Comments on: Book of the Month: La Perdida by Jessica Abel

By: comicsgirl

comicsgirl — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:23:44 +0000

In reply to Romanticide. It has to be warm somewhere in Mexico right now, right? I mean, at least warmer than it is where I am, which has barely been above freezing. It was always clear to me that it wasn't autobiographical, although Abel did draw on her experiences of being there, at least abstractly. She does seem much smarter than Carla.

By: Romanticide

Romanticide — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:40:13 +0000

“or even because it’s really cold here right now so being in Mexico seems like a nice thought ”
Oh pity, Mexico city is really cold right now. But some of the beaches are quite nice this time of the year.
I remember that Jessica Abel once came to Mexico to talk about her work, and for some reason the people who made questions insisted to ask if it the story was autobiographic? And Ms Abel actually said that the things Carla did where probably some of the dumbest things she could ever think, and she hoped she wouldn’t do something like that. The places she drew are actually acuarate though she showed some of the pictures she took as reference.

By: Rob McMonigal

Rob McMonigal — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:36:03 +0000

I really enjoyed La Perdida, it was towards the beginning of my starting to really read indie comics.

I reposted my review of it to Panel Patter awhile back if you wanted my take on it, especially as a person more suited to “X-men” comics at the time. ;)

I definitely think it’s a book you can give to anyone, especially to show the range of what comics can do.

(http://panelpatter.blogspot.com/2008/11/la-perdida.html in case you don’t want to try to poke through my archives)