Author:Jin Kobayashi
SERIES OVERVIEW:
She . . . is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: will the boy she likes ever really notice her?
He . . . is the school's most notorious juvenile delinquent and he's suddenly come to a shocking realization: he's got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels.
Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones - School Rumble portrays high school as over-the-top comedy!
Dotter of Her Father's Eyes is doubly enjoyable for writer Mary Talbot's masterful interweaving of two father-daughter relationships and cartoonist Bryan Talbot's equally brilliant drawings, which transported me back-and-forth between gritty postwar Britain and the swinging Paris of the 20s and 30s. This is one of the best collaborative efforts I've seen in the comics medium.
—— Joe SaccoA fascinating and original book, which will have wide appeal - not just to fathers and daughters!
—— Jennifer Coates[Am]bitious, entertaining and perceptive...blends a first-time script from Mary Talbot with stunning drawings and design from her husband, Bryan... It's a small triumph.
—— Tim Martin , Daily TelegraphElegantly drawn and fluidly told, like Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, Fun Home, this is a moving take on fathers, daughters and literature.
—— Tom Gatti , The TimesLucia Joyce's tragic descent from creativity into fragmentation is brilliantly brought home by the writing and art of the Talbot team.
—— Lucille Redmond , Irish TimesExquisite and moving book.
—— Rachel Cooke , The ObserverGiven that Dotter of Her Father's Eyes is one of two graphic works on this year's Costa prize shortlists, it seems that we're going to be thinking and talking a lot more about this way of telling life stories as 2013 unfolds.
—— Kathryn Hughes , GuardianA sad, stunning book.
—— Arifa Akbar , IndependentHeartfelt and often heartbreaking.
—— Dog Eared DiscsThe First World War is often described as a literary war, but it was also the first great photographic war. This book is an extraordinary collection of photographs from the archives of the Imperial War Museums. Depicted are the machines of destruction, the battlefields, the trenches, the beaches but above all the soldiers. Nothing reveals the face of war quite so vividly as the faces of the warriors.
—— Ben Macintyre , The TimesA mini-masterpiece.
—— Independent on SundayHis silence first mirrors and then amplifies our own horrified stupefaction – and his inky crosshatching speaks for itself, sorrow and rage in every dogged line.
—— Rachel Cooke , ObserverUnlike anything you've ever seen before...renders the destruction on an epic scale but each of the thousands of soldiers is depicted with humanity and detail.
—— MetroUnfolds in breathtaking detail… Haunting and beautifully rendered.
—— Sunday TimesOne of the finest pictographic achievements in recent years… A vivid portrait of courage and honour which will astound you.
—— Haverhill EchoThe "comic book journalist" has gone into a new realm with this, a book that folds out into a single piece, 24ft wide, wordless pen and ink drawing of soldiers leaving the trenches.
—— Shane Hegarty , Irish Times[Sacco’s] ability to cram in detail is extraordinary. And it is the details that linger.
—— The EconomistWhen stretched to its 24ft length in the Saga Magazine office, we pored over it for ages. We predict you will want to do the same.
—— Saga MagazineAbout Joe Sacco’s The Great War, one can write only essays or short, ecstatic sentences... A beautiful accordion-book, it unfolds on the Western Front, with all its monotony and misery: simple, but intricate; wordless, but vocal; brutal, but beautiful. A masterpiece of quietly affecting numbers, the thousands of lines, dots, and crosses that demarcate the thousands of lives, deaths, and crises.
—— Reggie Chamberlain-King , QuietusThe detail in this work is phenomenal, capturing the aloof generals, death in the trenches, and the wounded... [Sacco] makes visceral one of the bloodiest days in history.
—— Socialist ReviewWordless and brilliant.
—— Donal O'Donoghue , RTE GuideSometimes words and photographs are not enough… [An] astounding book.
—— Michael Hodges , Mail on SundayA unique and unforgettable experience.
—— Matthew Turner , Ask MenA meticulous visual depiction.
—— Observer