{"id":29527,"date":"2024-03-18T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=29527"},"modified":"2024-03-15T08:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:52:06","slug":"biscuits-assorted-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2024\/03\/18\/biscuits-assorted-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Biscuits Assorted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Jenny Robins<\/strong> (Myriad Editions)
\nISBN: 978-1-91240-82-90 (TPB)<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a 1944 Powell & Pressburger film called A Canterbury Tale<\/strong>, wherein a group of disparate, loosely ordinary associated characters weave in and out of each other\u2019s lives for a defined period, gradually proceeding towards a shared denouement. It\u2019s about far more than that and is really good. You should see it.<\/p>\n

Biscuits Assorted<\/strong> is a bit like that, but also completely different. You should read it. It\u2019s really, REALLY good.<\/p>\n

Artist, teacher, Small Press artisan and author Jenny Robins is clearly a keen observer and gifted raconteur deftly attuned to nuance and ambiance and quite possibly hopelessly in love with London. Her award-winning debut graphic novel is a paean to modern living in the city, recounted through overlapping snapshots of many women\u2019s lives in the months of \u2018<\/em>June\u2019<\/em>, \u2018<\/em>July\u2019<\/em> and \u2018<\/em>August\u2019<\/em> of a recent year (and don\u2019t worry about which one).<\/p>\n

If you need the metaphor explained, there are different varieties and, occasionally, they don\u2019t do quite what it says on the tin\u2026<\/p>\n

Seriously though, here in captivating and compelling monochrome linework are a plethora of distinct, well-rounded individuals of differing ages and backgrounds working, playing, living, dying, risking, winning, failing and constantly interacting with each other to a greater or lesser extent. They are all united by place, circles of friends, shared acquaintances and enjoying – for once – full access to their own unexpurgated voices.<\/p>\n

Strangers or seasoned intimates, life-long or Mayfly-momentary, this addictively engaging collection of incidents and characters share locations and similar pressures as they go about their lives, but the way in which they each impact upon one another is utterly mesmerising. I\u2019m a bluff old British codger and I\u2019ve been meeting these very women and girls all my life, except for those who are completely new to my white male privileged experience. Now, however, I know what they\u2019re like and what they\u2019ve been thinking all this time\u2026<\/p>\n

Moreover, it\u2019s outrageously funny and terrifying elucidating, rude in all the right ways and places, and absolutely able to break your heart and jangle the nerves with a turn of a page.<\/p>\n

Biscuits Assorted<\/strong> is a brilliant and revelatory picaresque voyage impossible to put down and deserves to become a classic of graphic literature. It\u2019s also the most fun you can have with your brain fully engaged.
\n\u00a9 Jenny Robins 2020. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jenny Robins (Myriad Editions) ISBN: 978-1-91240-82-90 (TPB) There\u2019s a 1944 Powell & Pressburger film called A Canterbury Tale, wherein a group of disparate, loosely ordinary associated characters weave in and out of each other\u2019s lives for a defined period, gradually proceeding towards a shared denouement. It\u2019s about far more than that and is really … <\/p>\n

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