Factory Summers By Guy Delisle

So far, I have enjoyed all of his books. This story in particular seems to be personal by sharing a glimpse of his early years. I also enjoyed the fact that he grew up in Québec city, I’ve been there a few times but his take on the factory and cityscape via his drawings made the story relatable. Two thumbs up! Neo medieval The storytelling is just as engaging as his earlier book Pyongyang, and DeLisle does a great job of communicating it in a simple style which turns out to be quite beautiful in its simplicity. Speaking as someone who had worked my share of blue collar jobs in college, I Neo medieval Hoje, acabei de ler esse livro em formato de História em Quadrinho, do ilustrador canadense, atualmente radicado na França, Guy Deslisle. Eu sou fã dele, que é casado com uma médica da ONG Médicos Sem Fronteiras. Em face deste serviço dela, ele a acompanhando, esteve em lugares como Myanmar, Coreia do Norte, Jerusalém, Schenzen, na China, etc., e para cada um destes lugares fez livros em Histórias em Quadrinho, com uma análise apurada das realidades locais.Aqui, neste livro, ele fala em tom nostálgico quando tinha 16 anos e buscando ter uma renda extrar trabalhou nos verões em uma fábrica de celulose em Quebec, local onde seu pai também trabalhava, apesar do distanciamento emocional entre eles e o pouco contato até na fábrica. No livro ele conta a exaustiva atividade diária das pessoas ali, alguns vivendo uma vida toda naquele labor, e o autor narra também de suas dificuldades, sendo um adolescente circunspecto e tímido, neste ambiente, onde tinha que conviver com os mais variados tipos de pessoas. Uma coisa que o livro me fez lembrar foi de uma viagem que fiz para o Canadá, há uns 5 anos, e vi que muitas casas tinham um sótão, como era a dos meus amigos onde fiquei hospedado. É um ambiente pouco usual aqui no Brasil, mas que gostei bastante de ver ali, garantindo mais sossego e privacidade. No caso do Guy Delisle, o basement era o seu estúdio de arte, onde já traçava os desenhos que depois seriam reconhecidos na crítica especializada. É um livro muito bacana e que nos faz refletir sobre várias coisas. Neo medieval I’ve enjoyed all of Guys work to date & was especially interested in this as it felt like an absolute age since I’d devoured his last book…it was worth the wait, there’s something very special about his work that as a fellow cartoonist I can only hope to emulate someday. Neo medieval All through reading this my mind kept on jumping back to the early 80's and my own summer job at Cadbury's. He captured the same feelings I had, except he didn't face the bullying and teasing.I read it greedily. He really has a knack for creating a calm backdrop that is infused with gentle humour and wonderful observations all captured with minimum fuss.He is a genius and this is an absolute gem. Neo medieval

The legendary cartoonist aims his pen and paper toward his high school summer job

For three summers beginning when he was 16, cartoonist Guy Delisle worked at a pulp and paper factory in Quebec City. Factory Summers chronicles the daily rhythms of life in the mill, and the twelve hour shifts he spent in a hot, noisy building filled with arcane machinery. Delisle takes his noted outsider perspective and applies it domestically, this time as a boy amongst men through the universal rite of passage of the summer job. Even as a teenager, Delisle’s keen eye for hypocrisy highlights the tensions of class and the rampant sexism an all male workplace permits.

Guy works the floor doing physically strenuous tasks. He is one of the few young people on site, and further gets the job through his father’s connections, a fact which rightfully earns him disdain from the lifers. Guy’s dad spends his whole career in the white collar offices, working 9 to 5 instead of the rigorous 12 hour shifts of the unionized labor. Guy and his dad aren’t close, and Factory Summers leaves Delisle reconciling whether the job led to his dad’s aloofness and unhappiness.

On his days off, Guy finds refuge in art, a world far beyond the factory floor. Delisle shows himself rediscovering comics at the public library, and preparing for animation school–only to be told on the first day, “There are no jobs in animation.” Eager to pursue a job he enjoys, Guy throws caution to the wind. Factory Summers

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I had a personal connection to the paper mill and the quebecois milieu, so I ate it up. if you're looking for action or fantasy, this isn't for you. Neo medieval English speaking fan of Guy here! I buy and read all his (adult) memoirs about working abroad. Factory Summers fits that same mold of trying to fit in in a working environment while simultaneously searching for balance in one's personal life. Guy's prior books focus on Neo medieval An autobiographical slice of life story about the difference in subjective perspective (or something, maybe). Great detailed mechanical artwork, contrasted by simplistic renderings of the human characters. A fun nostalgia trip for anyone who has ever worked in manufacturing Neo medieval very fast shipping and good book Neo medieval A great collection of chronicles from his youth, told in the style we've come to love, if we've read his previous work. Neo medieval