bien pero no me pareció magnífica, Muy cinematográfica pero demasiado deprimente, Los personajes representan bien la soledad pero algunos son tan patéticos que no me interesaba qué fuera de ellos, Preferí por mucho las dos últimas historias a las primeras, Oh, people can be so pathetic, Yes, they can be.
And disconnected. And lonely.
They struggle with their feelings, And with their relationships.
Its really hard to like them, sometimes, They seem so alienated and powerless, And they keep making bad choices and connect with even more unlikeable characters,
Arent they just so hopeless These people dont seem to find meaning and joy in their lives, Its just so depressing to observe these socially inept characters,
At the same time, its also incredibly fascinating,
Like this young writer who, after having written one successful book, starts to neglect his work and his perfectly fine romantic relationship.
Is he already blinded by his precarious fame
And like that creepy, lonely middleaged man who falls for a much younger, cute blonde girl.
Such a loser! Cant he just accept that she has not the slightest interest in him, and that in reality, she isnt as cute as he imagines she is
And theres this young woman who loses her job and becomes depressed.
She really is unpleasant, even her mother always said so, And her younger, accomplished sister as well, Cant she just be like her successful sister
Finally, we are offered a glimpse into teenage angst in highschool life.
Oh no, not again! Why do these American teenagers all seem to have miserable lives in high school And lots of bullies
Ive always had a hard time to understand this teenage angst.
I loved to go to school, I was bored during school holidays, and I missed my friends from school,
Okay, I didnt like everybody equally, And not everybody liked me, I guess, But unfortunately, you just cant nudge people into liking you, That doesnt mean you have to feel unaccepted and socially irrelevant,
Just be yourself, and it will all turn out fine, Just never accept anyone bullying you, or any other person, Just dont. Defend yourself and more importantly, defend others against bullies, Dont be a bystander dont be afraid, Just bite this bullys nose off figuratively speaking, of course, And go sit next to that invisible person, and start a conversation, Usually these seemingly isolated people turn out to be really great and fun and interesting persons, They just seem to be waiting for a nice person to come along and find them,
Just dont expect anyone to be loyal to you, People usually arent very loyal loyalty is such a rare quality in people, People always seem to be on the lookout for new connections they seem to be driven by this irresistible need to connect with new people, and forget about others along the way.
That can be really hurtful,
But we just go on living our imperfect lives and hurt people and by doing so, create our own loneliness.
Even if you present your loyalty on a silver platter, people rarely accept it, They dont want the love and attention thats attainable, It seems that people prefer the unpredictability of imperfect relationships, because it simply is more exciting,
Oh, good grief, such a pathetic review! An incredibly painful read but Adrian Tomine is the real deal and writes about loneliness and emotional frailty like nobody else in comics Ive read.
The fact that he uses that talent to draw characters who are so pathetic and frustrating and occasionally very gross is I think why a lot of people seem to be freaked out by his stuff his characters arent bad people, but they are definitely fucked up in very real, truthful ways that can be kind of upsetting to read when youre used to protagonists who are either squeaky clean or at least TRYING to be good people.
The people in this collection make nothing but bad decisions and dont exhibit any growth by the abrupt endings of their stories, but it feels true to the messiness of life in a way that not a lot of writing captures! So excited to read more of his stuff.
I'm constantly amazed that people crap all over themselves about books like this, It's all sadass stories about powerless people living very upsetting lives, nerds who have been picked on during high school and who are still dwelling on it, and human interactions that just don't typically happen but are framed as commonplace.
I feel as if the vast majority of these types of stories also are predominantly produced in Chicago and San Francisco, and this.
. . of course seems to all happen in San Francisco, What the hell is there to be so joyless about How can people consistently feel this hopeless If it were one or two stories, fine, I get that we need a downer now and again.
But this is every story, and I can only thank God that there werestories because I couldn't have taken another one.
If you are a vapid, soulless shell of a human being, and you get your rocks off reading stories about people equally as powerless and who just want to give up, you've found your Shakespeare in Adrian Tomine.
If you're a person who has every had to scrape themselves off the ground after getting knocked down and you can't stand those who don't, I'd greatly consider looking elsewhere for your entertainment.
Hell, I'd suggest that no matter what, Quattro ritratti di perdenti: lo scrittore che dopo il successo ottenuto col romanzo d'esordio non riesce a ritrovare l'ispirazione per il secondo libro e prova a cercarla dove non dovrebbe Alter Ego, il trentenne introverso che quando finalmente avvicina la ragazza che gli piace si becca dello stalker maniaco e decide di "vendicarsi" Summer Blonde, la giovane disoccupata e depressa che non sa come riprendere il controllo sulla sua vita Hawaiian Getaway e infine il liceale "loser" che scarica l'unico amico che ha perché ancora più "loser" e bullizzato di lui Bomb Scare.
Nessuna enfasi ma tanto dramma, raccontato in modo asciutto è ormai automatico quando si parla di Tomine il riferimento al minimalismo di Carver
e realistico.
Storie che rovesciano addosso badilate di desolazione e sconforto, anche se la mia preferita, Hawaiian Getaway, non ha un vero finale e permette di immaginarsene uno lieto per quanto credo che la lettura delle altre tre non metta in uno stato d'animo tale da lasciarsi andare all'ottimismo.
Rubia de verano me ha fascinado, Está entre las obras literarias que más me han llegado, la colocaría en mi lista de libros favoritos, sean cómics o no.
Visualmente seguramente no será tan impactante como otros cómics contemporáneos que tienen probablemente más renombre estoy pensacndo concretamente en el 'Jimmy Corrigan' y 'Blankets', aunque el estilo visual de Tomine no deja de ser perfectamente efectivo.
Y además narrativamente es infinitamente más satisfactorio, Son cuatro historias breves que me recordaron en cierto modo a los mejores cuentos de Raymond Carver, porque como estos hablan de personajes complejos y contradictorios, porque son trozos de vida, porque están despojados de todo lo superfluo nada de florituras visuales, esta vez, porque son sobrios y secos, y porque además la última viñeta es demoledora y es la que da sentido a toda la historia.
Son piezas perfectas de literatura, Y punto.
La mayoría de las veces en que los perdedores los pringados, los pardillos son representados en la ficción, son dotados de una cierta aura de bondad y de incomprensión que parece inherente a su marginalidad social.
Me gusta mucho que Adrian Tomine centre sus historias en la representación de vidas de personas que no encajan con el estereotipo del éxito, pero me gusta aún más que ni siquiera cuando él mismo es el retratado otorgue a sus marginados ese aura de santidad, y los retrate tan ruines, mezquinos, perezosos, inseguros, inmorales y conflictivos como a cualquier otra persona.
En Rubia de verano se recogen cuatro historietas medianas del dibujante publicadas a principios del siglo XXI: un escritor que empieza a tener éxito y recibe una postal de una chica que le rechazó en el instituto un acosador que envidia las conquistas sexuales de su vecino una joven que acaba de perder su triste trabajo y se dedica a hacer bromas telefónicas y un adolescente que reniega de su único amigo para ascender socialmente.
Sus historias son complejas, levemente oscuras y algo deprimentes, pero son también un análisis certero de los miedos de una generación, de las flaquezas de una sociedad y de las angustias privadas de las que poco se habla.
Su dibujo es maravilloso y perfectamente reconocible, Este volumen está bastante bien, pero creo que no está a la altura de Intrusos, Mi favorito del autor es, sin duda, La soledad del dibujante: ya que aunque son historietas mucho más cortas y mucho menos elaboradas, para mí todo lo que sea autobiográfico tiene un plus de interés mucho mayor.
STORIE DI TRANQUILLANTE NORMALITÀ
Inutile cercare avventura, azione, detection, colpi di scena, trame piene dintreccio nelle storie di Tomine che più ordinarie non si potrebbe.
I personaggi di Tomine vivono in appartamenti normali, di solito sulla West Coast, di solito a Berkeley, e possono avere vicini e compagni di casa fastidiosi fanno lavori normali, mai brillanti, a volte li perdono, rimangono disoccupati hanno storie damore che funzionano così così, oppure funzionano malino, finiscono, tentano di cominciarne di nuove con qualcuno da cui dovrebbero stare alla larga sono gente timida, impacciata, solitaria, alla ricerca dellamore, dellamicizia, gente non particolarmente simpatica, anche mediocre persone non dilaniate dalla felicità e neppure dallinfelicità, più a mollo in un brodo di medietà.
Sfigati, perdenti, tendenti al depresso, soli, routinier che masticano amaro di fronte al successo altrui
Generazionalmente sembrano essere quella generazione X di cui si è parlato tanto, una generazione svogliata che cresce e invecchia senza diventare più saggia.
Anche il disegno di Tomine appare ordinario: né bello né brutto, ma efficace, perfettamente integrato col racconto.
Disegno statico per racconti che statici non sono, Disegno quasi elementare epperò molto espressivo, Disegno sintetico ma non privo di dettagli, visivamente ricco, ben tagliato, ben inquadrato, ben alternato, e soprattutto, funzionale,
Probabilmente non vincerà mai un premio per i suoi disegni, ma lo vincerà sicuramente per la qualità del suo storytelling.
Allora, cosa rende queste storie, fumetti o graphic novel che dir si voglia, speciali
Lironia La verosimiglianza Il naturalismo
Il fatto che le storie non iniziano e non finiscono, dissolvono
Lassenza di bruschezza La mancanza di violenza
Le sfumature La complessità psicologia
La facilità a identificarsi in personaggi e storie
Il fatto che le sue storie sembrano molto simili alla vita di tutti i giorni, a quella che conosciamo bene
Sì.
Tutto questo.
E altro ancora.
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