a different stage of life with everything else from the earlier stories relevant except his death - which in each boo...more
Uma obra fantástica! Tanto estéticamente como filosoficamente, é tudo muito lindo. Vi um vídeo dos irmãos, autores desta obra, onde eles falam como nos quadrinhos é possível se comunicar de uma forma diferente. Não é como um livro, onde se depende exclusivamente das palavras, nem é como um filme, que tem seu próprio 'tempo'. É uma forma própria, que permite que o leitor tenha um contato diferente com a obra. E Daytripper é a prova disso. O conjunto é combinado com muito esmero. As figuras, as pa...more
I never picked up this book and bought it because of the cover art and the description; for some reason, it seemed like it wouldn't interest me. However, a good friend gave it to me to read, and has consistently recommended good books to me, so I gave it a chance, and I am so glad that I did. The art was incredibly gorgeous, and the story was touching--honestly, this is the first graphic novel that ever made me tear up. It's rare for me these days to find a book that I wish hadn't ended when I f...more
Amazing. That's about all I can say about this graphic novel. The art and color palate are superior than any other I have come across. I would love to write more, but I don't know if I can express my admiration for this book in coherent sentences.
I can that this book is beautiful, surprising, and not what I expected. It was pure joy to read and, I'm not going to lie, I got a little teary-eyed at the end.
This was extremely moving and look forward to reading it again. Hopefully I can add more to...more
I can that this book is beautiful, surprising, and not what I expected. It was pure joy to read and, I'm not going to lie, I got a little teary-eyed at the end.
This was extremely moving and look forward to reading it again. Hopefully I can add more to...more
Daytripper isn't the type of story that I can describe to you with any justice. The same can be said about my experience with this book, I wouldn't be doing it justice. Too personal, too inside my own head, to make any proper sense to an outside observer such as yourself.
All you really need to know is that I needed this today. I needed to read this and see my life mirrored in someone else's like it was real, I needed to smile, and more importantly I needed to cry.
Because some days that's all a...more
All you really need to know is that I needed this today. I needed to read this and see my life mirrored in someone else's like it was real, I needed to smile, and more importantly I needed to cry.
Because some days that's all a...more
Daytripper takes place in Brazil, and is about the life of a regular Brazilian man and where life truly "begins" for someone. This book follows Bras as he goes along with life, the decisions he makes,and what he chooses to do with his life.
One thing I really liked about this book was the way the story was told. It didn't unfold chronologically, and would just talk about bits of his life and some important that occurred in his life. At first this had been kind of confusing, as each story/bit of...more
One thing I really liked about this book was the way the story was told. It didn't unfold chronologically, and would just talk about bits of his life and some important that occurred in his life. At first this had been kind of confusing, as each story/bit of...more
Leven is zoals een boek: elk boek heeft een einde, en hoe graag ge het boek ook leest, er komt altijd een laatste bladzijde, en dan is het boek gedaan.
Brás de Oliva Domingos is een schrijver, in de zin van “bezig aan zijn boek maar het is er nog niet en het wil niet echt lukken”. Zijn vader is een wereldberoemde schrijver, en overdag werkt Brás bij de krant, waar hij doodsberichten schrijft.
En dan sterft hij, op zijn 32 jaar, stomgaweg doodgeschoten op zijn verjaardag tijdens een overval op een...more
Brás de Oliva Domingos is een schrijver, in de zin van “bezig aan zijn boek maar het is er nog niet en het wil niet echt lukken”. Zijn vader is een wereldberoemde schrijver, en overdag werkt Brás bij de krant, waar hij doodsberichten schrijft.
En dan sterft hij, op zijn 32 jaar, stomgaweg doodgeschoten op zijn verjaardag tijdens een overval op een...more
"I gotta tell you… I really liked today's obits. They're different, somehow. Deeper. You're really pouring your heart into them."
"It's all crap. I'm a fraud." (p. 145)
"… nothing in my life is extraordinary. Nothing in my life really matters."( p. 149)
There in the words of its characters lies my critique of this well-intentioned graphic novel.
This is a book of lofty ambition; the authors intending to point up the fragile beauty evoked through milestone, quotidian days in the life of an obituary...more
"It's all crap. I'm a fraud." (p. 145)
"… nothing in my life is extraordinary. Nothing in my life really matters."( p. 149)
There in the words of its characters lies my critique of this well-intentioned graphic novel.
This is a book of lofty ambition; the authors intending to point up the fragile beauty evoked through milestone, quotidian days in the life of an obituary...more
As I'm writing this, Daytripper is getting its 5th reprint, and will be appearing in French as well. It has numerous accolades: winner of an Eisner for Best Limited Series in 2011, New York Times Bestseller, one of the bestselling comics of 2011 on Amazon, plenty of favourable reviews.
The storytelling technique is wonderful. Art is great. Colouring by Dave Stewart is exceptional.
Daytripper is a story by Brazillian twins Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. It's a story about Bras de Oliva Dominogos. He's...more
The storytelling technique is wonderful. Art is great. Colouring by Dave Stewart is exceptional.
Daytripper is a story by Brazillian twins Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. It's a story about Bras de Oliva Dominogos. He's...more
The comic book medium is often overlooked by "serious" readers, who pan comic books as a place for heroes and villains and their big other-worldly clashes. Well, if Fables or Sandman, Y: The Last Man or DMZ, or the myriad of other non-superhero books haven't been able to shut them up yet, maybe Daytripper will. This book is an astounding work about life & death and the thousands of moments in between. It touches on how those fleeting moments in life, the ones that spawn furtive feelings of l...more
There's certainly things to like in these ten issues. The art is consistently detailed and expressive with great colour work that often produces beautiful scenes. The characters (when given a chance) produce some genuine human moments that certainly resonate. But due to the way the comic is structured, it's difficult to ever get close to any of them.
The story is ambitious, but again, due in part to the narrative device employed and also some trite philosophy, which seems to equate to:
"Hey, eve...more
The story is ambitious, but again, due in part to the narrative device employed and also some trite philosophy, which seems to equate to:
"Hey, eve...more
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Brothers Gabriel Fá and Fábio Moon have received numerous praises for this ten-part masterpiece. I don’t have to be forced to add my own. The series dissects the life story of aspiring novelist and obituary writer Brás de Oliva Domingos, each chapter looking into an important day in different years of his life. He is 34, he is 11, he is 21, he is 76. Every chapter (except, quite fittingly, the last one; in my opinion, the series could have done away with the ninth issue and still be cohesive, bu...more
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I read the first chapter of Daytripper and was completely taken aback. I was in the mood for some graphic novels and I had just grabbed whatever looked promising at my local library. I had never heard of this book and I didn't read the synopsis too closely but it still caught my eye. When the main character was murdered at the end of the first chapter, I didn't know what to think. *blinkblink* *blinkblink* "Well, maybe the rest of the book is about his life before the murder?" I thought to mysel...more
What is the most important day of your life? The day your start living or the day you die?
Although death is at the core of Daytripper, the central theme is the life of Bras de Olivias Dominguez, writer, father, son, husband and friend. Daytripper has a sliding doors feel about it, with a continuity of story running through the comic, but with a key difference – each chapter represents an important day in the many variances of Bras’ life including the day that he begins to live and the day that h...more
Although death is at the core of Daytripper, the central theme is the life of Bras de Olivias Dominguez, writer, father, son, husband and friend. Daytripper has a sliding doors feel about it, with a continuity of story running through the comic, but with a key difference – each chapter represents an important day in the many variances of Bras’ life including the day that he begins to live and the day that h...more
In honor of Free Comic Book Day this weekend, Nick and I paid a visit to our favorite comic book shop, which is conveniently located next door to our favorite hot dog restaurant. In addition to picking up some free comics, we each made an impulse purchase, and I'm glad I went with "Daytripper." I finished it in basically a single sitting, and it's a beauty. As with "Asterios Polyp," I felt compelled to re-read it immediately, and I'm glad I did: a) there's a lot of subtlety, in both the narrativ...more
Every time I try to read one of the big existentialists (think French, not Kierkegaard), there's this certain feeling I can tell they're trying to get me to feel. I forget which one used the word "nausea" to describe his hyper-awareness of life, but this book is exactly the opposite. It gave me a hyper-awareness of life and death, in all its messiness, ambiguity, subtlety, fear,....but it left me feeling supremely joyful. It was like looking at the sun--It's so beautiful, even though it hurts to...more
As a pretty mainstream superhero reader (and writer), I've been trying to expand my horizons. I picked up the trade of Daytripper by Fabio Moon’s and Gabriel Ba at the recommendation of G4's Blair Butler. (Hi Blair!) I read the entire collected 10 issue series in one sitting.
The only word I can use to describe the book is "moving."
Basically, Daytripper tells the story of a Brazilian obituary writer named Bras de Oliva Domingos. Each issue/chapter focuses on a different time in Bras' life. (the...more
The only word I can use to describe the book is "moving."
Basically, Daytripper tells the story of a Brazilian obituary writer named Bras de Oliva Domingos. Each issue/chapter focuses on a different time in Bras' life. (the...more
How would people remember you if you died at a particular point in your life? In your 20s? In your 40s? As a child? In this unique graphic novel, we see the obituaries of a man named Bras as they would be if he died at different points in his life.
Wow. This was pretty incredible. What a concept. Daytripper won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series in 2011. I think it was well deserved. You really have to read it. It's hard to explain.
Through the entire graphic novel, we piece together Bras' l...more
Wow. This was pretty incredible. What a concept. Daytripper won the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series in 2011. I think it was well deserved. You really have to read it. It's hard to explain.
Through the entire graphic novel, we piece together Bras' l...more
This is the life of Bras de Oliva Domingos, told in chapters which single out a memorable year in his life, jumping from his life at age 32 to his life age 11 to his life age 76. And at the end of each chapter, Bras dies (it's a nuance that sounds strange here but makes sense in the book).
Bras is an obituary writer aching to become a respected novelist like his father, a world famous writer, who casts a long shadow across his son. Meanwhile we see Bras' life filled with characters like an ex-gir...more
Bras is an obituary writer aching to become a respected novelist like his father, a world famous writer, who casts a long shadow across his son. Meanwhile we see Bras' life filled with characters like an ex-gir...more
If I bit it today, the obit would say I was a writer who struggled to move beyond 2,000 word blog posts about what happened this past week at Subway. Survivors include the love of her life and two naughty kitties. If I cashed in at 22, it would say I was a college graduate who designed a nonprofit’s newsletter and reported the deets of high school tennis matches, both while wearing the clothes I slept in and bravely facing the shames of having negotiated last call at the Smiling Moose the previo...more
Elegant, both in words and drawing. This story examines the value of a life, told through time bending the date of death of a newspaper obituary writer. Emotional on many levels, the piece that strikes me the hardest is how obituaries are for the living, as if we put a stationery seal on the envelope at the end of a loved one's life.
Last summer, someone I once loved very much died. Here is his obituary:
"*** was born on April 5, 1970 and passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2011.
*** was a resident o...more
Last summer, someone I once loved very much died. Here is his obituary:
"*** was born on April 5, 1970 and passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2011.
*** was a resident o...more
Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba use an interesting and inventive narrative device to describe the death of the main character through various stages of his life.
It's neat, especially for the first 2 chapters. On the one hand, seeing the main character die over and over again has the intended cumulative effect of becoming a meditation on what exactly makes up a well-lived life. On the other hand, the situations leading up to the deaths are classic (almost eye-rolling) melodrama, especially given the h...more
It's neat, especially for the first 2 chapters. On the one hand, seeing the main character die over and over again has the intended cumulative effect of becoming a meditation on what exactly makes up a well-lived life. On the other hand, the situations leading up to the deaths are classic (almost eye-rolling) melodrama, especially given the h...more
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.
Each chapter follows part of the life of a reporter who writes obituaries for a paper in Brazil. At the end of each chapter, the writer dies, in a different way. The chapter titles are numbers, for the age the writer is when he dies this time. There is poetry to this. It makes me think of the many mindtrip movies that I love so much, but somehow, for me, having the story on a printed page gave more weight and, yeah, poetry to the tale. We get to know lovers, his best friend,...more
Each chapter follows part of the life of a reporter who writes obituaries for a paper in Brazil. At the end of each chapter, the writer dies, in a different way. The chapter titles are numbers, for the age the writer is when he dies this time. There is poetry to this. It makes me think of the many mindtrip movies that I love so much, but somehow, for me, having the story on a printed page gave more weight and, yeah, poetry to the tale. We get to know lovers, his best friend,...more
A lot of people seem to be REALLY inspired by this graphic novel. Maybe because it tells a kind of story that graphic novels usually don't - a story about everyday life and the special moments like the first kiss or meeting your soul mate for the first time, or loosing your parent... That formula really hasn't been used in many graphic novels, true. But have been used time and time again in movies and books and more movies and more books and more movies and more books...
I don't know, maybe I ju...more
I don't know, maybe I ju...more
In a recent episode of the “Wonders of the Universe” television programme, Professor Brian Cox demonstrated how all life is made up of elements that result from the death of a star. In other words, we are all dependent on the process of death and rebirth. The latest Vertigo offering from the Brazilian brothers Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, takes this concept as its central theme in a story about the sheer joy of being alive.
Daytripper opens with words penned by our protagonist, Bras de Olivia Domin...more
Daytripper opens with words penned by our protagonist, Bras de Olivia Domin...more
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