Ediciones La Cúpula publishes one of the most gripping autobiographies of underground comics
If there’s one thing we want to bulletproof, it’s childhood commentary and fear. But we do know that the world is unfair and terrible in many ways. Comics have also long been stigmatized as a childhood pastime. Yet in the pages of many we find representations of realities that no one would want to experience. because comics is an arta psychic, allowing everything† What did this power lead to? to the publisher and the comic writer, Glenn Head must confront his past on a heartbreaking but necessary job.† Chartwell MansionPublished in Spanish by † Now Dome†
Already in the prologue of this comic, written by headwe write warns that it is an autobiography that contains most, if not all, of his life.† He also emphasizes that his intention is to face his past and see how it affects his whole life. And he faced this with no intention of doing good or bad to anyone, not even himself. But something is clear in those first words, the trauma I’ve been through for two years. Chartwell Mansion†
But let’s start from the beginning. In 1971 Head was thirteen years old., loved comics, saved money to buy a motorcycle, and the truth is that he didn’t do well in some grades at school. Mathematics in particular was a bit of an uphill for him and he had to finish a year even though he didn’t know it at first. Therefore, and for a number of mature reasons, such as money, parental expectations, or what is expected of him in general, His family decides to enroll him in an English boarding school in New Jersey.† He lived there for two years under strict rules of conduct. Real nightmare? The principal of the boarding school, Mr. Lynch†
While Chartwell Mansion was the best thing that could have happened to the public, i.e. their ‘misled’ children in front of their parents, the reality was quite different. Mr. Lynch physically and mentally abused all his students, allegedly by his wife, who worked there. head says He described in detail how he came to the school and how life developed there. Both inside and outside the classroom.
The comic doesn’t end there, after revealing the characters that make up its home. would point head in boarding school, we see through her eyes that the director constantly sexually harassed some students. And how he silenced them to continue the abuses. Head has had to leave his childhood for nearly fifty years to face this.
When he decided to do this job, he realized that what he went through there would haunt him for the rest of his life. Untreated emotional consequences cause him to exhibit self-destructive behaviors and have a very unhealthy relationship with sex. The comic shows all this vital evolution of the author., how she lived and thrived with her trauma. It is a word that he used only in the preface, but that showed itself on every page about fifty years ago, under the influence of these two lessons.
As for the graphics part, head grew up reading comic book underground and found comfort in seeing it They showed that society is trying to cover it up at all costs. He felt very identified with this, and so he not only read them, but began doing them at the age of fourteen. So in his second year at Chartwell Manor.
His style is harsh and expressive, black and whiteand sometimes reminiscent of the surrealism and psychedelic of some of his works. Robert Crumb who writes head that he has always admired and who he will eventually work with. another way The narrative structure of this autobiography is quite traditional., because it sticks to the more traditional timeline. This helps readers better understand its evolution.
Chartwell Mansion This is brutal and much needed work. Because there is nothing to talk about. And unfortunately this fact is also current. It is terrible to be faced with such a situation, but it is even more so when the horror is hidden under a taboo that does not allow speech. Glenn Head It offers us a collection of all the things that can destroy a person more than brave: silences, elusive conversations, fear and guilt.
A brutal autobiography with a magnificent artistic section and Spanish edition DomePerfect as always. A practice to face fear to learn how to fight.
