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Bubbles and Gondola

By The Editor
December 13, 2011 - 07:46

This jewel of poetic fantasy is a fairy tale for all ages with spot on observations about life.

In an anthropomorphic world, we meet Charlie the Mouse, an author with writer’s block. He is shy, doesn’t get out much and can't find inspiration for his next book.

A bird named Solitude comes to visit him to keep him company. We’re never sure he actually exists but in Charlie’s mind, yet he brings him out into the world, dares him to experience the unknown, unblocking his little existence…

A drama about the blank page for Charlie, who so wants to make the world more beautiful with his writing, we are transported into a tender and moving tale with a twinge of lyrical melancholy yet sweet, warm and ultimately elevating.

With this graphic novel, whose mystifying title will become clear as you read it,  Dillies' deceptively simple cartooning talent soars, inspired by and honoring Herriman and Krazy Kat but also reminiscent of St-Exupery's simple bewitching classic "The Little Prince."

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