Jul Gordon – It’s OK to give it a try
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- Category: Zine
- Topic: Comic, Illustration
- Publisher: SofortBooks
- Country: Germany
- Language: English
- Release: 2024
- Cover: Softcover
- Binding: Spiral
- Size: 9.5 × 11.5 cm
- Pages: 98
- Copies: 150
We are following a bike ride through the city, past buildings, trees, graffitis, parks, ads. A voice sets in, speaking only in polarities: It's ok. It is not ok; it will do, it won’t. In SB-007, Jul Gordon tells us a tale as old as time: a tale of artistic brooding.
On route to an appointment, the protagonist is giving herself a pep talk: It's worth a try. You can give it a try. She is supposed to record singing pets in order to incorporate them into an art project.
The passing urban scenery and the repeated mantras create a unidentifiable strangeness despite the rather familiar set up. The sober tone of the voice-over creates constant unease and even the quasi-documentary line drawings tingle with tension: clearly, the absurd feeds off reality.
Eventually, the book turns on itself - is this already a story? Is the narrative enough? For a book? Well, it’s OK to give it a try.
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