The best graphic novels of 2019

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The best graphic novels of 2019

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Article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/08/best-graphic-novels-of-2019-seth-chris-ware
Journal: The Guardian
Issued Date: December 08, 2019
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
City: -
Book: Grass
Writer: Kim Keumsuk
Translator: Janet Hong

About the Author

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Birth : 1971 ~ -
Occupation : Cartoonist
First Name : Keumsuk
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김금숙
ISNI : 0000000477401160
Works : 39

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English(English)

This would have been an extraordinary year for graphic novels even had no other comics save for Seth’s Clyde Fans (Drawn & Quarterly) and Chris Ware’s Rusty Brown (Jonathan Cape) been published. Seth’s book is a history of mid-century capitalism disguised as the story of two elderly brothers; Ware’s uses a single day in a Nebraska high school in the 1970s to tell, in characteristically frown-inducing manner, a host of very human stories. Both are utterly amazing; both push the form in new directions. That said, even without them it would have been an exceptional 12 months. I could write a piece three times as long as this and still have to leave out several favourites. (..)

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