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Comics & Graphic Novels Contemporary Women

I'm Not Here

by (author) GG

Publisher
Koyama Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2017
Category
Contemporary Women, Literary, Science Fiction, Illustration
Recommended Age
13 to 18
Recommended Grade
7 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927668498
    Publish Date
    Sep 2017
    List Price
    $16.50

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Description

A young, second-generation immigrant wanders through her city and memories, encountering the world through a camera's lens, her independence pulled by the gravity of familial responsibility. She drifts until she encounters what could possibly be her potential self.

This is a subtle, beautifully drawn work that recalls the cerebral, humanist science fiction of filmmakers such as Chris Marker and Miranda July mixed with the generational themes and unwavering hand of Yasujiro Ozu. GG's comics recall films in more than theme alone: her drawings, with their deep chiaroscuro and subTitle-like use of text, appear to be stills pulled from an enchanting and mysterious foreign film.

GG lives and works in the small Canadian prairie city where she grew up during the 1980s. In this pre-Internet era, isolated geographically and culturally, drawing and making up stories was the means to connect to something more. It was romantic and lonely. In 2016 she was included in The Best American Comics, edited by Roz Chast.

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Contributor Notes

GG lives and works in the small Canadian prairie city where she grew up during the 1980s. In this pre-Internet era, isolated geographically and culturally, drawing and making up stories was the means to connect to something more. It was romantic and lonely. In 2016 she was included in The Best American Comics edited by Roz Chast.