This is a great, whimsical character study of a common married couple as well as an excellent social study of British working-class morals and beliefs in the twentieth century. If you loved this review or would like to check out other iconic graphic novels here is the link of where I am discovering these books. Briggs continued to work in a similar format, but with more adult content, in Gentleman Jim (1980), a sombre look at the working class trials of Jim and Hilda Bloggs, closely based on his parents. They don't believe he will be making any money and they don't understand the difference between pursuing what you love versus getting a typical 9-5 job and be bored and resenting every moment of that. I know that this is a perpetual issue I have with these types of books, and I didn't know the premise when I picked it up.

Raymond Briggs έμελλε να είναι αυτή η σύντομη και πολύ συμπαθητική παρουσίαση των γονιών του, από τη δεκαετία του ’20 οπότε και γνωρίστηκαν, μέχρι και το 1971, τη χρονιά που πέθαναν και οι δυο.His graphic novel Ethel and Ernest, which portrayed his parents' 41-year marriage, won Best Illustrated Book in the 1999 British Book Awards. Saw this recommended on the First Second blog over Christmas and instantly put in my library request for it. A bit like "Maus" without the backdrop of the Holocaust to focus the attention, it is Briggs' most daring work yet. The story opens when they first meet, Ethel is a ladies maid and spots Ernest on his bike; he looks up and notices her at the window, and the rest, they say, is history.

Lewis Carroll was certain rough on children, and the tradition carries on in such books as Neil Gaiman's Coraline on in the film Nanny McPhee, where children visiting their undertaker father at work never seem to mind the corpse on the table. Whilst the story was heart-warming and quite tender in places, I couldn't help but notice the political discrepancies between them. This novel was listed in an article entitled "50 Essential Graphic Novels", which was published on AbeBooks on the 7th of November 2013. Apparently, the author's parents were already up in age when they met and married and his mom was only able to have one child or run the risk of dying if she were to attempt to have more children.As Raymond grows up, he gets admitted into Grammar school which is exciting for his parents because they didn't have a proper education and then get disappointed when he wants to attend art school. Ethel y Ernest es sutilmente vertiginoso, como la vida, que pasa con tanta rapidez y sin que te des cuenta.

Read about how Ethel always fusses over him as mothers always will, while Ernest moderates as fathers always will. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named Father Christmas (1973) one of the top-ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. Briggs is a very famous British children's author, which I didn't realize until after I finished reading this graphic novel.Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.