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"Dotter of Her Father's Eyes is doubly enjoyable for writer Mary Talbot's masterful interweaving of two father-daughter relationships and cartoonist Bryan Talbot's equally brilliant drawings, which transported me back-and-forth between gritty postwar Britain and the swinging Paris of the '20s and '30s. This is one of the best collaborative efforts I've seen in the comics medium."

Joe Sacco, author: Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde and Footsteps in Gaza


Mary and Bryan working on Dotter
Photograph by kind permission of the Sunderland Echo

Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes contrasts two coming of age narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and that of author Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S Atherton. Social expectations and gender politics, thwarted ambitions and personal tragedy are played out against two contrasting historical backgrounds, poignantly evoked by the atmospheric visual storytelling of award winning comic artist and graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot. Produced through an intense collaboration seldom seen between writers and artists, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes is intelligent, funny and sad - a fine addition to the evolving genre of graphic memoir.

Mary adds, "I think what's been most distinctive about this project is that I haven't just completed a script and then passed it over to an artist. We've been able to work on the book together, with an intensive and ongoing creative interaction that's usually missing from writer/artist collaborations."


"A fascinating and original book, which will have wide appeal—not just to fathers and daughters!"

Jennifer Coates, Emeritus Professor of English Language & Linguistics, Roehampton University, Fellow of the English Association


Dotter Podcast

On 20th January 2012 at the First Fictions festival in Brighton, Bryan and Mary Talbot were interviewed by Nicola Streeten (writer/artist, Billy, Me And You) about their collaboration on Dotter of Her Father's Eyes. You can download the interview here: Panel Borders Podcast


Dotter Videos





See also: Launch video at Bleeding Cool
Dotter on the Web

Blogs/Interviews

Mary Talbot's "Director's Commentary" at the Forbidden Planet Blog
Interview with Mary and Bryan at Comic Book Resources
Mary and Bryan interview at Broken Frontier
Mary and Bryan at Bookmunch

Reviews

Paul Gravett
Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool
Stephen Holland at Page45
Kashfi Fahim at Review Fix
Publishers Weekly
Rachel Cooke at The Guardian
Stuart Kelly at The Scotsman
Tim Martin at The Telegraph
Iris on Books
Tony Ingram at Broken Frontier
Bookmunch


Images from the book

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