Escape from "special"
Escape from "Special" recalls a not-too- distant time when girls flaunted their knock-off Esprit and shared best-friends necklaces broken in half. The semi-autobiographical story unfolds in a series of brief anecdotes, expressionistically dredged as if from memory, without self-regarding exposition and uncorrupted by a nostalgic haze. Drawn in black and white and washed in moody blues and full spectrum grays, Lasko-Gross's art, with its detailed backgrounds and expressive, clean-line characters, exquisitely conveys the story's blend of humor (sometimes of the gross-out variety) and keenly observed insights. Miss Lasko-Gross, who has the sensibility of a love child of Linda Barry and David B. midwifed by Judy Blume, has created a graphic novel that should appeal not only to the growing readers of graphic novels, but to teens grappling with similar unresolved questions.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:156097804X
ISBN13:9781560978046
Release Date:January 2007
Publisher:Fantagraphics Books
Length:178 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 9.5"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Clever
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This new author has a clever take on the angst of a girls childhood. Through her novel use of a comic book format, she draws her readers in with her dialogue and artwork. A must read for any girl who thinks she's the only one with different thoughts.Escape from "Special"
POWERFUL TAKE ON EARLY DEVELOPMENT!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
THIS WAS A BRAND NEW GENRE FOR ME, A SERIOUS COMIC BOOK/GRAPHIC NOVEL. THE DRAWINGS WERE AT LEAST AS COMMUNICATIVE AS THE WORDS, A WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF EXPRESSION. IF THE WORDS DON'T GRAB YOU, THE DRAWINGS DO. AND THE AUTHOR'S ABILITY TO LAY HER EMOTIONS OUT FOR ALL TO SEE WAS AMAZING, AND COURAGEOUS. YOUNG ADULTS AND SENIORS ALIKE WILL FIND RESONANCE WITH HER STORY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SEQUEL.
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