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Book: It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken: A Picture Novella

It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken: A Picture Novella

By Seth with Chester Brown, Maggie Mortimer
Published in 2003 by Drawn and Quarterly
Originally published in 1998
Rating: 4.0 / 5

Description:

In his first graphic novel, It’s a Good Life, if You Don’t Weaken — one of the best-selling D & Q titles ever — Seth pays homage to the wit and sophistication of the old-fashioned magazine cartoon. While trying to understand his dissatisfaction with the present, Seth discovers the life and work of Kalo, a forgotten New Yorker cartoonist from the 1940s. But his obsession blinds him to the needs of his lover and the quiet desperation of his family. Wry self-reflection and moody colours characterize Seth’s style in this tale about learning lessons from nostalgia. His playful and sophisticated experiment with memoir provoked a furious debate among cartoon historians and archivists about the existence of Kalo, and prompted a Details feature about Seth’s “hoax”.

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