Years Of The Elephant
By Willy Linthout
2010
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A comic written by a father attempting to deal with the what happens after his son commits suicide. With an emotional charge comparable to touching an exposed heart Years of The Elephant is one of the saddest books I have ever read. Drawn with pencil artwork which gives everything a grey, fuzzy, washed-out look this is a surreal and strange comic with a deceptively light surface hiding an undertow that will pull you under and churn you into pieces. With a narrative that brings you fully inside a mind full of slowly rubbed raw by the effects of grief - it's no fun but powerful and gut wrenching nonetheless.
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Further reading: Breakdowns, Fun Home, Blue Pills.
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