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meteordustPosted 9 August 2010:
GRAPHIC
Everyone I knew who was going to GRAPHIC - and a few who weren't - wanted to attend the Neil Gaiman reading. But The Arrival is my favourite Shaun Tan book, and possible my favourite graphic novel ever, so for me the must see event of the festival was Ben Walsh's Orkestra of the Underground performing a live score to projected images from the story.
Ten years on, Shaun Tan continues to make amazing art. The animated film of his book The Lost Thing won an Oscar. And The Arrival is still my favourite graphic novel ever.
"What drives so many to leave everything behind and journey to a mysterious country; a place without family or friends, where everything is nameless and the future is unknown? This silent graphic novel is the story of every migrant, every refugee, every displaced person, and a tribute to those who have made the journey."
As I said in my original post: "Shaun Tan dedicated this book to his parents. It is also the story of my parents, and the story of my friends' parents. And in The Arrival, it is the story of one man who makes this journey to a bewildering and fantastical city, and all those who have made the journey before and after him."
The artwork is gorgeous. The story does things to my heart. I love the city of wonders and hope, the strangeness of the new language and new foods, the cute bizarre creatures everyone has as pets, and the stories shared by the other immigrants to this place. I love the feeling of connection and belonging and building a new future. Every time I read it, it makes me teary and it makes me smile. It really feels like something beautiful and meaningful added to the world.
(Someday, I'd like to own one of these gorgeous prints to hang on my wall. Maybe Flight or City of Birds or The Place of Nests.)
GRAPHIC
Everyone I knew who was going to GRAPHIC - and a few who weren't - wanted to attend the Neil Gaiman reading. But The Arrival is my favourite Shaun Tan book, and possible my favourite graphic novel ever, so for me the must see event of the festival was Ben Walsh's Orkestra of the Underground performing a live score to projected images from the story.
Ten years on, Shaun Tan continues to make amazing art. The animated film of his book The Lost Thing won an Oscar. And The Arrival is still my favourite graphic novel ever.
As I said in my original post: "Shaun Tan dedicated this book to his parents. It is also the story of my parents, and the story of my friends' parents. And in The Arrival, it is the story of one man who makes this journey to a bewildering and fantastical city, and all those who have made the journey before and after him."
The artwork is gorgeous. The story does things to my heart. I love the city of wonders and hope, the strangeness of the new language and new foods, the cute bizarre creatures everyone has as pets, and the stories shared by the other immigrants to this place. I love the feeling of connection and belonging and building a new future. Every time I read it, it makes me teary and it makes me smile. It really feels like something beautiful and meaningful added to the world.
(Someday, I'd like to own one of these gorgeous prints to hang on my wall. Maybe Flight or City of Birds or The Place of Nests.)
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