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grracexx aka Bonjour! is a girl, has been a member since October 12, 2006, has scored 1,133 submissions, giving an average score of 2.88, helping 30 designs get printed.

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Jan 04 '11 by grracexx
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Help me find this graphic novel!

I read this about a year and a half ago. I was making my annual list of books to read in the new year, and I got to graphic novels. Then I started wondering which graphic novels I'd already read.

The main character kind of looks like this:

Spoilers!

The plot centers around a couple -- not yet married but planning the wedding -- going through struggles in their relationship. I believe it's based in London. I'm sure the setting is in England. The couple is trying for a baby, the man gets fired from his job -- which I believe was one at a porcelain factory, and something that stands out is the last page of the book: the couple is in the artist/author's rendition of the Arnolfini Wedding Portrait.

I believe the book is illustrated in black, white and teal.

Chipmnk on Jan 04 '11 at 10:54pm

How recent is it?

grracexx on Jan 04 '11 at 10:57pm

I'm not too sure. It must have been published in 2000-2006... which may or may not help.

Chipmnk on Jan 04 '11 at 11:06pm

Well, I have no idea. I'm not sure why I thought asking its publication date would help either.

grracexx on Jan 04 '11 at 11:17pm

Thanks anyway. :)

Chipmnk on Jan 04 '11 at 11:33pm

Sorry I wasn't very helpful.

Polyester Jones on Jan 05 '11 at 12:17am

I don't know what this is but I want to read it.

JBantha on Jan 05 '11 at 12:26am

Where you from? it migth help selecting retailers and editors on your area, and before that watch the list of titles they have shipped.

JBantha on Jan 05 '11 at 12:52am

after some google search i think this look like your drawning.

a little bit.

http://www.dreamstuffbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/blankets2.jpg from the illustrated novel from Craig Thompson: blankets.
this book is also ilustrated in black, white and teal, but i don't think the setting match.

anyway i can help u_u

Chipmnk on Jan 05 '11 at 12:55am

It's probably not Blankets.

grracexx on Jan 05 '11 at 12:56am

JBantha, I was in Austin, TX when I read it. I'm teaching English in Korea right now. I know it's an English -- as in the country, not the language.

I think the cover might have been the only thing that was teal, on remembrance. :P

Polyester_Jones, I remember really loving it, hence my ardent search.

grracexx on Jan 05 '11 at 12:56am

It's not Blankets. I'm sure.

grracexx on Jan 05 '11 at 12:58am

I know it's an English book*

Chipmnk on Jan 05 '11 at 1:00am

You should read Blankets anyway if you haven't already.

grracexx on Jan 05 '11 at 1:04am

It's on the to-read list! That book has been on my lists for years.

Chipmnk on Jan 05 '11 at 1:06am

It's one of my favorite graphic novels ever. It's one of those stories I go back to two or three times every year, and I always manage to find something new.

grracexx on Jan 05 '11 at 1:15am

I'll make sure to read it. :)
A light graphic novel that I recommend is French Milk by Lucy Knisley. No revelations or profundity, but it is a nice, enjoyable, naive read.

Chipmnk on Jan 05 '11 at 1:20am

Cool, I'll have to check it out when I get the chance.

grracexx on Jan 05 '11 at 7:26pm

Foooound it!

grracexx on Jan 05 '11 at 7:26pm

Chipmnk on Jan 05 '11 at 7:37pm

Oh sweet! Andi Watson! I've read Little Star, which is sort of in that same vein. I searched for it yesterday and was wondering if the"Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" part of Amazon would have helped. Whoda thunk it?

grracexx on Jan 05 '11 at 10:18pm

Whoda indeed. ;)

Chipmnk on Jan 06 '11 at 3:14am

No regrets.

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