A meta-autobiographical graphic novel drawn and assembled with exquisite skill and attention to detail. Rating this higher for the conceptual and artistic merits than for the story itself, the fractured ends of which never coalesced into anything particularly memorable. ( )

I don't know why Paul Hornschemeier doesn't get more love. ( )

I really like how Hornschemeier employs several different comic styles within the framework of the story. Departing from the realistic looking drawings of him visiting his parents, his childhood memories start out looking like pages out of the Sunday funnies, then more like comic books from the 50's for the memories from high school. Especially interesting is how he confronts his inner demons with rough sketches done in blue ink on plain white paper. ( )

read it twice in 2008, 2nd time near the end of the year