Unhappy childhoods make for more interesting books than happy ones: can we agree on that? I’ve seen several Boomer nostalgia vehicles that were basically “everything was for the best in the best of all possible worlds when I was free, white, male, and seven years old,” and they’re all deadly dull at best.
Unhappiness leads to better stories: writers don’t have to suffer, but it definitely gives them better material.
Vera Brosgol has some pretty good material; she off-handedly mentions things both at the beginning and the end (moving suddenly to London at the age of ten) of this book that look like they could be full graphic novels of their own. But Be Prepared is the story of one summer at camp…well, a little about the months leading up to that summer, and how she got to that camp, but all focused on Orra.
Maybe...
Unhappiness leads to better stories: writers don’t have to suffer, but it definitely gives them better material.
Vera Brosgol has some pretty good material; she off-handedly mentions things both at the beginning and the end (moving suddenly to London at the age of ten) of this book that look like they could be full graphic novels of their own. But Be Prepared is the story of one summer at camp…well, a little about the months leading up to that summer, and how she got to that camp, but all focused on Orra.
Maybe...
- 11/11/2020
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
We've got great news for all of you comic book and graphic novel fans out there! Dan Mazer (Da Ali G Show, Dirty Grandpa) has signed on to direct an adaptation of Vera Brosgol's Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novel Anya's Ghost! Producing the film will be Bold Pictures’ Jeremy Bolt, Bullitt Entertainment’s Benedict Carver and eOne.... Read More...
- 8/23/2017
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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