Patience

congratulations! semifinalist in goodreads' best graphic novels & comics category 2016! i may have done myself a disservice by reading Dark Matter immediately before reading this book. both are stories in which a man who loses a beloved woman tries to get her back through science fiction-y me

Was alright. Her haircut annoyed me. Not the biggest fan of this one.

In 2012, Jack and Patience are poor but in love and about to have a baby. But Patience’s past of sketchy ex-boyfriends catches up with her and, returning home from work one day, Jack discovers her strangled corpse. The killer is never found and Jack never gets over it. It’s now 2029 and time-travel Leggi tutto

I felt like I needed a shower after reading this. Instead, I noted to myself my main impressions from it from start to finish, and then slept nearly 14 hours. I'm not going to read all the hype and positive reviews for this book, because I don't want to be socially swayed into giving it more credit t Leggi tutto

Review to follow, but I loved it. Sci fi psychedelia, in a comics crime novel setting. The surface is quite conventional at first, almost startlingly so, a young couple having a baby. Don't worry, though, it gets weird. A great yarn, which I hesitate to tell you too much about. But I will say more.

Clowes unleashes a time travel love story on his unsuspecting fans. It's funny how even when Clowes gets a little too goofy on the science side or syrupy on the romance, his artwork and style propels you forward like you're gorging on candy. Patience is a lot of fun and a bold step in Clowes's brill Leggi tutto

I'm a huge fan of the Daniel Clowes canon and his latest offering Patience, does not disappoint. Instead its as much a delight for eyes as for your fingers as well. Massive panels grace an equally vast book with a simple yet strong palette of rich colors fleshing out each panel. The typical Daniel C Leggi tutto

Patience , Daniel Clowes five-years in the making graphic novel, is a fairly standard time travel romance story with enough snappy dialogue and wacky art to warrant the price of admission. The first thing that struck me when I took Patience out of the box is its striking hardcover design. The front i Leggi tutto