Gipi

Over the summer I did a lot of work in the petrol station at work. This usually consisted of just sitting there, taking money off of people and going for fag breaks every half hour. I thought this summer I would at least take something into work to read whilst I was down there in my kiosk. I ventured into town and went to various shops such as, OK Comics, Waterstones, Traveling Man etc. In OK Comics I came across a book...



..."Notes For A War Story" by an Italian cartoonists (filmmaker, author) called Gianni Pacinotti aka. Gipi. As soon as I picked this particular graphic novel up I instantly fell in love with it, bought it and read half of it on the bus home. As soon as I got home I had a look on Amazon to see what other publications he has made. I found another novel...



...called "Garage Band" and purchased it straight away. His style of illustration is beautiful! Really care free, but still so delicate and agile. The use of line work and watercolour within each panel works really well together. To go with this great illustrative style he also produces amazing stories, although they are quite short and don't take long to read, they are still intriguing and left me very anticipated to turn to the next page. I'm not a huge graphic novel enthusiast, but I will definitely be on the look out for more Gipi novels and possibly similar artists.