Author/Illustrator: Matilda Tristram
Publisher: Leaping Hare Press
Publication Date: September 21, 2021
Length: 240 Pages
About the Author
Matilda Tristram is an animator, illustrator, and scriptwriter for Peppa Pig. She taught at Kingston University for ten years and at the Royal College of Art. She lives in London, U.K.
Write. Draw. Reflect.
This book offers a unique insight into recording your daily life and embracing the ordinary through comic art.
My Thoughts
The author started writing diary comics and posting them online after a cancer diagnosis during her first pregnancy. She used comics to journal about the people, places, and situations that she was facing in her everyday life.
Ms. Tristram believes diary comics can be used as a therapeutic outlet or just for the fun of creating. She provides 52 sections of prompts in this book and blank pages after each prompt for practice (in the print edition).
The drawings are simple doodles that anyone could have fun drawing. I like the way the author encourages the reader to reflect on the different aspects of the day and record impressions in a journal using both words and drawings.
This is a type of art journaling that can be done with nothing more than a notebook and pencil. You don't need any expensive equipment or supplies.
Many of us have kept written diaries or journals. This book demonstrates how we can take it to the next level with comic illustrations.
MY RATING: 5 STARS OUT OF 5
FYI ~ I received a free digital review copy of this book from NetGalley.
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