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Matter of Life

par Jeffrey Brown

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"In A Matter of Life, Jeffrey Brown draws upon memories of three generations of Brown men: himself, his minister father, and his preschooler son Oscar. Weaving through time, passing through the quiet suburbs and colorful cities of the midwest, their stories slowly assemble into a kaleidoscopic answer to the big questions: matters of life and death, family and faith, and the search for something beyond oneself" -- from publisher's web site.… (plus d'informations)
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It was pretty good, but felt unstructured, like, it is jumping from one topic to another, so no one of them feels complete. ( )
  solostand | Sep 17, 2023 |
I read A Matter of Life from the low-fi memoir comic artist Jeffrey Brown a decade ago, but it stuck with me, so I reread it last year and felt like it had new meaning for me. Stepping away from hopeless romantic relationship comics, here Brown explores his parent-child relationships, and, even more interestingly, his shift from belief to non-belief. I have always enjoyed Brown’s heartfelt comics, but A Matter of Life, which explores Brown’s childhood, felt particularly recognizable to me.

Focusing in particular on his relationship with his father, as a pastor’s kid, and his slow drift away from Christianity, he reflects on how his own childhood shaped him and how he can pass things on (or in the case of religion, not) to his own son, Oscar. Brown’s signature scratchy artwork compliments the pensive but inspiring feelings of this comic, making me glad I returned to it. As my own child is growing, this reflective feeling of considering how your own life relates to your child’s, is something I can really identify with even if faith wasn’t as big a thing for me growing up.

I discuss other comics expressing the feelings and experience of pregnancy and new parenthood at Harris' Tome Corner. ( )
  Spoonbridge | Apr 17, 2023 |
I liked it. But. It's quite a different form and I'm still evaluating. ( )
  MaryHeleneMele | May 6, 2019 |
Surprisingly disappointing. I usually love Jeffrey Brown's works, but this one just didn't do it for me. While individually the anecdotes were interesting, there are issues with the flow. It was pretty disjointed, and I wasn't really sure which guy was the dad and the grandpa. ( )
  justreign | May 22, 2017 |
Summary: A Matter of Life is a graphic memoir, dealing variously with the author's losing his faith in the Christian God, his relationship with his father, and his relationship with his own son.

Review: There were some great moments in this book, and they came in all shapes and sizes. There were things that were phrased really well, things that were really touching, or really familiar, or really clever. (A particular favorite involved the narrator being asked if he had Jesus in his heart, followed a series of panels of a miniature Jesus stuck in a ventricle banging on the heart muscle.) I also really loved the artwork style; Brown is also the author of Vader's Little Princess, which I've been eyeing. But there wasn't an obvious through-line, a clear story thread, to bind all the moments together. Instead, it was a series of scenes that jump around in time, and I was left occasionally wondering if I was missing pages from my copy, because I was expecting slightly more flow than this book had. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Recommendation: It's a cute and touching memoir (or memoir-ish series of vignettes.) If you like other graphic memoirs, this one will probably be enjoyable as well. ( )
  fyrefly98 | Dec 27, 2013 |
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It’s not a diatribe or traditional story at all. Instead, it’s a gentle and episodic story about how he thought as a child and how that changed over time. It includes, of course, some reaction from his family and his concerns as a father that his children be free to choose for themselves. Mostly, though, it’s a rejection of superstition rather than a rejection of faith, which is why “agnostic" is a better descriptor than “atheist."
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"In A Matter of Life, Jeffrey Brown draws upon memories of three generations of Brown men: himself, his minister father, and his preschooler son Oscar. Weaving through time, passing through the quiet suburbs and colorful cities of the midwest, their stories slowly assemble into a kaleidoscopic answer to the big questions: matters of life and death, family and faith, and the search for something beyond oneself" -- from publisher's web site.

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