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A review by kimswhims
When One Person Dies The Whole World Is Over by Mandy Ord
5.0
I finished this a few days ago and the more I think about it the more I'm taken with it.
A graphic novel memoir with each day divided into 4 panels on the page.
Mandy Ord's work is a bit of an acquired taste, she's an exceptional artist but portrays her own character as a flat-pack Picasso style, 2D but the facial features are mixed-up. A reflection of how she's feeling on the inside perhaps.
She shows herself bumping along in everyday life with all the ups and downs of working in a number of jobs, establishing a satisfying work life, paying the bills and deal with her health challenges. Her lovely relationships with her partner, her Grandma, other family, friends and workmates and her especially her dog Lou, all who I grew to love too.
I was quite entranced and was happy to bump along with her, I could see what was coming so the abrupt ending, that links with the title, hit me like a sledge hammer. Very powerful.
(I'll update this review with some of my favourite panels at sometime in the future, when I'm feeling less tenologically challenged)
A graphic novel memoir with each day divided into 4 panels on the page.
Mandy Ord's work is a bit of an acquired taste, she's an exceptional artist but portrays her own character as a flat-pack Picasso style, 2D but the facial features are mixed-up. A reflection of how she's feeling on the inside perhaps.
She shows herself bumping along in everyday life with all the ups and downs of working in a number of jobs, establishing a satisfying work life, paying the bills and deal with her health challenges. Her lovely relationships with her partner, her Grandma, other family, friends and workmates and her especially her dog Lou, all who I grew to love too.
I was quite entranced and was happy to bump along with her, I could see what was coming so the abrupt ending, that links with the title, hit me like a sledge hammer. Very powerful.
(I'll update this review with some of my favourite panels at sometime in the future, when I'm feeling less tenologically challenged)