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Daytripper

by Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Craig Thompson (Introduction), Fabio Moon

4.30 · rating details · 1,892 ratings · 279 reviews

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.

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Paperback, 256 pages

Published February 8th 2011 by Vertigo (first published January 1st 2011)

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Nov 11, 2011

Seth Hahne rated it

Shelves: graphic-novel-book-club, comics

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 ...more

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Feb 02, 2012

Wandering Librarians rated it

Shelves: adult, fiction, family, realistic-fiction, friendship

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 graphi...moreHow 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' life from when he was a small child to an old man, if he should live that long. The story does not go in chronological order. The first obituary is when he's 32, then it jumps back to 21, then goes forward to 28 and so on, all over the place. It's like a whole bunch of little separate stories about some guy, and at the end of each story the guy dies. But it you piece them all together (minus the dying) you have the story of a single persons' life.

At the end of each story, when Bras dies, there's an obituary. When he dies as a child, it's about how he wasn't in the world long enough. When he dies in his 30s, his obituary is about how he was the son of a great writer. When he dies later in his life, it's about his family he's leaving behind, or his own writing. It was incredibly poignant seeing his life summarized in just a few sentences, and how different those sentences were depending on when he died.

The last story in the book is when Bras is an old man. Was that done so we'd be left thinking he didn't really die those other times? That he got have all his life experiences and die when he's old and satisfied? Or was it just another story in the book of possibilities. I'm not sure which it was suppose to be, but I'd like to think that that's what really happened, not the other, often violent or sad deaths that could have happened at earlier points in his life.

The art worked perfectly with the story. The color was subdued, using a lot of grays and browns and maroons. For most of the story, the world doesn't really seem like a great place, and the color reflects it. In the final story, I noticed there was a lot more yellow than in any of the others.

Daytripper was really something. Check it out.(less)

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Jan 27, 2012

Sam Quixote rated it

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...moreThis 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-girlfriend he met on a boat, his best friend who dodged a near-death experience only to change him irrevocably, to meeting the love of his life, and raising children of his own.

I loved this book. It's the kind of book you find yourself turning back the pages to stare at the panels and really savour them, maybe even subconsciously trying to prolong the book as the pages fly by. First and foremost is Fabio Moon's artwork - stunning doesn't give it enough emphasis. His artwork is a cross between Will Eisner's and Craig Thompson's, every panel he drew was a panel I wish I could carry around with me in my head, they're so beautiful. Just look at the amount of detail he puts into the most static of scenes, the small details he packs into every available space. It's so inspiring.

There needs to be a special mention for the colourist on the book, Dave Stewart. He does a phenomenal job, taking Moon's art and making it better. Just turn to any page in the book and look at how the colour pops out of the page. The scenes where Bras is 21 and at the fishing village were so gorgeous, I wanted to live in those pages. Or the countryside of Bras' youth when he was 11 - ah, I can't describe it, just look at it, it's amazing. I can't underline how good Stewart's colouring is in the book, I really think it made the book that much more successful. Imagine if the book had been in black and white - it's not the same is it?

The combination between Moon's artwork and Stewart's colours is lethal. I swear the people in the panels moved. The smoke wafts up in the page, the seas shimmer in the sunset glow. It's truly extraordinary.

And the storytelling's not bad either! Every chapter contains some truth, some moment that captures a feeling or experience anyone has gone through and does so with grace and elegance. There wasn't a dull chapter to read and even when there isn't a murder or a passionate love affair or a sickening loss, and is simply about a time of Bras' life when he was just happy and content with the way things were, you find yourself totally enraptured with the words and art in a way so few books can do.

"Daytripper" is magic, pure and true, distilled masterfully by Fabio Moon, his twin brother Gabriel Ba, and Dave Stewart. It's a shining example of the excellence of the comics medium and an instant classic to be enjoyed and revered by everyone who reads it. It's a jewel of a book just waiting to be discovered, and one to return to for those, like myself, who have read it and loved it. (less)

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Jan 21, 2012

christa rated it

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...moreIf 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 previous night. At age 6, I was getting pretty good at coloring. The key was to trace the black lines of the picture with heavy-handed Crayon-ing, then to shade in the insides using the same color. Take that, Picasso. At 40-something, who knows.

“Daytripper” by twin brothers Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba is a nonlinear collection of stories about Bras de Oliva Domingos, whose mere birth is the stuff of family, if not urban, legends. He’s a traveler, a kite enthusiast, an obituary writer and eventually a novelist. He falls in love a few times, has a son, and has a crippling case of daddy issues. At the beginning of each of these stories, told with lovely full-color, super detailed imagery, Bras is dropped into a new adventure, each that will prove fatal by the end of the chapter. Stops off for a drink, gets shot. Visits his father’s study hours after the old man has kicked it and while his own son is sliding down the chute, keels over. Each chapter ends with a few words, a blurb from the obituary Bras would have at that point in his life.

Even as they all end the same, each story is a slice of life and includes small moments that are actually big and big moments that are especially big. Bras is a little ho-hum emo, living in the shadow of his father’s career in literature and taking it super personally, but otherwise likable. He is surrounded by a cast of quick-hit characters who make reappearances, including his sidekick Jorge (who comes to his own startling end) and his wife (with whom he almost has a meet-cute, if not for Bras getting snuffed on the way.

In the end, Bras becomes an old man, terminally ill, who finds some final words from his father that make everything clear: Only when you accept that one day you will die will you be able to let go and thoroughly enjoy life. This is a nice collection with plenty of dips and dives and dekes and great art. (less)

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Nov 13, 2011

Stacey rated it

Shelves: graphic-novels, on-my-shelves-trades

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...more

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Oct 19, 2011

Dave-O rated it

Shelves: graphicnovels

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 g...more

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Jul 30, 2011

Raina rated it

Recommended to Raina by: Brian

Shelves: adult, graphicnovel, magic-realism, not-amerika

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...more

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Jun 10, 2011

Martin Yankov rated it

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...more

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Jun 07, 2011

Marcus Nyahoe rated it

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 Ol...more

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Mar 10, 2011

Nicola rated it

Shelves: arc, own

Reason for Reading: Honestly, I would not have chosen this book myself and simply started to read it as I'd been sent a review copy. I had no idea what to expect and again, honestly, wasn't sure I'd even like it.

This book is exquisite! Bras de Olivia Domingos is the only son of a famous Brazilian author, and a miracle child to his mother, who himself is an aspiring author but at the moment has the lowly job on a newspaper as obituary writer. This story takes a look at Bras' life, a d...moreReason for Reading: Honestly, I would not have chosen this book myself and simply started to read it as I'd been sent a review copy. I had no idea what to expect and again, honestly, wasn't sure I'd even like it.

This book is exquisite! Bras de Olivia Domingos is the only son of a famous Brazilian author, and a miracle child to his mother, who himself is an aspiring author but at the moment has the lowly job on a newspaper as obituary writer. This story takes a look at Bras' life, a day at a time. A random day, each chapter focusing on a different age, going back and forth from young to middle age to youth to elderly and each day ends with his death. These are the possibilities of his life; throughout we are given a whole life story of Bras and yet we see how his life could have ended any day. Heroic deaths, tragic deaths, accidental deaths ironic deaths; they are all possibilities.

The twin brother author/illustrators show the reader how much death is a natural part of life. How one must respect each day of life as if it were the last. Live each day in a way that will honour yourself (your soul) should this be your last one. What will your obituary say about your life? Will it say you died as you lived? But not only is the book about death but about life as well. When do you truly start living your own life? Bras' mother retells the story of his birth over and over throughout the years nicknaming him "miracle child". Do you start living when you are born? Or when you start to love? Or is it when you reach your goals? When should one stop waiting for life to begin and start living it?

Each chapter is like a short story with a trick ending and yet they are all related and a pattern develops and a life starts to take form. One sees missed opportunities, misspent youth, true defining moments in a life and finally after all the possible outcomes, not exactly what most would call a happy ending, but a life well lived.

I don't know whether the authors are Catholic but Brazil does have the world's largest Catholic population and I noticed several rosaries in the illustrations. I bring this up because as I was reading I couldn't help thinking how pertinent the story was to the Catholic way of life. Catholic theology asks us to always try to live each day prepared spiritually to enter Heaven as we never know when our time on earth will end or when the day of Christ's return will come.

A stunning, compelling, breathtaking read! This is the book you bring out if you still know people who think graphic novels are somehow lower on the literary spectrum than "real" novels. (less)

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Dec 31, 2011

SA rated it

Shelves: 2011, graphic-novels

Oh, my god. This book was amazing. I was already familiar with Gabriel Bá from The Umbrella Academy, and knew I liked him, so I took a chance on the first issue through Comixology. Holy crap did I get sucked in quickly.

I don't want to give too much away--it's far better for you to discover it for yourself--but though the convention has been done before in any number of different media, Daytripper really sinks into it, revealing why the device is still so compelling after its been do...more

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Mar 20, 2011

Andrew rated it

My name is Brás de Oliva Domingos.

This is the story of my life.

Take a deep breath, open your eyes and close the book.

***

We must die in order to prove we were ever alive.

This is the abstract to Moon and Bá’s utterly beautiful, moving, soul-rumbling work of art, Daytripper. For ten impeccably illustrated chapters, Daytripper gives us a life collected in snapshots—emotionally stunning vignettes punctuated by death. It is an examination of ...more

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Nov 02, 2011

Scott Foley rated it

daytripper is the perfect marriage of art and story and unlike anything I've ever read. Created by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, daytripper follows the stories of Bras de Oliva Domingos. Bras is an obituary writer, a novelist, a son, a father, a lover, a friend, and a dog owner. He lives and he dies; he dies and he lives.

Though this is a book of sequential art, it is not the stuff of superheroes, monsters, aliens, or robots. It is about a man, and it is about all of the possibilities that...more

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May 12, 2011

Kate Savage rated it

Shelves: graphic-novels, brazil

This graphic novel flits through significant moments in the life of Brás de Oliva Domingos, obituary writer, aspiring novelist, and dreamer.

Think about all the times in your life where you could've been killed, snuffed out, disappeared, or extinguished. How quickly could it happen? How would it change the lives of those close to you? What would it feel like? The main character Brás explores these moments as he recounts his life. These moments are illustrated adeptly, with flowing lines...more

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Feb 27, 2011

Jamie rated it

Shelves: graphicnovels

Daytripper is a mysterious little book. I read the first three issues when they came out, and though I was absolutely intrigued by what was happening in the story, the way each installment came and ended without explanation made me not want to have to work through the serialization. Rather, I wanted to get it all at once. It’s a book where the payoff is going to require some faith, and where the individual moments matter to the cumulative whole. I didn’t want them lost in the gaps between.
...moreDaytripper is a mysterious little book. I read the first three issues when they came out, and though I was absolutely intrigued by what was happening in the story, the way each installment came and ended without explanation made me not want to have to work through the serialization. Rather, I wanted to get it all at once. It’s a book where the payoff is going to require some faith, and where the individual moments matter to the cumulative whole. I didn’t want them lost in the gaps between.

This creator-owned comic is by the Brazillian twins Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá, who have electrified the world of graphic literature over the last several years with their work together, separate, and in collaboration with others. Daytripper is their first truly substantial work as a solo team. It tells the story of Brás de Oliva Domingos, but it does so in a fractured fashion. Time bends here, the narrative pieces are scattered. When we first meet Brás, on his 32nd birthday, he is an obituary writer on the way to see his father, a famous novelist, receive a lifetime achievement award. In chapter two, he is 21 and seeing the world. The youngest we see him, not counting the oft repeated tale of his birth--a blackout baby who emerges into the darkness like the light, or even life, itself--is at age 11, the oldest age 76. We jump through time to watch his romances and failures, his family benchmarks and even the lows of an important friendship. Each chapter of Daytripper has a definite end, finite in its way, and one which I shan’t reveal here, but you’ll discover it soon enough. Fittingly, only the very last ending deviates from the pattern.

It takes a while to get an explanation as to what is happening. The book is a string of second chances and missed opportunities--though never squandered ones. For as spectacular as some of the failures, they never come with a sense that someone wasn’t trying. It’s more that things just don’t turn out as expected. It’s why you never wait to go for whatever needs going for, events may turn before you get the opportunity to seize it. It’s at the end of the eighth chapter when we start to get a sense of what it all means, how Brás’ each and every action creates a reaction, and Daytripper is the study of that resonance. I could have done without the penultimate entry, but that just might be personal taste. The dreamy ninth chapter is the only time where I feel the book has to strain for its mood, the only time the creators are trying to create the feeling of strange wonder that so naturally blossoms in the rest. I feared it was the last chapter, actually, and was frightened that the whole thing would fall apart.

Thankfully, we had one more step to go, and honestly, had I jumped from eight to ten, from age 47 to the big 76, Daytripper would be just about perfect. It seems a minor complaint, however, like whining that an otherwise spectacular car race is ruined because no one crashed during the second-to-last lap. Plus, that eighth chapter also has some of the most beautiful artwork in the comic. The duo’s impressionistic linework and Dave Stewart’s striking, painterly coloring really come alive when let loose to roam the unbridled realm of imagination. Then again, that seems so wrong to say, because it’s very much alive throughout. Daytripper isn’t a comic where you ever wonder why its creators opted for this particular medium. Every watery ink scratch undulates with passion for the form. Perhaps it’s because they are twins that Bá and Moon manage to inspire two diametrically opposed reactions at the same time. Every panel of Daytripper compels you to stop and stare at the beauty of the drawing while also pushing you on to the next. You want to stop and smell all the roses, and yet you must go forward, you have to see the ways the scenes play out.

In that sense, while reading the book, we are also living the lesson that Brás must learn. Don’t let any of the details of this existence pass you by without noticing them, but also don’t ever accept those details as being the last. There is always more to be seen just out of frame.
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Feb 12, 2012

Luara rated it

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Um dos melhores comentários que recebi no meu blog foi de uma menina chamada Mylena. Foi no “Onde se escondem os filmes para adultos?” e ela disse mais ou menos isso:

"Mas Luara, essas dúvidas, que você coloca como únicas (dessa idade intermediária horrenda) são na verdade de todo mundo. Não importa quantos anos você tenha, você não vai saber o que fazer."

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Sep 19, 2011

Danielle Kern rated it

Shelves: ya-lit-2011

Gabriel Ba & Fabio Moon. Daytripper. DC Comics: New York 2011. 248 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4012-2969-6.

Genre: Graphic Novel
Rating: *****: This is the soulful story of one mans journey as he struggles to find out what truly matters in life. We discover the joys and pains of being a son, husband, best friend, and father through beautiful pictures. Hesitant to read a graphic novel, I had a hard time putting this amazing book down.

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Aug 29, 2011

Leonardo Villarroel rated it

Shelves: favorites

Elegant and smoothly executed, Daytripper performs in comic-book form an old literary trick, or rather an even older musical trick; playing variations upon a theme, the Bá twins weave an endearing reflection on life and death. Each of the chapters, originally serialized stand-alone issues, work on their own as an insight on a particular aspect of life, and together they create a pattern which is as heartfelt as their color palette is warm. Filled with lush colours that perfectly complement the f...more

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Jan 28, 2012

Stephen rated it

I’m convinced that, usually, life is very long. Long enough that, knowing that I’m going to have to live with the decisions I’ve made for the rest of my life prevents me from doing some impulsive, enjoyable things. But this is with the knowledge that it could be over at any moment. So how to walk the line between living every day to the fullest as though it could be the last and at the same time living responsibly and dependably? Who knows. I do know this: some of the most important aspects of l...more

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May 28, 2011

Jim rated it

Shelves: graphic-novels

Moon and Ba are twin brothers from Brazil and they have been telling stories in comic form for about 15 years. I've read some of their short pieces in the past. This is the first book length work of theirs that I've read. I was deeply impressed with this book.

The story examines several days in the life of Bras de Oliva Domingos. It is a meditative examination of a life. When does life begin, when does it end? We're shown many quiet moments, moments of life and death that weave th...more

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Jan 06, 2012

Guy rated it

Daytripper is a stand-out graphic meditation on ambition and mortality. Structured as a series of days-in-the-life, Ba and Moon depict the many possible deaths of their protagonist, Bras. As the pages turn and Bras lives out a sequence of days as, for instance, an anxious twenty-something, a carefree kid, or a contented senior, what appears at first as gimmicky repetition becomes a compelling and textured method of storytelling. Ba and Moon do a terrific job of portraying Bras' often frustrat...more

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Jan 15, 2012

Sunil rated it

Shelves: own

Brás de Olivia Domingos is a Brazilian obituary writer, son of a famous novelist. Every day he tells the stories of those who have died. He doesn't know that today is the day that he will die. Or is it today? Or maybe...today? What are the most important days of his life? What if any of these days, these days that perhaps embodied that cliché and were the first days of the rest of his life, were the last day of his life?

Welcome to Daytripper, by Brazilian twins Fábio Moon and Gabriel B...moreBrás de Olivia Domingos is a Brazilian obituary writer, son of a famous novelist. Every day he tells the stories of those who have died. He doesn't know that today is the day that he will die. Or is it today? Or maybe...today? What are the most important days of his life? What if any of these days, these days that perhaps embodied that cliché and were the first days of the rest of his life, were the last day of his life?

Welcome to Daytripper, by Brazilian twins Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (with lovely coloring by Dave Stewart and a worth-mentioning introduction by Craig Thompson), one of the most acclaimed comics of last year.

I find it hard to describe Daytripper. It's a slightly surreal slice-of-life comic that, like so many before it, continues to make the case that comics are fucking art, they are fucking literature, and they should be respected as such.

Each of the ten issues of Daytripper follows Brás through one day of his life in São Paulo (a setting you don't normally see in any medium, let alone comics). Each day examines one of his many relationships with people: his father, his mother, his best friend, his first love, his wife, and so on. As we jump from one point of his life to another, we begin to get a picture of his life and the people in it. Even though I didn't think I'd really gotten to know all the characters in so short a time, they still felt real to me. There are no Shocking Plot Twists waiting for you at the end; this is not that kind of book. It's about the little moments, the moments you remember forever. Brás keeps dying, and it may seem like a gimmick at first, but it becomes a fascinating and tragic "What if?" constantly planted in your mind. What if that really was the last day of his life? What if this day in this issue never even happened to him? Would it be better? Worse? You know it's coming and it still hurts every single time.

I flip through the book and tears come to my eyes.

Daytripper makes me pull out the words I don't use often if I can help it because they need to be saved for the special ones, the ones that can't really be described without them. Daytripper is amazing. Beautiful. Gorgeous. Read this comic.(less)

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Dec 24, 2011

Jeff Lanter rated it

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Dec 23, 2011

Matt Anderson rated it

At first it seems that this book is all about death, but you soon realize it is actually about life. In the story, we get glimpses into the life of one man who attempts to learn what it means to truly live. I read the book straight through, which would probably be best with this type of narrative, and having just finished it minutes ago, I find the story leaving me with a feeling of melancholy mixed with hopefulness.

Memorable quotes:

"Life is like a book...and ev...more

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Oct 07, 2011

Martyn Chuzz rated it

Shelves: graphic-novels, philosophy, 2011

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Wow, other people seem to have LOVED this book. I'm heartened though, after reading some of the three and two star reviews that mostly we non-believers seem to be highlighting the same points - i.e. that, although the art was excellent, the narrative was not as good as it could have been and that the action descended into melodrama at times (chapter seven being almost unreadable in my opinion).

One of the main conceits of the book, having Bras die at each chapter end, diminished the o...more

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Mar 03, 2011

Damon rated it

I read this in single-issue format, which I guess you could make an argument both for and against the appropriateness of. I think you probably get more of a sense of the individuality of each segment of the story, but lose something of the cohesiveness of the whole.

For me, these Brazilian twins can do little wrong, and while I didn't love this as much as some of their other work they've illustrated (like Casanova or Umbrella Academy), I'd attribute that more to the differences in stor...more

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Aug 14, 2011

Halik rated it

Recommended to Halik by: Praveen J

Shelves: graphic-novels, fiction

The artwork is great. That is probably the best thing that i can say about this graphic novel. It's philosophy, while i completely get where the author is coming from, is too nihilistic and based on a totally different perspective of reality to mine. The overarching theme here is death. And the primary precept is one of ignorance of what happens to one after it. And about 'living life' to the maximum and experiencing it 'moment by moment'. To me this just appears a bit delusional. The human port...more

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Feb 04, 2012

Adam rated it

Shelves: comics-graphic-novels

On balance I really enjoyed this book, although I've got some quibbles about it. I like the plotting for the most part(view spoiler).

What I really liked about this is that it's a book about the small moments in life which, in retrospect, can be pivotal. Paths travelled or not.

The ...moreOn balance I really enjoyed this book, although I've got some quibbles about it. I like the plotting for the most part(view spoiler).

What I really liked about this is that it's a book about the small moments in life which, in retrospect, can be pivotal. Paths travelled or not.

The art in this book is really rich. The characters' faces are distinctive and expressive, and the settings feel real. But what I particularly enjoyed was the colouring, particularly things like the sunsets and the depiction of water.

As far as the text goes, I was less convinced; some of it feels clunky or forced - although this might be because I read the English translation rather than reading it in the original (which I couldn't have done even if it was available to me).

Another overall observation about the book is that it feels very 'latin' to me. Feelings are on the surface, and all the key decisions are made on impulse, instead of through logical or strategic thinking.

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Anyway, despite these reservations, it's a great book, I'd recommend it to just about anyone.(less)

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Deanna Glowzenski rated it

I loved this graphic novel for its originality in terms of genre, yet its realistic portrayal of life and transience. A quiet read—the authors state that their goal is to offer a “meditation on mortality” and that is truly what they give. Although the words offer meditation about how we live, forcing the reader to ponder about what we may take for granted on a daily basis, the artwork within is simply stunning and truly masterful. I found myself looking at the frames as if I was in a museum. Eve...more

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Mar 08, 2011

Nikki rated it

I know I've said this about other books (The Arrival, Goodbye Chunky Rice...), but this time I really mean it--This book is beautiful. I spent the last few pages of it in tears, not because it was sad (though it was melancholy), but because when I finally figured out the book's message, I was just blown away.

Daytripper is the story of a man's life, and for most of it, I didn't know whether the story was supernatural or metaphorical, but I kept reading because I really liked him. As ...more

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