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Bezig met laden... Slaapkoppendoor Randall Casaer
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Randall C.'s Sleepyheads was a multiple award winner in Europe when released back in 2007. It is a dazzling book which has a lovely, lazy, dreamlike feel which draws readers into the majesty of the art. Randall C.'s linework swerves over the pages, encapsulating characters, fore- and backgrounds in one fell swoop. The muddy earth and pastel colours adds to the surreal visuals and storyline thoughout. This is a tour-de-force in comics storytelling which produces a book full of philosophy, absurdism, fantasy elements, love and self discovery and some incredible whales! Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The story - if indeed it is a story - is about a couple, talkative bloke and quiet woman, and their loquacious dog, exploring a series of peculiar dreamscapes - caves, dinosaurs, the ocean floor, clouds, all the interesting places from Freud and Jung. At the same time Olav and Igor, shipwrecked rom a Russian submarine via a Portuguese whaling boat, discuss the meaning of life and the charms of the long-lost Natasha on their desert island.
The art is rather beautiful, and the basic ideas are pretty sound. It is notable, however, that even the dream world is bounded by Portugal to the west and Russia to the east, and Olav and Igor unfortunately lurch into Russian stereotype a bit. I was also a bit confused by repeated references to the sea being to the east, which of course it isn't in Flanders; I suppose it is a wider metaphor about dawn and waking up, but it jars a bit with the sense of Western Europe (even in Britain and Ireland, which do have east coasts, one does not think of the sea as being purely to the east).
Still I think I recommend Slaapkoppen (or the English translation, Sleepyheads) for the reader who wants to try something a bit different. (