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How to Survive in the North
How to Survive in the North | Luke Healy
5 posts | 8 read | 4 to read
A unique graphic novel telling the stories of real and fictional Arctic castaways struggling to survive the long Northern winter.
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UrsulaMonarch
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Mehso-so

I found the three storylines a bit challenging to follow and never really got the hang of them. The modern-day story also felt a bit out of place until it was hammered home without much nuance. I wasn‘t wild about the drawing style but the coloring was unique, beautiful, and well-suited to the settings. And the feel and desperation of arctic exploration definitely came through.
Kind of between so-so & a pick for me...

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well.read.panda
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Pickpick

Excellent #graphicnovel about real Arctic exploration. #comics

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dixi_e
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Mehso-so

This was weird. The opening was painfully disjointed from the main story and it set me off on the wrong foot. I was confused and clueless through most of this story. Even now, I‘m not really sure why this was written or why it took the narrative arc(s) that it did. The dark pastel colour palette was also a weird choice.

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nomierosie
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Seeing this in Leeds gives it a whole different meaning #north #leeds #yorkshire

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Jokila
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Pickpick

A gorgeous, neon-colored retelling of Vihjalmur Stefansson's explorations of the Arctic. In 1913, he abandons Bartlett's expedition when their ship becomes locked in ice; in 1921, Ada's expedition is left to die on an uninhabited island. Their true accounts provide the source material for a fictional professor to study in 2013, as he struggles to survive his low point: disgraced by his affair with a student, then rejected by that same young man.

Lindy Looks like autocorrect has been playing tricks with you. (Expedition). 😉 8y
Jokila @Lindy oh jeez 😳😑 I don't know how my mental wires crossed there, but yes this definitely about expeditions into the Arctic and not Alaskan art shows 😂 8y
Lindy @Jokila Ha ha! Fortunately, the latest Litsy upgrade makes editing posts easy. 👍 8y
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Desha What a gorgeous picture! ❤️ 8y
Jokila Thanks @Desha ! 😊 8y
stacybmartin Love the picture - it's beautiful! 💜 8y
Jokila @stacybmartin thank you! 💖 8y
Tigerbook Good question 8y
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