Renee French, an acclaimed graphic novelist and Inkpot Award winner at San Diego's Comic-Con International, has entranced legions of fans with her ...
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Aug 31, 2011
Jennifer
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Horrifying. I'll admit that the apocalyptic part of this book went way over my head. Maybe there really is nothing to it but confusion, loneliness, and horror. At least it ends well, as much as any Renee French thing ever ends well.
The migraine story, though: well, that was sickening. Perfect! I made the mistake of reading it while recovering from a migraine, and it was so correct that I actually started to feel another migraine coming on, as if in sympathy. Having a migraine tod More...
The migraine story, though: well, that was sickening. Perfect! I made the mistake of reading it while recovering from a migraine, and it was so correct that I actually started to feel another migraine coming on, as if in sympathy. Having a migraine tod More...
Aug 27, 2010
Jamie
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Coming out of any Renee French book is a process. As a reader, you have to re-emerge from her mindscape and slowly find your way back to lucidity. Jump out too fast, and you might get the bends.
It's no secret I'm a huge fan of Renee's work. Editing her early career retrospective Marbles in My Underpants was the fuzziest of pet projects for me. That book marked the end of a certain phase of her career, and since then, I've been able to watch and read as a fan as Renee's cartooning has More...
It's no secret I'm a huge fan of Renee's work. Editing her early career retrospective Marbles in My Underpants was the fuzziest of pet projects for me. That book marked the end of a certain phase of her career, and since then, I've been able to watch and read as a fan as Renee's cartooning has More...
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Nov 11, 2010
Chris
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This is not a pleasant read, but is brilliant and disturbing and that describes French’s body of work. Why would you want to read an unpleasant, claustrophobic book that you feel as trapped in as that dark wisp of fog? Because Renee French created it and it and the creature (can art be a creature?) grabs you by the forehead and squeezes until you wish you could pop and want to ride this bed tossing train of misery—French is just that good. If you loved Renee’s the Ticking then run out and buy th
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Nov 04, 2010
Tom
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With "Eraserhead"-like mystery, ambiguity, and unease, "H Day" is a dreamlike graphic novel consisting of two parallel stories on facing pages. (Or are they separate stories that only seem parallel because of occasional use of elements in the facing pictures that appear roughly analogous to each other?) The only improvement that could be made in the presentation of the story would be to print it on vellum--the medium French draws on--to better bring out the texture of the smu
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Jul 29, 2011
I like French's work, but this is a bunch of bullshit. The back and sales description states it's a tense narration on her struggles with migraines and an ant infestation. There's no narrative or story to be found here, instead it's a couple hundred pages of art work that's more in line with a gallery show of a series of works then a comic book. Which is fine since the artwork is her usual top notch standard, it's just disappointing when you expect a graphic novel from such a talented story tell
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Oct 22, 2011
Stephanie
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I didn't read the back of the book until I finished reading the whole thing, but, as a migraine sufferer, migraines were all I could think about reading this. The narratives proceed according to a kind of dream logic, but the rooting in the experience of a migraine, or any kind of pain, is evocative and visceral, tying the book back in reality somewhat, which I appreciate. And every single image is beautiful and haunting.
Mar 07, 2011
Kobeest
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just picked up three renee french books and think she is amazing...h day captures the sense of her migranes it almost makes me wish i got them--almost. the dog creature is just as wonderful and shows a lot of whimsy as it explores about a spare landscape. not for all but definitely good stuff; strikes me as a cross between jim woodring and edward gorey.
Feb 02, 2011
Sonic
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Vague, weird, surreal, bleak and wonderful.
Edward Gorey meets Jim Woodring a'la Anders Nilsen.
This is a cheap comparison, ...
that mistakenly does not emphasize how
super
original Renee French is, ...
and that is why I gave the five star rating.
Not sure what this was, ...
but I would like to try to read it again
sometime.
Edward Gorey meets Jim Woodring a'la Anders Nilsen.
This is a cheap comparison, ...
that mistakenly does not emphasize how
super
original Renee French is, ...
and that is why I gave the five star rating.
Not sure what this was, ...
but I would like to try to read it again
sometime.
Jun 04, 2011
Joe
rated it:
One of the most literal examples of "sequential art" I have ever seen.
I "read" this twice, and I am still not sure what happened in it, but the pencil images and the hints of narrative cohesion elevate it far above just about anything else I have "read" this year. I just don't know why.
Renee French is phenomenal.
I "read" this twice, and I am still not sure what happened in it, but the pencil images and the hints of narrative cohesion elevate it far above just about anything else I have "read" this year. I just don't know why.
Renee French is phenomenal.
Sep 18, 2011
Peter
rated it:
Beautifully drawn, mysteriously told and like a mental everlasting gobstopper that keeps you chewing waiting for the flavor to fade. It doesn't.
Jan 08, 2011
David
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This has the best visual depiction of migraines I've ever seen. Quietly remarkable.
May 13, 2011
Tessa
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I would hesitate to call this a graphic novel because there's not a tooooootally cohesive narrative. Were it not for the back cover copy I wouldn't know what this is about, but I would enjoy it nonetheless. And the left side drawings can be flipped through like a flip book.
Mysterious and smudgy with a great evoking of itchiness and stuffiness and being stuck in your own headpain, drifting around on painkillers, stuck on a thought.
Mysterious and smudgy with a great evoking of itchiness and stuffiness and being stuck in your own headpain, drifting around on painkillers, stuck on a thought.
Mar 22, 2011
Megan
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I'd ideally give this 3.5 stars. I enjoyed French's style and her pencil drawings (especially of her dealing with the ant infestation).
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