Cheat

by Christine Norrie

The debut graphic novel from the artist of HOPELESS SAVAGES! Continuing the tradition of DUMPED, Christine Norrie’s CHEAT is a modern tale of romance and the failure of love in NYC. Janey and Marc live a hectic lifestyle that constantly keeps them apart. Then Janey ends up in the arms of another man, and the façade of a happy relationship the couple has built begins to crumble around them.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Romance, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Christine Norrie is an artist and writer, telling stories through comic book illustration, in graphic novel form, as well as for serialized publications, and short story fiction.

Her most noted works include her original graphic novel Cheat , the Oni Press series Hopeless Savages, and the teen drama Breaking Up published in 2007 by Scholastic/Graphix.

Dubbed “a natural storyteller” by Publisher’s Weekly, Norrie has earned two Eisner nominations, A Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Nomination, and a 9th Panel and New York City Comic Book Museum Award.

She lives in New York City's Greenwich Village with her daughter.

Reviews

[Vanessa Jaye · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was an interesting emotional story in here, but the minimalistic style made the graphic novel more of a outline than a fleshed out story.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can see the characters get more consistent and nuanced as the book goes and when she gets them just right you'll find that their movement, body language and facial emotion are deliciously rendered!

I've always loved the style of drawing/illustration that she employs. I don't know what to call or how to describe it but Trina Robbins is the Omni-Deity of the style which to my knowledge is all comfortably female. When I saw the cover I knew I'd like it as long as it wasn't within some stup-alup-chuppy genre. UNFORTUNATELY, when I looked in on her Curvitography, the majority of her work is in one of those replunctious branches of the fiction tree.

[Rex Hurst · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick fun story of a wife who feels neglected - but isn't- and has an affair, only to have tragedy befall her. The art is linear and beautiful and perfectly compliments the story and its events. It is not a deep story but a poignant one and well worth a look.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slight, but it hits it's emotional beats clean and hard. There's no fat on this one, but in many ways, I think it's better for it.

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book doesn't have a shocking or non- predictable plot line. It's not supposed to- it's features that typical scenario where partners seem to be drifting apart and someone else steps in to fill the void. It's well done with believable characters that are neither villains or victims. The art is pretty good. I love the cover! My only complaint is that the transitions between different scenes with time passage seemed jarring- the sequential art would sometimes jump forward without me expecting it- I think some panels with kind of a montage of activity could have helped with this.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was short and simple, but upon further contemplation, features incredibly complex characters and subtext.

One of the few graphic novels I read that use images to actually tell the story instead of animating gesture.

Warning: there's no happy endings here.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

two of those stars are for the art. maybe i'm slow, but the subtext and character complexity just weren't there for me. i could see the gears turning in several places (and hey, i've attempted to write and illustrate a graphic novel before and it's tough. never figured it out, meeself.)

[Kricket · Rating 2 out of 5]

i picked this one up because i really enjoy norrie's artwork, but i agree with another reviewer who said it seemed more like an outline than a fleshed-out story. i kept looking to the artwork to see what i was missing with the dialogue and didn't really find any answers.

[Speedtribes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Modern day romance comic with a bit of a sad ending. Well drawn, well paced, and with believable dialogue/situation. Quite enjoyable-- and I usually don't like what I call "short" stories in comics.

[Jason · Rating 1 out of 5]

Since I have limited space for my full review on Goodreads:
http://www.amazon.com/review/RBYOS0ES...

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the art. Cover is especially attractive. Story kept me reading yet was predictable. It did show complicity on all sides, though.

[Zanne]

7.95

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

an adult graphic novel in that it deals w/such adult subjects as adultry and the choice to be faithfull.
beautiful art

[Arielle W · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty, but forgettable.

[Andy McCarthy · Rating 3 out of 5]

There just wasn't much to it. I liked the story. The art was ok - reminded me of old time comics.