I knew it wouldn’t be long before others were singing the praises of Josh Neufeld’s A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge. I was right. And, such nice things are being said!
Take a look here:
“I particularly liked the combination of economy and strength in Neufeld’s work. His two-page spreads are very nice. And his use of varied colors for different chapters helps keep the reader involved.”
—Harvey Pekar
“A.D.’s stunning panels retell the harrowing experience of what it was like to live through the disaster.”
—Rolling Stone
“Raw and painful, down to the detailed depictions of ruined homes and the frenzied dialogue among friends.”
—Newsweek
“Referring to A.D.: as a ‘comic book’ is a bit like calling Schindler’s List a ‘talkie.’”
—Los Angeles Times
”[A.D.:]’s stirring images are sure to linger in memory, perhaps even longer than hours of news footage already have.”
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Accessible, informative and beautifully drawn”
—USA Today’s “PopCandy”
“A.D.: is a sterling example of comics with a social consciousness, and is exactly the kind of thing we need to keep the human dimension of this unimaginable disaster and its ongoing aftermath in the public eye.”
—Wired.com
“Who’d have thought that after watching all that video we’d come upon a fresh visual way to experience Hurricane Katrina? Josh Neufeld’s drawings—and his tender, dead-honest dialogue—brought it all back in a way that made me feel it in my gut.”
—Dan Baum, author of Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
More praise and goodies after the jump…
I knew it wouldn't be long before others were singing the praises of Josh Neufeld's A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge. I was right. And, such nice things are being said!
Take a look here:
"I particularly liked the combination of economy and strength in Neufeld's work. His two-page spreads are very nice. And his use of varied colors for different chapters helps keep the reader involved."
—Harvey Pekar
"A.D.'s stunning panels retell the harrowing experience of what it was like to live through the disaster."
—Rolling Stone
"Raw and painful, down to the detailed depictions of ruined homes and the frenzied dialogue among friends."
—Newsweek
"Referring to A.D.: as a 'comic book' is a bit like calling Schindler's List a 'talkie.'"
—Los Angeles Times
"[A.D.:]'s stirring images are sure to linger in memory, perhaps even longer than hours of news footage already have."
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Accessible, informative and beautifully drawn"
—USA Today's "PopCandy"
"A.D.: is a sterling example of comics with a social consciousness, and is exactly the kind of thing we need to keep the human dimension of this unimaginable disaster and its ongoing aftermath in the public eye."
—Wired.com
"Who'd have thought that after watching all that video we'd come upon a fresh visual way to experience Hurricane Katrina? Josh Neufeld's drawings—and his tender, dead-honest dialogue—brought it all back in a way that made me feel it in my gut."
—Dan Baum, author of Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
"American Splendor artist Neufeld beautifully depicts the lives of seven New Orleans residents who survived Hurricane Katrina. In the dialogue-free opening chapter, "The Storm," Neufeld powerfully intersperses images of the hurricane gathering speed with the cities it crippled when it hit Louisiana on August 29, 2005, specifically New Orleans and Biloxi, Miss. Readers are then introduced to seven New Orleans residents, from all walks of life and parts of the city. Denise and her family—mother Louise, niece Cydney and Cydney's daughter, R'nae—join thousands of hungry and thirsty New Orleanians waiting to be evacuated after their apartment is destroyed. Leo, the publisher of a local music zine, and Michelle, a waitress, reluctantly leave the city for Houston and are devastated when their apartment (and Leo's impressive comics collection) is flooded. Other characters flee, or try unsuccessfully to ride out the storm. Neufeld's low-key art brings a deeply humanizing element to the story. Though the devastation caused by the hurricane and the government's lackluster response are staggering, Neufeld expertly underscores the resilience of the people who returned to rebuild their lives and their city." (Aug.)
—*Starred review in Publisher's Weekly, 6/1/2009*
"Graphic artist Neufeld paints an emotive portrait of New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina.... the braided story of seven people involved in the events—three tell of their exodus and the after-effects, four ride out the storm and its wake at home—provides an intimate appreciation of their frazzled emotional states in response to varied tribulations... Neufeld's words and images are commensurable and rhythmic, and the vernacular is sharp. Bristling with attitude and pungent with social awareness."
—Kirkus, 6/1/2009
"Josh Neufeld is a master story teller. A.D>.:. is intimate and yet seismic in its scope. Through six finely drawn lives, we end up with new understanding of both devastation and redemption. His art takes us to the depth of the humanity of those we cherish."
—Cornel West
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