What's /co/'s opinion about graphic novels about real

File: Fun Home HB - Alison Bechdel 2006 000a-slip cover.jpg (961KB, 3112x1380px) Image search: [Google]

961KB, 3112x1380px

>>88855373
I read a memoir or autobiography occasionally.
I like reading through another person's perspective even if it's shit.

File: Footnotes_000_A-Front dust jacket.jpg (780KB, 1608x2148px) Image search: [Google]

780KB, 1608x2148px

>>88855588
Joe Sacco's investigative journalism comics are worth a read as well.

>>88855373
They should have written a book. I didn't get the idea while reading it, that they knew how to do a comic book. Or they should have called it LOGIPICTUREBOOK.

>>88855373
I like them, when they're good

I enjoyed Maus

The last two books I read were about the real world, Rolling Blackouts by Sarah Glidden and Susceptible by Genevieve Castree. Enjoyed them both very much especially the latter a lot.

I have Fallout and its real interesting

I like them.

File: 51lNEyp2EzL._SX330_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg (45KB, 332x499px) Image search: [Google]

45KB, 332x499px

>>88855373
The last comic I read in this "real world/facts/journalism/education" genre was Trashed by Derf Backderf. I love Derf but this book was so damn boring sometimes. The main story was just pushed away for all the facts about waste management and how stupid americans are regarding trash. My Friend Dahmer which is also in this genre was so much better, one of the best "educational/biographies" I ever read.

>>88855588
That's an autobio comic. It's not what wer're discussing in this thread.

>>88855917
Maus is pretty enjoyable. It's not as heavy as I expected it to be. Helps that Art portrays his father faithfully, i.e. he's a stingy old Jew.

>>88857029
>he's a stingy old Jew
and a racist.

>>88855373
They're often great when they're done by people who already work in comics. They're terrible when they're done by people with no respect for the medium "slumming".

File: klondike.jpg (68KB, 650x904px) Image search: [Google]

68KB, 650x904px

this shit right here was awesome. basically like an Alaskan Deadwood

>>88856850
I loved Trashed, gave me alot of insight on where our shit ends up. Though My Friend Dahmer was definitely better.

>>88857119
Agreed. A lot of the time they end up just illustrated text, where the words tell the story and the pictures just follow along, getting none of the work in storytelling.