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Epileptic
Epileptic | David B.
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A memoir told in the form of a graphic novel chronicles the author's experiences growing up with an older brother afflicted with epilepsy and the effects of the disease on the family, and the roots of his career as a cartoonist.
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vivastory
Epileptic | David B.
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An appropriate panel from the graphic memoir I'm currently reading

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vivastory
Epileptic | David B.
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This occurs in the second macrobiotic commune that the author's family lived in in an attempt to treat his older brother's epilepsy.

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pdever
Epileptic | David B.
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Dark, dense, intense, intimate. It seems almost commonplace to talk about how well suited graphic novels are to autobiography--this book is one of the best of that genre that I have read. A young boy grows up with an epileptic older brother. The family struggles through round after round of treatment and hopes for cures that never pan out. The stress and psychology of the drama unfolds across years. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

RaimeyGallant Great artwork, too. 5y
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pdever
Epileptic | David B.

First book of summer vacation. It's a 2005 graphic novel I picked up for $5 at a book fair this year. My cousin turned me into it when it came out. I flipped through it then, but never got a copy. It's fantastic ... it's a densely drawn and told story of a boy growing up with a severely epileptic brother. A brutally honest and vulnerable autobiography. #comics

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Epileptic | David B.
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SpiderCrafts
Epileptic | David B.
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National Epilepsy Awareness Month 📓

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Epileptic | David B.
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Jokila
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Imagine Max Ernst collages meant to explain esoteric alternative therapies/religions like macrobiotics and the Swedenborgian Church, and you'll have some idea of how mad this is. Because David B's mind works in layers and double meanings--packing every panel so dense with bizarre surrealist imagery and symbol on top of symbol--the experience of reading it feels like a fever dream.