Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened

by Jason Rodriguez and James W. Powell

Book Overview

This imaginative graphic novel anthology features stories inspired by real-life vintage postcards, and told by some of today's most acclaimed artists in the genre. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034549850X
• ISBN13: 9780345498502
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A Good Collection of Stories

Its a good collection of stories. Some are funny, some are sad, but they aren't far from real stories today.

Amazing, beautiful, I can't say enough wonderful things about this book!

Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened edited by Jason Rodriguez is just the graphic novel to make you fall in love with the genre. I know you probably hear graphic novel and think: comic book, superheroes, men in tights, gore, geeks, teenagers. While that may be true of many, this one sets the golden standard to be something better. Rodriguez bought several antique used postcards and became entranced by the short messages on them. A few lines jotted while on vacation or away that spoke volumes to the receiver and whispers at mysteries to us today. 16 short stories by different artists and writers tackle postcards with cryptic, funny, and sentimental verses on them. Each writer imagined the writer and recipient and how the postcard fit into their lives. Sometimes the story answers a question, other times it's the question itself. The simple black and white artwork is evocative in each story. Send Louis His Underwear has short sketchy lines hinting at the darkness within. Homesick's long clean lines somehow manage to convey both the time of the Depression and the feeling of depression. Some stories are stronger than others, but all in all, this is a fantastic collection. It was impossible to put down, and when I did, I was sad it was over. I wanted more: more stories, more answers. From silly to haunting to desperate, these tales run the gamut.

This book is amazing!

Bought this book as I am a big fan of quite a few of the people involved, however I can say I wasn't sure what to expect. The basic primise of it is that different writers and/or artist got ahold of real postcards that had been mailed to different people, then proceeded to write a story of what the letter's on the postcards were about. It's a simple idea. Wish I had thought of it. However...after reading it I know I never could have produced something like this. The stories in the book range from funny to sad. From Creepy to Inspireing. I honestly can't recomend this book enough to people. I also hope that we see more Postcard stories from all the people involved.