It's a Good Life, if You Don't Weaken

Catching up with an original, sincere and acclaimed 1996 Canadian graphic novel in 2010 is better late than never, I guess. Written and illustrated by Seth, It's a Good Life, if You Don't Weaken takes its title from the old song by Maurice Chevalier(the author comments he often heard his mother repeating the line) though I'd swear it's a line in a Graham Greene novel somewhere too.

The plot is a fairly straightforward one involving a somewhat displaced character who loves old things, finding d...