La fabbrica dei corpi. Dalle prime protesi all'umanità aumentata

AMBROISE PARÉ: "Feeling any better?"MC: "Yeah, actually. I started working again, and that's done me some good. Apparently I'm not the first one-handed baker. My stump is healing well. I'm almost ready to get a temporary prosthesis. And in 3 to 6 months, once the swelling has gone down a bit more, I Leggi tutto

Continuo il mio viaggio alla scoperta del mondo delle graphic novel con un altro titolo di Bao Publishing:  La Fabbrica dei Corpi , di Heloise Chochois. Anche questa volta, come tante altre volte , voglio mettere in chiaro subito che le mie capacità artistiche sono pari a quelle di una lucertola, e che Leggi tutto

Excellente vulgarisation servie par son ton léger, sa petite dose d'humour, et surtout un superbe trait et des couleurs doucement saturées. Vraiment très agréable à lire, le rythme est fluide, on apprend beaucoup, bref : tout ce que ce doit d'être la vulgarisation !

This book is a graphic nonfiction book about a young man having his left arm amputated after a motorcycle accident. As the main character awakens in his hospital room, a portrait on the wall begins talking to him. He thinks he is losing his mind, only to learn that this painting on the wall is none

One of the weirdest books I’ve ever read: A graphic novel about amputation, prosthetics, biology and transhumanism, wrapped up in a fantastical trope of a historical portrait coming to life to teach the protagonist how to come to terms with his lost limb. A creative way to talk about the history and Leggi tutto

It seems strange to be so excited about a graphic novel about amputation - but it was SO good. I feel like I learned a lot about amputation and prosthetics. I feel like the main character was displayed really well - the reader was able to see him process the tragedy of losing a limb, but was also ab Leggi tutto

Più interessante che bello, questo graphic novel ripercorre la storia delle amputazioni e delle protesi dalla loro nascita fino al transumanesimo (in questa seconda fase si perde anche un po'). Sicuramente originale.