David B.
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| ISBN: | 0375714685 (ISBN13: 9780375714689) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | L'Ascension du Haut Mal #1-6 omnibus |
| Characters: | Jean-Christophe |
Chronicle To Books Epileptic (L'Ascension du Haut Mal #1-6 omnibus)
Hailed by The Comics Journal as one of Europe’s most important and innovative comics artists, David B. has created a masterpiece in Epileptic, his stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother. Epileptic gathers together and makes available in English for the first time all six volumes of the internationally acclaimed graphic work.David B. was born Pierre-François Beauchard in a small town near Orléans, France. He spent an idyllic early childhood playing with the neighborhood kids and, along with his older brother, Jean-Christophe, ganging up on his little sister, Florence. But their lives changed abruptly when Jean-Christophe was struck with epilepsy at age eleven. In search of a cure, their parents dragged the family to acupuncturists and magnetic therapists, to mediums and macrobiotic communes. But every new cure ended in disappointment as Jean-Christophe, after brief periods of remission, would only get worse.
Angry at his brother for abandoning him and at all the quacks who offered them false hope, Pierre-François learned to cope by drawing fantastically elaborate battle scenes, creating images that provide a fascinating window into his interior life. An honest and horrifying portrait of the disease and of the pain and fear it sowed in the family, Epileptic is also a moving depiction of one family’s intricate history. Through flashbacks, we are introduced to the stories of Pierre-François’s grandparents and we relive his grandfathers’ experiences in both World Wars. We follow Pierre-François through his childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, all the while charting his complicated relationship with his brother and Jean-Christophe”s losing battle with epilepsy. Illustrated with beautiful and striking black-and-white images, Epileptic is as astonishing, intimate, and heartbreaking as the best literary memoir.
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Details About Books Epileptic (L'Ascension du Haut Mal #1-6 omnibus)
| Title | : | Epileptic (L'Ascension du Haut Mal #1-6 omnibus) |
| Author | : | David B. |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | July 4th 2005 by Pantheon (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Comics. Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction |
Rating About Books Epileptic (L'Ascension du Haut Mal #1-6 omnibus)
Ratings: 3.88 From 12711 Users | 637 ReviewsAssess About Books Epileptic (L'Ascension du Haut Mal #1-6 omnibus)
Comic books are a bit like video games insofar as they have been dogged by a stereotype of nerds with spiky hair bashing control pads, high fiving and using expressions like 'cowabunga, doooood'. I don't indulge in either that much, but I have enough experience to know that the crème de la crème of the mediums are credible (this basically means that I sometimes read comics and play GTA V...).I'll begin by saying that this is a deeply personal story which makes it all the more of anThroughout history epileptics have been maligned. Even today they are mistreated in hospitals and misunderstood by community members. A lifelong epileptic having focal seizures (a type that are not generally known by laypeople like ER admissions staff), I have developed a defensive anger that hops up and shouts, or would, if the seizures didn't make thinking and moving like wading through pea soup.This book is an amazing work of art. The story of the artist's youth with an epileptic brother is
the only prior experience i brought to this reading of a graphic novel was 'jimmy corrigan: the smartest boy in the world,' which is why amazon recommended it to me. ultimately, i think that the genre is all that connects them. this book is much more intimate, personal, passionate, and chilling. all things 'smartest' wanted to be but only got 4/5's of the way there. i myself am an epileptic and there are fewer diseases that this book relates to than just ones that are 'out of control.' the
Text: 1 starArt: 5 starsBlack-and-white young-adult graphic novel about growing up with an epileptic brother. I love the art, mainly because it's laced with visual metaphors. But the text is rather problematic. The narrative is distant and disjointed. The storyline wavers all over the place. Of the 360 pages of this book, less than half are about growing up with an epileptic brother. Whole sections are devoted to the creator's grandparents and their unrelated stories of growing up, wars, death,
Epileptic is the seminal work by David Beauchard, the French writer better known as David B. Described as a six-volume autobiographical epic, Epileptic tells the story of Davids relationship with his brother, and of his brothers struggles with epilepsy.Originally split in to six volumes that were published in France between 1996 and 2003, Epileptic was originally titled LAscension du Haut Mal and was quickly published in English, going on to receive critical acclaim and winning David the Ignatz
Unquestionably the worst comic book I have ever read, and among the worst books (period) that I have ever had the displeasure of having suffered through. Pretentious, long-winded, uninteresting conceptually and plot-wise, excruciatingly scattered and disjointed (in the WRONG way), and completely amateurish and one-trick when it comes to the drawing style. This looks and reads like (and may actually contain?) the immature student sketches of someone who might someday perhaps maybe grow into a
Epileptic is a sad account of how the author's life was shaped by his brother's epilepsy. David B. is an exceptional illustrator and writer - he draws human portraits of his characters, and conveys his personal struggles remarkably well. As an epileptic, I appreciated the way Epileptic portrayed Jean-Christophe's helplessness during a seizure. David's style is consistent with magical realism as fantastical elements - including the monster of epilepsy and his grandfather's spirit - are
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