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Viewotron No 2Viewotron Issue 2Viewotron Issue 2Viewotron Issue 2Viewotron Issue 2

Viewotron No. 2: Mom by Sam Sharpe

self-published

$6.00

A moving and compelling memoir of growing up with mental illness in the family.

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An Autobiography & Memoir / Education, Parenting & Family minicomic for adults about adulthood, animals, autobiography, childhood, family, mental health, parents, and teens.
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Sam Sharpe designed his Viewotron series to be a one-man anthology, collecting short comics by himself and any comics friends he invites. Viewotron #2 is devoted to a moving and troubling story of growing up with a parent who has a mental illness. Growing up, Sam only knew his mother through confusing letters she would send. Sam’s story, “Mom” chronicles his relationship with his mother, Jean, in his late teens and early twenties, when they reconnected.

It can’t be easy to write about such a personal subject, but Sam’s storytelling shines in this comic. Sam’s story focuses on a few scenes from a decade of interactions. This way he expresses larger issues and emotions, rather than provide a laundry list of difficult events. Many people have praised this as his best story to date.

The art provides a great deal of the emotional heft behind the story. The choice to draw everyone as anthropomorphic animals actually humanizes the story more. Cartoon animals are familiar to us all, so Sam’s drawings feel more natural and real than if he had attempted to draw the story with cartoonish people -which could have created a barrier between the reader and the subjects. Floral arrangements decorate pages that feature narration, which on first read suggests a stereotypical “female” decoration, but subsequently makes one think of floral arrangements at a funeral or wake, suggesting a great loss.

I think the strongest visual choice, and the most troubling, is the way Sam drew his mother’s eyes. Every character’s eyes in “Mom” are expressive, indicating moods of Sam and those with whom he interacts. Jean’s eyes are large empty disks, which are unreadable, and make Sam’s mother seem inaccessible.  That is the major theme, and true tragedy of this autobiographical tale, the attempt and inability to connect with someone you should be most connected to.

A must-read.

Honors

  • Nominated “Best Single Issue (or One Shot)” 2014 Eisner Award
  • Nominated “Outstanding Story” 2014 Ignatz Award
  • Excerpt featured in Best American Comics 2014 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Guest Editor, Scott McCloud.

Additional information

Weight 3.75 oz
Dimensions 9 × 6 × .125 in
Pages 40
Cover Full Color
Interior Black & White
Binding Saddle Stitch
Printing Offset
Retail Price Printed on book
Barcode Not printed on book

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