My Badly Drawn Life

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By Gianni 'Gipi' Pacinotti

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My Badly Drawn Life is an unvarnished autobiographical graphic novel by Gianni 'Gipi' Pacinotti. Through Gipi’s signature scribbled ink drawings and splashes of vivid watercolour, the story follows a young adult grappling with sexuality, insecurity, depression, drug use, and fading friendships. The narrative weaves between past and present, real and imagined, to reveal a raw and impressionistic portrait of his inner struggles and the traumas of his upbringing.
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This graphic novel will resonate with readers who appreciate deeply personal and emotionally complex autobiographies, fans of dark humour, and those interested in graphic storytelling that explores mental health and identity.

This coming-of-age graphic memoir is a relentless and exhilarating journey to the depths of the human condition, rendered with precision and verve by one of the world's greatest living cartoonists.

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"You've always got to laugh at tragedy. That's why I laugh about my ailment. Ailments. About being a sexual spastic. About my perennial, cowardly, tantalizing desire to die. You can laugh about anything. Almost." Spoken by his self-depiction, these bitter words set the tone for Gipi's pitch-black humour in this unvarnished and uncompromising autobiographical tale.

A young adult adrift in the world, Gipi's stand-in grapples with sexuality, insecurity, deception, depression, drug use, fading friendships, and the capricious cruelties of the world as he struggles to determine whether his life is worth living.

Drawn in Gipi's signature elegantly scribbled ink style and punctuated by vivid watercolour splashes, My Badly Drawn Life weaves through the past and present, through narratives both real and imagined, to create an impressionistic account of his complex inner life.

In this kaleidoscopic journey into the depths of his psyche, Gipi processes the shadowy traumas of his upbringing; in doing so, he produces a gripping work of utter cartooning mastery.

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Gipi masters the accidents that have left a scar in his life with verve. The quick yet precise drawings echo his tormented journey, maintaining a caustic tone throughout. My Badly Drawn Life is a precious work, generous in both disenchantment and love, praised by Emmanuel Posnic of "Paris-Art".

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683965213

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 March 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 144 Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Jamie Richards

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 249.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 144

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Adult Graphic Novels Fiction Gianni 'Gipi' Pacinotti Graphic Novels

About the Author

Gipi (Gianni Pacinotti) is an Italian cartoonist whose graphic novel Notes for a War Story won "Best Book" at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. He also teaches and has directed a film, 2011's The Last Man on Earth. He lives in Pisa, Italy. Jamie Richards is an Italian-to-English translator from Southern California currently based in Milan, Italy. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon and an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa.