Escape from "special"

by Miss Lasko-Gross

Escape from "Special" recalls a not-too- distant time when girls flaunted their knock-off Esprit and shared best-friends necklaces broken in half. The semi-autobiographical story unfolds in a series of brief anecdotes, expressionistically dredged as if from memory, without self-regarding exposition and uncorrupted by a nostalgic haze. Drawn in black and white and washed in moody blues and full spectrum grays, Lasko-Gross's art, with its detailed backgrounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156097804X
• ISBN13: 9781560978046
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Clever

This new author has a clever take on the angst of a girls childhood. Through her novel use of a comic book format, she draws her readers in with her dialogue and artwork. A must read for any girl who thinks she's the only one with different thoughts.Escape from "Special"

POWERFUL TAKE ON EARLY DEVELOPMENT!

THIS WAS A BRAND NEW GENRE FOR ME, A SERIOUS COMIC BOOK/GRAPHIC NOVEL. THE DRAWINGS WERE AT LEAST AS COMMUNICATIVE AS THE WORDS, A WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF EXPRESSION. IF THE WORDS DON'T GRAB YOU, THE DRAWINGS DO. AND THE AUTHOR'S ABILITY TO LAY HER EMOTIONS OUT FOR ALL TO SEE WAS AMAZING, AND COURAGEOUS. YOUNG ADULTS AND SENIORS ALIKE WILL FIND RESONANCE WITH HER STORY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SEQUEL.