Graphic Novels

Fun Home

"A Family Tragicomic", so der Untertitel, ist die perfekte Bezeichnung für Alison Bechdels 2006 veröffentlichte und mehrfach ausgezeichnete Graphic Novel "Fun Home". Die Großartigkeit der Geschichte liegt dabei definitiv in Bechdels Darstellung ihres wundersamen Vaters, der vieles ist: Englischlehrer und Bestatter, pedantisch und mit einer Vorliebe für viktorianische Architektur. (In der Erzählerin kommt nicht nur einmal die Vermutung auf, sie seien vielleicht gar nicht die Bechdels, sondern die Addams Family. Leichen im Fun Home, Funeral Home, bestätigen diese Vermutung.) Was mit einem Augenzwinkern, einer karrikativen, sympathischen Darstellung beginnt, in der es nicht mehr als ungemein komisch ist, dass besagter Vater auch irgendwann eine Affäre mit Roy, dem männlichen Babysitter der Familie, hatte, dass er ab und an zum Psychologen geht, bekommt im Laufe der sieben größeren Kapitel eine sehr ernsthafte Note, und wird von der Autorin immer mehr mit ihrer eigenen Coming-Of-Age-(Coming-Out)-Geschichte verknüpft. Die gemeinsame Leidenschaft von Vater und Tochter, die Literatur, spickt die Graphic Novel zusätzlich mit Bezügen zu Proust, Joyce, Salinger und wird so zu einem grandiosen emotional-intellektuellen Leseerlebnis.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Whoa. What a devastating read! A dystopia in the darkest sense of the word - without a happy ending whatsoever (that's how I interpret it at least).
A must-read classic.

You'll never think of rats the same way again!

Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune

Now that the Dune movie has been postponed to fall 2021, this graphic novel means we don't entirely miss out on seeing the Herbert novel in visual form. And what a feast it is! Each panel is dominated by either red or blue shades of color and clear contours - a style I absolutely love.
As in every graphic novel adaption I feel that a bit of the complexity and inner logic of the original is lost - even though a picture can often say more than a thousand words.
Still, the artists behind this work did the best possible job and I really enjoy delving into the story - a few pages at a time, in order to take in every beautiful detail.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Kusama

For those of you who can't get enough of Yayoi Kusama now that the fantastical exhibition at the Berlin Gropius Bau has ended. Macellar's graphics here definitely capture the artist's spirit and give insight into Kusama's particularly remarkable journey through life.

Dragman

When putting on women's clothes, August Crimp can turn into Dragman a.k.a Dolly Marie, a flying superhero. These days, Dragman has retired, August is a loving husband and father. His family doesn't know anything about his past, because he is ashamed of his desire to dress up as a woman as a result of ongoing humiliation and his wife is afraid of superheroes due to trauma. Meanwhile, a dirty business with souls is on the rise: A scientist has located the human soul, so companys trade souls for huge amounts of money. Unfortunately, people without souls turn into (rich) unscrupulous meanies. Then, Dragman's former superhero-companion pops up and while they try to save people's souls, August's secret life starts getting really complicated...

A gripping, emotional, thought-provoking, beautifully drawn graphic thriller and superhero comic!

Fun Home

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