How To Be Happy Eleanor Davis Books
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How To Be Happy Eleanor Davis Books
How to be Happy sounds like the title of a motivational or self-help book but, as the author herself reveals in the foreword, this book is not a book on how to be happy. After reading the book, and despite the stories being quite different in style, tone and story, I think the book has a main theme. Most of the stories are very introspective, people looking inside to get their suppressed emotions out, people struggling to feel, numbed people, depressed people. One of the stories in the book provides us with what I think would have been a great title for the book: "No tears, no sorry. No sorry no joy". That is way closer to what the the anthology is about. I think giving the book a title closer to what the vignettes are about would be more honest, even if less marketable.Davis is an amazing versatile visual artist. The collection of strips in the book showcases her talent. Her images go from the very simple linear and sketchy images, to the very painterly and detailed drawings, from the classic naturalistic drawings to the vectorial compositions, from the ezine-like comic strips to the surreal, from the slice of life to science fiction. She is good with black and white, and even better when she uses colours or sepias. Her colours are glorious.
From a narrative point of view, Davis is able to create stories that focus on the inner world of her characters: their feelings, emotions and thoughts, their approach to life, the way they 'see' the world. Her narrative is concise, precise and poignant, introspective, but also expressive and full of humour. Some of her worlds transport us to Sendak-ish magic worlds that one would like to explore in long books. Some of the texts in the book are brilliant despite their brevity. I especially like the "Darling, I've realised I don't love you", "I used to be so unhappy" and the statue of the best self, but there are a few brilliant mini-texts in this book.
I hated the story of the skinning of a fox, revolting to me, and the comic strip of the trip from Georgia to Los Angeles was OK.
This book was included in several lists of best graphic books of the 2015 I came across. I think the inclusion is well deserved as this book showcases Davis' talent perfectly.
I found the price for the Kindle edition a bit high, because this digital edition does not require of the use of paper, ink or manufacture. Besides, these stories were published previously not new for the book. Finally, I pay for the downloading of the bulky file myself to my Internet provider.
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How To Be Happy Eleanor Davis Books Reviews
Amazing work from a very talented artist.
Beautiful artwork throughout and such a wonderful variety of storytelling styles. A great book!
How to be happy is beautiful and haunting ar tge same time. A masterpiece!
Gift for my daughter - she loves it.
Eleanor Davis is gifted. Colorful and lush
Obviously not really a manual on how to be happy. Excellent graphics, Matisse like, and moves the story without excess verbiage. The stories are interesting and sometimes touching. There is not too much complex plotting, which is shouldn't be the point of a graphic novel or story anyway. Some readers still don't get that a graphic stories are not substitutes for, or a novel by another means. They are an entity of themselves, and offer great visual pleasure.
Eleanor Davis is such an amazing storyteller. I first learned of her work at the Illustration Conference in 2016, where she spoke (taking us through one of her comics, panel-by-panel), which left the crowd in tears, giving her a standing ovation. Her ability to touch on existential truths and struggle in such a poignant way is bar none. I can't wait to see what she does next.
How to be Happy sounds like the title of a motivational or self-help book but, as the author herself reveals in the foreword, this book is not a book on how to be happy. After reading the book, and despite the stories being quite different in style, tone and story, I think the book has a main theme. Most of the stories are very introspective, people looking inside to get their suppressed emotions out, people struggling to feel, numbed people, depressed people. One of the stories in the book provides us with what I think would have been a great title for the book "No tears, no sorry. No sorry no joy". That is way closer to what the the anthology is about. I think giving the book a title closer to what the vignettes are about would be more honest, even if less marketable.
Davis is an amazing versatile visual artist. The collection of strips in the book showcases her talent. Her images go from the very simple linear and sketchy images, to the very painterly and detailed drawings, from the classic naturalistic drawings to the vectorial compositions, from the ezine-like comic strips to the surreal, from the slice of life to science fiction. She is good with black and white, and even better when she uses colours or sepias. Her colours are glorious.
From a narrative point of view, Davis is able to create stories that focus on the inner world of her characters their feelings, emotions and thoughts, their approach to life, the way they 'see' the world. Her narrative is concise, precise and poignant, introspective, but also expressive and full of humour. Some of her worlds transport us to Sendak-ish magic worlds that one would like to explore in long books. Some of the texts in the book are brilliant despite their brevity. I especially like the "Darling, I've realised I don't love you", "I used to be so unhappy" and the statue of the best self, but there are a few brilliant mini-texts in this book.
I hated the story of the skinning of a fox, revolting to me, and the comic strip of the trip from Georgia to Los Angeles was OK.
This book was included in several lists of best graphic books of the 2015 I came across. I think the inclusion is well deserved as this book showcases Davis' talent perfectly.
I found the price for the edition a bit high, because this digital edition does not require of the use of paper, ink or manufacture. Besides, these stories were published previously not new for the book. Finally, I pay for the downloading of the bulky file myself to my Internet provider.
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