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Shaw is generally experimental in terms of his narratives, but early work is more so than his more recent works.
Dash Shaw isn't afraid to take visual risks and mix media within his projects. This is a prime example. Some might consider it to be sloppy, but the novelty, innovation, and compelling nonlinear narrative and visual motifs make it well worth the read. This is a step under Bottomless Belly Button and Body World, but the raw talent and creativity is evident and it is fun to see a young artist's abilities develop.
A really interesting indie comic. It's interesting to see where Dash Shaw came from. He certainly got a lot better latter on.
All throughout reading this, I was thinking, hmm, this is what I would do if I was making a graphic novel. A little bit of mixed media, some diagrams, stuff that doesn't make sense at first, but is part of a good overall plan. And then at the end it says he did his first draft at SVA a couple of years ago! So in the end it's kinda like a student work, but I can really relate to whats going on artistically as an illustration student, and while the story is not that great, I enjoyed the book.
The right kinda spooky
About Alzheimers and bad therapy.
Not sure I've yet fully digested this, but the characters are so real, so very real . . . it's a difficult read.
Dash Shaw is one of the real new talents in comics. This book is alive with visual ideas..some work, some do not (hey, this is early work well before Bodyworld and Belly Button)but always he is thinking of new ways of working with the comics medium. the story is engaging and moving, if a little one note, and I respect Shaw for dealing with challenging material about other people's lives- not just churning out another autobiographical comic about 20 somethings in cheap apartments (see just about
A wonderfully sloppy, over-ambitious early work from a cartoonist who has since proven himself well worth the time. Just the right sort of youthful energy to counter the disillusionment you should be feeling about today's comics.
Totally amazing. I was a big fan of _Goddess Head_ and I wanted to read this, bought it, and put it aside till I felt like I could really take it in. I got that chance last weekend and was blown away. It's not quite as complex or experimental as _GH_, but is still an amazing tour-de-force of comics-making. Lots of innovative techniques here, turned to telling a very human, very sad story. Bring on _Bottomless Belly Button_!
Really incredible. The more Dash Shaw I read the more I like him. I may have to revisit Bodyworld at some point.
Virginias mother has lost her history to alzheimer's disease, and Virginia travels back to see her mother, but also in her own history with a new boyfriend and the one she lost to bad therapy... It's experimental and a bit mental - but really good!
via NYPL - feels like an unsure effort from a young cartoonist finding his voice, working in unnecessary non-sequitors to create mood. Or something. Still, a couple solid emotional beats in this one. Not enough to recommend it, but enough to hope for better from Shaw in the future.
this was a little too intense for a wednesday night, particularly after the sadness of my last read.
Experimental, psychological, interesting, slight, weird... sort of a link to the work of a band Shaw was getting into, and finally kinda not... it's the story of a woman who dates a guy who she thinks looks like her ex, makes him go through all these weird past relationship rituals... like re-birthing or past life regression or....all of which she tells to her dying mother... this is more psychological than logical, which makes it both interesting and weird. I liked it better than I thought I wo...
