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It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken | Seth
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This new edition presents Seth's first book in it's definitive form, collecting the extensive, beautifully illustrated storyline from his popular comic book series Palookaville. Here, he vividly recounts his search for meaning in the life and work of Kalo, a forgotten gag-cartoonist of the 1940s and 50s.
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I'm a sucker for Seth's Palookaville. This story chronicles the search for more information about a little known cartoonist of the 40s and 50s. It's full of introspection, melancholy, love, and dedication. A casual encounter with a single comic strip becomes a mission to learn more. It's a beautifully slow-paced book where each panel brings depth. Even landscape and architecture become characters that frame and deftly move the story along.

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I have mixed feelings about this book. I love Seth's drawing style and his love for history and the past, but this book is so nostalgic that it gets off-putting. I also winced when I realized that his companion in this book is Chester Brown, a fellow Canadian cartoonist whose work 'Paying for It' was pretty repellant to me. All in all, I think I prefer non-autobiographical cartooning...

UrsulaMonarch This sounds really compelling- even though I also do NOT like Chester brown... even though I have read a lot of his stuff! 😬😒 6y
well.read.panda @UrsulaMonarch it's certainly worth a read. I read TWO autobiographical comics in the same day (this and one by Adrian Tomine), which is basically a recipe for getting annoyed by the idiosyncrasies of comic artists! Love your handle on here btw - is that new? 6y
UrsulaMonarch @well.read.panda 😂 makes sense! & yep I changed it - when I signed up I didn't know what style people used for names... these two were chosen for their ursine qualities and the trigger to officially change was Ursula Le Guin 's death. 6y
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I'm a big fan of this book. I don't want to say too much about form and such because there are some really cool things that are much more fun when you discover them yourself. Seth's art is nostalgic in a stunningly romantic sort of way and the story largely follows the dissonance between this romanticism and current lifestyles. I've found it to have a haunting kind of charm, highly recommend!

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