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A review by liralen
Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer by Anne Timmons, Mo Oh, Trina Robbins
3.0
Lily Renée was a teenager in Austria when the Nazis invaded. This slim volume chronicles her escape to England and then to the U.S., where she eventually found work penning comics.
The art is delightful, vibrant and expressive. She's a sympathetic character, which helps, and certainly her story is full of action and the like.
I do wish it had been longer -- as others have said, some of the transitions were abrupt, and the ending cut off with no warning (Lily as young graphic artist...Lily as a grandmother!). Would have loved to see some sections fleshed out further, as hers is such an interesting story.
A bit off-topic: This is only the second graphic biography I've, read, I think (the other was [b:Isadora Duncan|3237355|Isadora Duncan A Graphic Biography|Sabrina Jones|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1317793117s/3237355.jpg|3271997] -- I'm not talking about graphic memoirs, only bios), but I imagine they'd make great teaching tools. History for reluctant readers...engaging and accessible.
The art is delightful, vibrant and expressive. She's a sympathetic character, which helps, and certainly her story is full of action and the like.
I do wish it had been longer -- as others have said, some of the transitions were abrupt, and the ending cut off with no warning (Lily as young graphic artist...Lily as a grandmother!). Would have loved to see some sections fleshed out further, as hers is such an interesting story.
A bit off-topic: This is only the second graphic biography I've, read, I think (the other was [b:Isadora Duncan|3237355|Isadora Duncan A Graphic Biography|Sabrina Jones|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1317793117s/3237355.jpg|3271997] -- I'm not talking about graphic memoirs, only bios), but I imagine they'd make great teaching tools. History for reluctant readers...engaging and accessible.