Clumsy
52 Books In 52 Weeks: #12 of 52
When a work as reaching and compelling as Jeffrey Brown’s Clumsy appears, it cannot but force the skeptics to re-think their instinctive criticism and second-guess what they think they know. Through an artistically sound vision and intricate storytelling, it’s hard to not consider “the funnies” as a legitimate medium where the combination of picture and word can come together to elevate.
Through a fragmented narrative, Brown’s autobiographical love story is told through a series of chronologically disparate scenes, ranging from personal, seemingly insignificant personal moments, to turning points of first rank consequence. Drawn in frail, uncertain lines, both the writing and imagery convey a story human and emotional, delicate and anxious, wrenchingly taking us through the steps of a relationship, no matter how small, like a brokenhearted friend would: assembling the pieces through memory and stringing them together by feeling and spontaneousness, to make us understand just how deep their memories have been cut.
Book: Clumsy
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
Next: Asylum
Comments
June 14th, 2008 | 4:18 pm
[…] Brown had successfully won me over with all his charmingly aching might with Clumsy, and I was more than eager to have the chance to read his follow-up, Unlikely, which, I was told, […]
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