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A review by chelseamartinez
365 Days by Julie Doucet
3.0
Ok, no lie, I have had this book checked out from the library for more than a year, Thanks COVID! And I didn't read like one page a day but I really did read it in little bits throughout the 12 months
(whoa, 13 months actually)
I've read a fair number of comic artist diaries chronicling the artists travels because of/paid for via conventions and grants, but this one, given its breadth, gives you a sense of a complete "cycle" of busy and fallow periods, periods of feeling productive, of hating the last thing you made, of wanting to party (and having to party) and staying in feeling hungover, sick, or satisfied staying in alone. It seems like the type of year Doucet has had several of but can't go on having forever. She loves drawing shoes but I really enjoyed the images and stories about printmaking and here interspersed political commentary. The pre-cell phone era means she gets locked out of sublets a lot, but other than that and the specific band names it's kinda timeless.
(whoa, 13 months actually)
I've read a fair number of comic artist diaries chronicling the artists travels because of/paid for via conventions and grants, but this one, given its breadth, gives you a sense of a complete "cycle" of busy and fallow periods, periods of feeling productive, of hating the last thing you made, of wanting to party (and having to party) and staying in feeling hungover, sick, or satisfied staying in alone. It seems like the type of year Doucet has had several of but can't go on having forever. She loves drawing shoes but I really enjoyed the images and stories about printmaking and here interspersed political commentary. The pre-cell phone era means she gets locked out of sublets a lot, but other than that and the specific band names it's kinda timeless.