{"id":19370,"date":"2018-12-10T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=19370"},"modified":"2018-12-09T17:34:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T17:34:13","slug":"follow-me-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2018\/12\/10\/follow-me-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow Me In"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Katriona Chapman<\/strong> (Avery Hill Publishing)
\nISBN: 978-1-910395-38-7 (HB)<\/p>\n

Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: The Perfect Holiday Getaway\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

I read a lot of graphic novels. Some are awful, many are so-so and the rest I endeavour to share with you. Of that remaining fraction most can be summarised, plot-pointed and pr\u00c3\u00a9cised to give you a clue about what you might be buying if I’ve done my job right.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, however, all that fuss is not only irrelevant but will actually impede your eventual enjoyment. This is one of those times\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Katriona Chapman is a story-maker based in London, from where she’s been crafting superb tales in Small Press titles like Tiny Pencil<\/strong> (which she-cofounded), Comic Book Slumber Party<\/strong>, Ink & Paper<\/strong>, Save Our Souls<\/strong>, Deep Space Canine<\/strong> and her own award-winning Katzine<\/strong>. She draws beautifully and knows how to quietly sneak up, grab your undivided attention and never let go\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and she hasn’t spent all her life in the Smoke either\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Follow Me In<\/strong> is her first novel-length tale and combines recollections of a particularly troubling time in her life with clearly the most life-affirming and inspirational events one could hope to experience.<\/p>\n

At the station, a young woman meets up with an old boyfriend. He’s a writer and she draws. It’s been years and they’re still awkward and uncomfortable in each other’s presence. They talk about the time in 2003 when they decided to trek the entire country of Mexico, north to south east to west. Back then they were looking for themselves. As her mind goes back, she realizes she’s a lot closer to answers than he is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

This magnificently hefty, pocket-sized (165 x 216 mm) hardcover then follows that voyage with exquisite detail, relating history, culture, the sights, and most especially the actual, non-screaming headlines, bad-movie images of a young nation with thousands of years of history, architecture and archaeology: a nation that proudly boasts dozens of indigenous cultures living in relative harmony, speaking at least 68 legally recognised languages and constantly being reshaped by political turmoil. Moreover, no traveller should miss this tome, if only for the advice on bugs, minibeasts and illnesses\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Follow Me In <\/strong>is slyly lyrical and enchantingly enticing; a moving and intoxicating graphic assessment of a crucial time in the illustrator’s life, filled with facts, warmth and conflict, offering fascinating data on such varied topic as ‘A Selection of Mexican Foods’<\/em>, ‘Learning Spanish’<\/em>, ‘Travel Sketching’<\/em>, ‘What’s in our Bags?’<\/em> and ‘The Conquests’<\/em>, all equally compelling and useful to know. And through it all, you’ll want to know what happened to our travellers as they transition from kids to grown-ups as much as what they’ll see next in this magnetic story within a story.<\/p>\n

Refreshing, redemptive and rewarding,\u00c2\u00a0this\u00c2\u00a0is a book to chase away all winter blues and existential glums and a reading experience you must not deprive yourself – or your family – of.
\n\u00c2\u00a9 Katriona Chapman 2018. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Katriona Chapman (Avery Hill Publishing) ISBN: 978-1-910395-38-7 (HB) Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: The Perfect Holiday Getaway\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 10\/10 I read a lot of graphic novels. Some are awful, many are so-so and the rest I endeavour to share with you. Of that remaining fraction most can be summarised, plot-pointed and pr\u00c3\u00a9cised to give you a … <\/p>\n

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