Pigiama Computer Biscotti

Pigiama Computer Biscotti

2019 • 184 pages

Ratings5

Average rating3.8

15

Really sweet, rambling slice of life graphic novel about a 30something Spanish(-Italian?) comix artist living in Berlin, struggling with writer's block, and becoming a father. This comix SPOKE TO ME, MAN, as it intersected so many of my interests: living the expat life in Berlin, the exhaustion and exhiliration of new parenthood, the heart-drama of making art (how will you find the time???? the inspiration?????).

I do wonder if people who are not freshly-made parents, who care a lot about their artistic output, and are Euro, will react to this book? But for me - the scenes where he worries about his Sunday mornings doodling at the cafe, and then brings his 1-year-old boy there and they read in glorious, companionable silence together at the cafe, and then the son gets all silly and runs around shrieking, and the father feels immense love for him - well, I got choked up.

February 2, 2021