Comments on: Disappearance Diary http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 26 May 2012 12:24:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-111791 I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading Fri, 21 May 2010 13:54:54 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/#comment-111791 [...] read about men suffering midlife crises. The first was Hideo Azuma’s light-hearted autobiography, Disappearance Diary, a book that recounts the two times he ran away because he couldn’t handle the stress of being a [...]

[...] read about men suffering midlife crises. The first was Hideo Azuma’s light-hearted autobiography, Disappearance Diary, a book that recounts the two times he ran away because he couldn’t handle the stress of being a [...]

]]> By: Years of the Elephant » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-108278 Years of the Elephant » Comics Worth Reading Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:13:42 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/#comment-108278 [...] not a pleasant story. Linthout doesn’t temper the tragedy with humor like Azuma did with Disappearance Diary. This is a straightforward tale of a bizarre time in Charles’ life, and the reader needs to [...]

[...] not a pleasant story. Linthout doesn’t temper the tragedy with humor like Azuma did with Disappearance Diary. This is a straightforward tale of a bizarre time in Charles’ life, and the reader needs to [...]

]]> By: Sebastian http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-104484 Sebastian Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/#comment-104484 BTW: I just noticed that there's a sequel / companion volume to "Disappearance Diary": "Depression Diary". Bought the French translation yesterday, but haven't read it yet. http://www.mangakana.com/s5661/Journal-d-une-depression.html BTW: I just noticed that there’s a sequel / companion volume to “Disappearance Diary”: “Depression Diary”. Bought the French translation yesterday, but haven’t read it yet. http://www.mangakana.com/s5661/Journal-d-une-depression.html

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Sept. 4, 2008: Specialists http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-98487 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Sept. 4, 2008: Specialists Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:30:10 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/#comment-98487 [...] Ed Sizemore on Hideo Azuma’s Disappearance [...]

[...] Ed Sizemore on Hideo Azuma’s Disappearance [...]

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Pictures from the past http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-98484 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Pictures from the past Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:32:47 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/#comment-98484 [...] Ed Sizemore has a thoughtful review of Disappearance Diary up at Comics Worth Reading. Clive Owen takes a look at vol. 9 of Enchanter at Animanga Nation. John [...]

[...] Ed Sizemore has a thoughtful review of Disappearance Diary up at Comics Worth Reading. Clive Owen takes a look at vol. 9 of Enchanter at Animanga Nation. John [...]

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-98464 Johanna Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:22:10 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/09/03/disappearance-diary/#comment-98464 Like you, I worried about his family and was put off by the way he seemingly didn't think or care about them at all. I was thus surprised to find out (in the short interview at the end of the book) that his wife puts in the blacks and tones. In that piece, he kind of laughs off the whole "they suffered too" aspect. Also, in the institutional section, I noted that he spends a lot more time drawing and talking about other people who were there for alcoholism than dealing at all with his own problem. Like you, I worried about his family and was put off by the way he seemingly didn’t think or care about them at all. I was thus surprised to find out (in the short interview at the end of the book) that his wife puts in the blacks and tones. In that piece, he kind of laughs off the whole “they suffered too” aspect. Also, in the institutional section, I noted that he spends a lot more time drawing and talking about other people who were there for alcoholism than dealing at all with his own problem.

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